Egypt’s ‘Peaceful Protest’ Members Raped CBS News Reporter
Not so peaceful after all
How often in the last two weeks have we heard the phrase “peaceful youth movement for democracy” used to describe the military coup which just took place in Egypt? Why don’t you call Lara Logan’s hospital room, where she is recovering from being raped while trying to cover the protest story for CBS News, and ask her how “peaceful” the movement was?
Brutal Islamic sexual assault
(CBSNews) On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.
CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan in Tahrir Square moments before she was attacked on Feb. 11, 2011. (CBS)
In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.
She reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently in the hospital recovering.
There will be no further comment from CBS News and correspondent Logan and her family respectfully request privacy at this time.” source – CBS News
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[60 Minutes] correspondent Lara Logan was repeatedly sexually assaulted by thugs yelling, ‘Jew! Jew!’ as she covered the chaotic fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s main square Friday.” Powerful reporting on an important story. Two problems: It didn’t run until yesterday, and CBS didn’t run it. The quote is from the New York Post. And it was The Wall Street Journal that reported “the separation and assault lasted roughly 20 to 30 minutes.” But CBS? They sat on their own story. For five days, as reporters reveled amid giddy celebrations in Tahrir Square, and as President Obama praised President Obama’s handling of the Egyptian crisis, CBS reported nothing. Only when other media had the story did CBS break the news that its own chief foreign correspondent was the victim of “a brutal and sustained sexual assault.”
about 2 years ago
We are sending our love and prayers to you lara and family.may god be with you and keep you safe in his arms.I, am so glad you are home and safe…………this is so sad…….so much lies,ect………….when will it stop? Thank god those women and soldiers helped her
about 2 years ago
Why “Brutal Islamic sexual assault”? and why claim the demonstrations were not peaceful? I highly doubt you were in Egypt or properly followed the news.
In case you are unaware of the fact that up to 30,000 prisoners had escaped on the 28th of Jan then SURPRISE! in case you were not aware that thugs were attacking, thieves, and escaped convicts were attacking civilians in their own homes then SURPRISE! In case you were also unaware of the fact that the peaceful protestors were on several occasions attacked by thugs then SURPRISE. Now please, think rationally and logically.. if up to 1000000 protestors were at tahrir square that day… do you really expect that no thugs would be among them?
Islam does not tolerate behaviour like this – I’m not even a Muslim Egyptian but i DID grow up with a lot of muslim friends.
And contrary to your claim the demonstrations were peaceful except for the police forces which turned against the demonstrators as well as the thugs, theives, escaped convicts.
It’s ridiculous how you allow yourself to stereotype and generalize.
The crap that happened within the past two weeks in the midst of the revolution was CHAOS. Do you really think any religion allows rape? Do your research. Read the Quran and then start criticizing and tying violence taking place in the middle of a revolution to religion!
Stop being so ignorant!! She’s not the only one that got raped in the past two weeks. There were several reports of Egyptians who got raped too (I’m sorry i don’t know their religion – or the religion of their rapists for that matter)
So many non Arab non Muslims live and have lived in Egypt and the Middle East too. I’m glad they arent half as closed minded as yourself.
PS EVERYONE in Egypt is disgusted by this. Muslim or not.
and as an Egyptian NON MUSLIM i’m disgusted by the implications made in this post.
http://www.change.org/petitions/walk-free-stop-sexual-harassment-in-egypt-apology-to-lara-logan#signatures
about 2 years ago
Ok your whole “SURPRISE” bit is really annoying to read it just made me stop reading half way through…just get to the point
about 2 years ago
These are not normal human beings we are dealing with. These are ANIMALS. I hope the press has figured that out by now. Get out of these crazy Muslim countries and stay out!
