Egyptian journalist sends message to Obama

Salah Bedewy, an Egyptian journalist, has sent a message to US President Barack Obama concerning his cooperation with the Egyptian coup-leader and president, Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi, in the West’s war against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

In a letter that he published on his Facebook page, Bedewy told Obama that: “The true [enemy] is in Egypt, and its leader is Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi, but you are doing like the ostriches—hiding your heads in the sand in hatred of Islam.”

He cautioned the US president that if this policy continues, “You are going to pay an expensive price for it, as long as you do not follow the right path for combating terrorism in the region, which is represented by state tyranny.”

The journalist rhetorically asked, “How many Egyptians have been cut into pieces and slaughtered at the hands of Al-Sisi and his gang, with their bodies being burnt, their families raped and left in prisons?” He added: “And how many Iraqis were slaughtered like sheep, raped and lost their dignity at the hands of your own tyranny.”

Bedawy reminded Obama that, “We belong to a great Islamic religion which teaches us that human blood is illegal to spill,” before warning, “Unfortunately, you may wake up after it is already too late.”