Drudge has had a link to a World Net Daily piece claiming the mobs of Muslim Brotherhood backers have been crucifying foes, including one in front of the presidential palace; this seemed to be the core piece backing up the claims. It was supposed to have been aired on Sky News, but the article on the piece has been wiped off the site according to the article.
There's one problem with the piece; no one outside of a circle of anti-Islamist or conservative web sites seems to be running the story. For a story of that magnitude to be a non-starter elsewhere is a bit odd. Glenn Beck's Blaze site has the story, but I'm not seeing any serious confirmation other than a lot of people regurgitating a single report in English.
If a political lynching happened in front of the White House, one would assume that it would be bigger news than just one piece floating around conservative web sites. Egypt might not have the most vibrant and free press on the planet, but one would expect that someone other than Drudge and WND would have picked this one up. Fox News, the Washington Times, someone with some gravitas beyond Drudge (who has gravitas, but has his share of false alarms).
It smells like the story might be not what it seems to be. Some form of English-language confirmation beyond what has showed up in "Islamophobic" circles (I don't like that term as a conversation-slamming analogue to homophobic, but I don't know of a good term to describe the folks who are overly nervous about things Islamic) would be helpful.
{Update 9/7-The National Post's Johnathan Kay takes up the story three days after I wrote this and chalks it up to an urban legend. That's a conservative-leaning paper (Canada's Washington Times without the Moonie connection) and one that would be one of the first places a conservative-leaning story would get traction in the traditional media.]
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