On Friday, February 11, 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. In a mob of about 200, she was separated from her crew, 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.
What I wouldn't give to know if they were some of Mubarak's thugs or not.
This is a preview of the Muslim Brotherhood's Egypt. Never would have happened while Mubarak was in control.
This is bad. It's pretty clear that ordinary law and order doesn't work today in Egypt. |