about 2 years ago
No. They’re not animals. They are people. Like you and I…unless…we’re all animals. Calling other human beings animals and treating them that way is the main cause of suffering in this world. Do you want to be responsible for that? An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. For the good of the whole world, wake up. Nobody is excusing this horrible crime but you can’t write off millions of people because of a few messed up ones. They have these kind of gems in America too! Maybe if these “animals” grew up with a little rich white opportunity in their lives, they could turn the their part of the world into a corporate mall like America has become. (We’re so enlightened and live oh so right) But don’t worry, rest assured the corporations are already exploring these options by weighing profits against peoples rights. I’m truly sorry for what happened to Lara Logan. It’s a horrible thing. She is a brave reporter for even being there. However, you shouldn’t call other people animals unless you yourself will one day be ok with being treated like one by another person who thinks the same way you do because of certain beliefs they might have grown up with. Compassion is contagious…and so is hate. Look around at the world. What do you think is going around mostly? LIGHT BULB??? We hope…
about 2 years ago
I am so sorry that you had to go through something that awful when you were just trying to do your job- this world is spiriling out of control and no one is safe
about 2 years ago
Lara…praying for you during this time of recovery. We live in such a volatile world these days that I am always concerned for females in the midst of it…especially you female correspondents. I really hope these networks take this seriously and reconsider sending women into these senarios. Thanks God for the women and soldiers who came to your rescue! There was a sure message in this incident! Americans are targeted everywhere…none of us are safe in these countries!
about 2 years ago
This terrible, just terrible. I remember her covering the Iraqi War a few years ago and now this. I can’t think of anything else to say.
about 2 years ago
I pray she will not have any long lasting effects from this terrible ordeal!
I do hope that the news media will think twice before using women in these situations again in muslim countries!
about 2 years ago
Lara, I pray you find peace inside from this evil attack. I am so sorry it happened, you have brought information to the outside world and was wrongfully hurt, to say the least. Please find peace in prayer to Jesus and know so many people are praying for you!
about 2 years ago
bastARDS who claim they believe in GOD–THEIR ALLAH IS A FALSE GOD THESE BASTARDS CORRUPT ALL THE LAWS OF GOD–BRUTAL BASTARDS ROT IN HELL
about 2 years ago
If you take all the gods throughout human history that have roughly the same sky god story as Jesus (which is actually based more on astrology if you didn’t know it)…there have literally been hundreds of gods in this time frame, all claiming to provide the exclusive path to righteousness and who demonize any and all other religions. If you know that, and you know history, if you believe in one god, then purely as a matter of probability you should expect to rot in hell yourself.
about 2 years ago
DROP SEVERAL NUCLEAR BOMBS ON ALL OF THEM!! THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE. THEY ARE SUB HUMAN. RID THE WORLD OF THE INSANITY. PLEASE, DO IT!
about 2 years ago
Why? Cause they don’t live in a coast to coast shopping mall? Not that it sounds at all like you’ve ever left the comfort of milk and cookies in America because of this ignorant comment, but America isn’t all that great in comparison with many other nations when it comes to MOST important human issues. This county USED TO BE cool. Now it’s a corporate toilet and we’re all in the septic tank. Genetically modified foods that get us sick enough to go the doctor where we get diagnosed and sent down the medical gauntlet of health care and drug companies so we can borrow money that we can never pay back so that our children are stuck paying it off and then they go through the same crap. Isn’t America great! Super size me…oh wait! It seems as though you’ve already taken care of that with your healthy American diet! Please, define human. Define sub human. Maybe YOU are sub human! Yes, please, rid the world of the insanity…but while you’re at it, can we rid the world of idiots who think that people who live on the other side of the globe need killing just because they didn’t grow up with rich white ideals? Can we please rid the world of those idiots? Oh really? We can only rid the world of one of the two? Damn it!! Well, then please just rid the world of idiots. I’d rather deal with insane people any day. Dropping nuclear bombs on people, mostly innocent ones. May you one day have to deal with a bit of radiation yourself genius. Wake up.
