The article has some excerpts from the 60 Minutes transcript in which she describes her horrific ordeal. She’ll be on television Sunday Night.
It’s really sad, and I hope that Egyptian activists are speaking up about this over there, including the gentleman she was on her way to interview.
Addendum: This article has a few more details.
The Egyptian men were hysterical, reportedly shouting, “Jew, Jew.” Logan is not Jewish.
She told the New York Times: “For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands…What really struck me was how merciless they were.”
“They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence.”
What is also amazing to me is the restraint by which she is exhibiting in reference to her attackers, unlike some of the racist comments attached to many of the articles. She’s a tough woman, with character.
The assault lasted forty minutes before a group of local women brought soldiers to her aid.
This will be her first and last interview because she doesn’t want the incident to define her. In other words, there are people out there who will see her as a victim primarily, which is one of the many aspects of rape.
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April 29, 2011 at 11:15 am
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In a culture where you are nothing if you are not married [male or female], harassment is common for unattended women on the street to discourage this behavior. It is hard-wired. A ways to go, I would say.
April 29, 2011 at 11:29 am
Fred
Hey! Cut them some slack. At least they live in a Democracy, or will soon.
April 29, 2011 at 11:56 am
Anonymous
Yeah Fred, cause only Arabs rape women.
April 29, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Erasmus
The more I read about Egypt these days, the more prescient Andy Stunich appears — and I say that regretfully.
April 29, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Eric Kirk
Well, I’m a little optimistic about the rule of law. Apparently the Mubarak family won’t be getting the Pinochet deal.
April 29, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Not A Native
Don’t know if you find the article beloe relevant to this thread. I guess the topic is ‘how is it that people do horrible things under the color of ‘righteous indignation.’ Its easy to be certain that the onus lies with the actors, but much more difficult to decide what they should have done.
I read this long article and felt a lot of disquiet about what I may have done if I were there. I really can’t say.
April 29, 2011 at 7:44 pm
ED Denson
I’m with you NAN. Civilization is a thin veneer over more brutal and savage behavior, and under situations where the normal restraints are gone – like war, or “revolution” or even frat house drunken parties, really awful things can happen and who knows who will get swept up in them. When I read of the assault in Egypt my first thought was, oh, its some of Mubarik’s people having a last fling. But soon enough I decided that while the Egyptians may want democracy, that does not make them all ideal citizens of the world. We’ll just have to put up with that if we want to support the positive steps they are taking – but meanwhile what about Lara Logan? She will never have justice, recovery is the best that can be hoped for. I hope she gets over the trauma and is able to continue reporting, even from trouble spots.
April 29, 2011 at 7:52 pm
JK
I actually find it more disturbing how many people at HuffPo were saying ‘it wasn’t REALLY rape’ or disputing how she could know how many men did it. I usually don’t advocate violence, but if someone said that out loud near me, I think I would be forced to break them. I’m just saying that anyone with those thoughts in their head should be polite enough to leave them there…
April 29, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Eric Kirk
I don’t quite get why she is under personal attack here, but she’s getting it from everywhere.
April 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Not A Native
I don’t read anyone here attacking her. Its farfetched to read that into even Fred’s sarcastic dig.
April 30, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Eric Kirk
No, but on the comments attached to some of the articles they’re talking about how “stupid” she was to even be there, one comparing her to the “stupid hippie who got eaten by grizzlies in Alaska.”