MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Yet another ‘proud moment’ for the Egyptian people as ‘freedom’ continues to flourish …  

By Ivan Watson – “Cairo (CNN) — An angry crowd lingering near the Israeli embassy in Cairo after an attack on the building a day earlier turned on journalists reporting the incident Saturday, accusing at least one of being an Israeli spy.

As a CNN crew filmed the embassy from across the street, another crew from American public television — led by Egyptian television producer Dina Amer — approached the building.

The crew’s Russian cameraman was preparing to film the embassy when a woman in the crowd began hurling insults at the TV team, Amer said.

‘There was this older lady who decided to follow me and rally people against me,’ Amer recalled.

‘She said ‘you’re a spy working with the Americans.’ Then they swarmed me and I was a target.’

A growing crowd surrounded Amer and her colleagues, as they tried to leave the scene.

Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, a producer working for CNN, rushed to help escort Amer through the angry crowd. But suddenly the two reporters were pinned against the railing of an overpass by young men who were accusing Amer of being an Israeli spy.

Yelling ‘I’m Egyptian,’ Fahmy managed to pull Amer another 10 meters down the road, until the pressure from the mob overwhelmed the pair.

Amer screamed as she and Fahmy were knocked to the ground and the crowd started to trample them.

Other CNN journalists tried to reach in to help, but were pushed back by a wall of angry men.

Fahmy lay on top of Amer, shielding her with his body.

‘I was thinking, how powerless I was because there was no police to save us,’ Fahmy said. ‘I was worried that they were going to rape her.'” Read more.

Flashback: CBS reporter Lara Logan raped by large group of Egyptian men shouting ‘Jew! Jew!’ – Last Friday (2/11/11), Lara Logan, chief foreign correspondent for CBS News, was beaten and raped in Cairo during a thirty minute assault by a frenzied throng of over 200 Egyptians. According to a report in today’s New York Post, Logan’s attackers were shrieking, ‘Jew! Jew!,’ while they assaulted her. Moreover, the day before the assault, Logan informed Esquire.com that she and her crew were harassed by Egyptian soldiers who had accused them of ‘being Israeli spies.’ The 39 year-old Logan—who is based in Washington, where she lives with her 2-year-old daughter, and husband—is not Jewish.” Read more.