about 2 years ago
AND ENOUGH OF THE RELIGIOUS BULLSHIT! IF YOU WANT TO PRAY, DO IT IN PRIVATE. IT IS ALL BULLSHIT ANYWAY. USE COMMON SENSE. RELIGION IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL AND WARS. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED OVER RELIGION. IT IS INSANE TO THINK A MAN IS FLOATING IN THE SKY WATCHING US ALL. WORSE THAN SANTA…
about 2 years ago
put a pretty blond american woman in the middle of that party… come on people uses you heads! very bad choice. she is lucky to be alive and stupid to think she was not in harms way… all for the sake of what..”the story?” BS MAN BS.
about 2 years ago
why would anyone want to go to the middle east anyway? just leave the muslim people there and stop giving them money. let them rot in their own hell.
about 2 years ago
I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion on religion weather they believe in a super natural being or not is up tp them, however I do believe that what was done was wrong and it really wasn’t thought through. I can only say that I hope and pray that she is okay and that she has a speedy recovery.
about 2 years ago
i’m an egyption muslim,i live in cairo,and i was among those protesters in tahrir square,but i have to ask a question for those who got some kind of mind,what about raping crimes in usa and europe?what u mention above means that there isnt any among those countries,is that real,of course not.what i want to say that there were some circumstances related to that accident which i feel shame and i have to apologize about it,some of those circumstances mentined above ,which is not related at all to islam or egyption revolution,it was akind of personal mistakes which should not be hanged on all egyption.please try to be logic.regarding those who speak about the money we r taking,actually we dont want it anymore,those money were been taken by those who were governering our country to keep there loyality toward ur leaders,those people whom we stand against them and succed in steping them down.again and again im so sorry for what happen to that girl on behave of all egyption.
about 2 years ago
It’s not known who commited this atrocity. We know that it was women and egyptian soldiers that stopped it. Regardless of the religious affliction of any in that square…to have stood by and watched it done is a black mark upon your soul. I hate to say this but it is a simple reality, blue eyed blonde symbolizes the West, and there was anti-western sentiment and attacks on other reporters as well as this one. There is a very good reason we dont send women into combat, this is an example of why. It’s not sexist, it’s pragmatic.
about 2 years ago
Mohamed instigated his followers to attack peaceful people with the reward of rape and theft. It was Mohamed’s custom to spend three days in a town after they sacked, looted a murdered there, partying it up and raping the captured women. Moslems who say that rape is not part of their “religion” are lying. This woman was fool to go to Egypt and so was CBS for allowing her.
about 2 years ago
I totally agree. Where is our president and why is he trying to cripple our economy? It truelly seems that he does not even like the country that he represents. His wife thinks the only important thing is to be healthy and exercise. What are our priorities people, how we look? I simply do not feel safe in this enviroment. I think tha Obama is happy with this choas as he has been the most devisive prisident in my lifetime.
People need to wake up , “this is not the “same old”. Please pay attention and
about 2 years ago
Concocted B S Network of Lies
about 2 years ago
So true!
The way the Mainstream media has not only played the present anarchy and turmoil in Egypt as a “peaceful youth movement for democracy” – as you so aptly pointed out – but also the way they have for years downplayed Muslim atrocities, sympathized with Islamist terrorirsts as if they (and not those they murder, behead and blow-up) are the “victims”, have vehemently championed the “rights” of murderous Jihadists in Guantanamo and elsewhere, and given a pass to Muslim extremists at every turn in order not to “offend Muslim sensitivities” and out of asinine political correctness, begs to question if perhaps the MSM and the mainstream media, in order to remain consistent, should not have reported this horrific story like they usually do, like this:
MSM, Cairo: “Two hundred democracy-loving Egyptian protesters, ‘peace-loving’ followers of Mohammed and ‘The Religion Of Peace’ – assaulted, beat-up, and took turns repeatedly raping for thirty minites, CBS Correspondent Lara Logan, as she covered the peaceful, cheering, pro-democracy crowd in Tahrir Square, Cairo, for the program ‘Sixty Minutes’ ”
“We must assume Miss Logan must have in some manner provoked this unfortunate incident upon herself, inciting the ire of the otherwise ‘peaceful’ Muslim protesters who undoubtedly were acting in accordance to the highest Islamic values and the teachings of the Prophet, and who, until recently, suffered the yoke of U.S. backed dictator Hosni Mubarak.”
