Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Mosque Attack Comes As Egypt Faces "Wave of Oppression" on Political Freedoms

At least 305 people were killed in an attack on a crowded mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday that officials are blaming a militant group linked to ISIS. Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has vowed revenge and launched multiple airstrikes he says were targeting militants fleeing the attack. For more we speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous in Cairo, who says Egypt faces its "worst wave of repression" in modern history as "Sisi has used the war on terror to clamp down on political freedoms."