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Following are excerpts from a report about a demonstration against US Ambassador to Cairo Anne Patterson, which aired on Faraeen TV on March 11, 2012:
Reporter: The determination of the Egyptian people erupted yesterday, in order to express their objection to the presence of the US ambassador on Egyptian soil, and to demand that she be expelled, and that the US diplomatic delegation be cut in half. 3,500-4,000 citizens from all walks of life gathered to demonstrate.
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The masses carried journalist Dr. Tawfiq Okasha on their shoulders, and lifted him onto the stage of this million-man demonstration. The masses kept calling: Our souls and our blood we will give to you, Okasha.
Crowd: Our souls and our blood we will give to you, Okasha.
Our souls and our blood we will give to you, Okasha.
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Reporter: [Okasha said:] We have come today to stand opposite the US embassy, in order to send the following message to the American people: The various US administrations, as well as US intelligence and the State Department, provide you with a comfortable life and with a high average income, at the expense of the corpses of other peoples. If you agree to live your lives at the expense of the corpses of other peoples, you shall be our sworn enemy as of today, but if you refuse to live your lives at the expense of the corpses of other peoples, you shall be our most important friend. The choice is yours.
We've come today to stress our demand for the expulsion of the US ambassador, the enemy of humanity and the enemy of human rights, who bathes in a sea of the blood of others, while claiming that it is not so.
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On behalf of the demonstrating masses, [Okasha] gave the US ambassador three days, from Saturday to Tuesday morning, to leave the country and to cut the US diplomatic delegation by half.
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The masses called "Down with the US ambassador" and "Down with America." In addition, they shouted enthusiastically: "Down with the Muslim Brotherhood." This slogan was heard for more than five minutes.
Crowd: Down with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Demonstrator: When helpless, turn to Allah for support. Oh Allah, do not leave upon the land of America any inhabitant from among the infidels. If you let them be, they will beget only adulterers and infidels.
Oh Allah, send them earthquakes, send them volcanoes. Send them volcanoes, oh Most Merciful. Oh Allah, send them a powerful earthquake.
My Lord, I say what Abd Al-Muttalib said to Abraha: "This house [the Ka'ba] is protected by God." Oh Allah, the Muslims have a God protecting them. Protect us, Lord. Send them an earthquake.
Oh God, I am helpless. Oh God, I am helpless, support me. Where is the support you promised us, God? Where is the support you promised us, God? Where is the support you promised us, God? Allah, we are weak believers.
Send us your support. Unleash upon them volcanoes, Ababil birds, and earthquakes. Allah, send an earthquake against these people, who throw Muslims into the sea.
Obama, you will not enter Paradise before a camel passes through the eye of a needle. By Allah, you will not enter Paradise, Obama, before a camel passes through the eye of a needle. You renounced the Prophet Muhammad.
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Reporter: We've heard that you have a message for the American people. What does it say?
Another demonstrator: We say to the American people: Dear free American people: We know that you love the Egyptian people and its culture. Therefore, you should stand by our side in preventing your leaders from dividing Egypt and the Arab countries. With all our best regards. Thank you.
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