about 2 years ago
Honestly, this crime has nothing to do with the race, religion, or location. When you have people living in desperate situations you get chaos, violence, and basic inhumanity. It could be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Black, White, whatever! If you oppress people, make life insufferable and hard to survive this is what you get. If America was in this bad of shape it would be the same here (even in good ole middle America). People are only as civilized as their environment allows them to be. It is not an excuse, what they did was disgusting. A woman should never be subjected to that treatment, but people who think the problem is the religion or race of these people are wrong. It is the situation in which they live which has produced their savage behavior.
about 2 years ago
A common theme in many of these comments here is ignorance. First of all, Allah is not a god it is the translation of God, the same God Jews and Christians believe in. Secondly, Islam is not a violent religion. Islam itself means peace. The media has portrayed it as violent, and people are too lazy to actually pick up the Koran themselves and read it themselves. It is unbelievable to me that reporters emphasise attacks made by people who are Muslim. I mean, the subheadding on this page reads “Brutal Islamic sexual assault”. Really? They were Islamic? Hitler was a Christian. He was also a murderer, but you don’t assume all Christians are murderers. I’m a Muslim myself and honestly fed up with people criticizing who I am because they are just plainly and honestly ignorant.
about 2 years ago
Woooow….how can you read this and then tell us that the people who did this arent animals? I didn’t hear of any rapes that went on when people were celebrating osamas death in the streets. Lets see: sexual assault, no sexual assault? Which do you think is more civilized? I know there will definitely be people who will respond to this with cries of ‘ignorance,’ but I don’t care, this is pretty black and white to me. There’s no subtle messages or undertones to a sexual assault, it is what it is: a savage, animalistic action against someone else because they’re ‘lesser than you.’
about 2 years ago
How is America more civilized? More rapes happen in American than in Egypt. And to be honest, the fact that she was raped doesn’t come as much of a surprise. What you need to recognize is that our cultures are completely different. Women there usually wear headscarves. The fact that she was not wearing one, that she was surrounded by only men, that it was night time and she was alone creates an extremely dangerous situation. Don’t get me wrong, the rapists are most definetley animals, but don’t compare the civility of the two countries based on this one incident.
about 1 year ago
this rape wasn’t about religion, it was about culture clash and the “fog of war”! It was also about “mob” mentality and disrespect for women that underlies the whole world’s background. Even in the West it’s only been a few decades since women were treated like air heads who shouldn’t even be allowed to vote or run their own financial affairs. The back to basics radical Islamic movement is more about culture, envy of haves by have nots than about religion. I agree that the middle east is a dangerous place and I wouldn’t go there if I were paid in gold. For those who rant about the west and their corporate malls, Oh Please! Do you really think that we have a monopoly on greed? Poor people aren’t better because they are uneducated and lack luxuries. They would grab and hold just as much as those corporate folks if they had a chance. I wish that there was a way to stay the heck out of the middle east until they have a chance to evolve. But then there’s oil — black gold, Texas tea that we are all hooked on, and the need to learn about the culture that produced violent terrorists so that we can protect ourselves from more attacks. I think most of us wish that we had an alternative to oil. If no one wanted it, things would be very different in those countries. Back to camels instead of Cadillacs.
about 1 year ago
This was a hate crime no doubt taken in the name of the Muslim word Infidel. They hated this American lady so much they raped her. I can’t even imagine a person with that much hate in them.
about 4 months ago
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