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31 Jan 2011

No Longer Caring About Democracy, Bolton Disparages Egypt Protests And Defends Mubarak

During the Bush years, one of the justifications the administration most relied on for many of its policies in the world was that it was engaging in "democracy promotion." One of the most vocal members about this supposed cause was Bush administration U.N. ambassador John Bolton
During the Bush years, one of the justifications the administration most relied on for many of its policies in the world...
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31 Jan 2011

GOP Conference Chair Thaddeus McCotter Says ‘America Must Stand’ With Mubarak Dictatorship

As ThinkProgress reported today, former Bush administration official and U.N. Ambassador John Bolton abandoned his supposed belief in "democracy promotion" and told right-wing radio host Mark Levin that the Egyptian pro-democracy protests are a "big opportunity" for jihadists, siding with the Mubarak dictatorship
As ThinkProgress reported today, former Bush administration official and U.N. Ambassador John Bolton abandoned his...
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31 Jan 2011

Your Weapons Are On Cairo’s Streets

On the streets of Cairo and around the world, everyone’s waiting to see if the Egyptian Army is going to crack down on the demonstrators demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Whatever Egypt’s military does next, chances are they’ll do it with American weapons. Al-Jazeera showed M1A1 Abrams tanks carrying Egyptian soldiers through Cairo in [...]
On the streets of Cairo and around the world, everyone’s waiting to see if the Egyptian Army is going to crack down on...
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31 Jan 2011

Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau

The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said. "The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered ... suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff as of today," a statement on the official Mena news agency said on Sunday.
The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be...
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31 Jan 2011

US calls for ‘orderly transition’

International reaction to the ongoing protests in Egypt has been mixed, with Barack Obama, the US president, voicing support for an "orderly transition" in Egypt in phone calls with foreign leaders. Obama spoke by phone on Saturday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish prime minister and Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister. He also spoke to David Cameron, British prime minister, on Sunday.
International reaction to the ongoing protests in Egypt has been mixed, with Barack Obama, the US president, voicing...
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31 Jan 2011

No to Suleiman, no to Shafik

The headline of this post was a common banner at tonight s protests in Cairo s Tahrir Square - a sign that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak hasn t succeeded in mollifying anti-government demonstrators with two new appointments
The headline of this post was a common banner at tonight s protests in Cairo s Tahrir Square - a sign that Egyptian...
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31 Jan 2011

Mubarak orders state subsidies

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, has ordered Ahmed Shafiq, the new prime minister to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs. Protesters who have rocked the nation of 80 million people, a key US ally in the Arab world, complain about surging prices and the growing inequality in the society but have also called for a new political system.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, has ordered Ahmed Shafiq, the new prime...
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31 Jan 2011

Egypt condemned for blocking media

International press institutes have come out strongly against Egyptian authorities suppression of the media, following the withdrawal of Al Jazeera s license to broadcast from the North African country. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned on Sunday the information ministry s move to shutdown Al Jazeera s bureau in the country.
International press institutes have come out strongly against Egyptian authorities suppression of the media, following...
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31 Jan 2011

ElBaradei: No going back in Egypt

Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading opposition figure, has joined thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in continued demonstrations demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told the crowd on Sunday night that "what we have begun cannot go back" referring to days of anti-government protests.
Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading opposition figure, has joined thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in...
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31 Jan 2011

US, Israel and Turkey evacuate citizens from Egypt

International alarm about the political and security implications of continuing unrest in Egypt intensified tonight as the United States, Israel and Turkey sent aircraft to evacuate their stranded citizens, and other countries advised their nationals to get out by any means possible.
International alarm about the political and security implications of continuing unrest in Egypt intensified tonight as...
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31 Jan 2011

Cairo prison break prompts fear of fundamentalism

Hundreds of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's leading Islamist political party, were among thousands of prisoners who escaped during overnight mass breakouts from four jails, security officials said today.
Hundreds of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's leading Islamist political party, were among thousands of...
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31 Jan 2011

Will the Army Fire – Has Interior Minister Been Arrested

There were stories yesterday of a serious split between the civilian leadership in the Government and the military over whether to use live fire. And today it is notable that some have said el Adly was the Minister preparing the order to shoot.
There were stories yesterday of a serious split between the civilian leadership in the Government and the military over...
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31 Jan 2011

Opposition in Egypt Begins to Unify Around ElBaradei

Egypt s powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled to hold a capital seized by fears of chaos and buoyed by euphoria that three decades of Mr. Mubarak s rule may be coming to an end.
Egypt s powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government...
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30 Jan 2011

Mubarak, Obama, and Jimmy Carter: Is the U.S. making the same mistake with Egypt that we did with the Shah of Iran in 1978?

President Barack Obama has a "Shah problem" in Egypt. Recent events in Egypt recall the street protests of 1978 in Teheran when President Jimmy Carter had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Pahlavi regime, a long-standing American-backed dictatorship or whether the time had come to abandon the Shah and support a popular uprising demanding human rights and democracy. Carter tried to have it both ways, modulating his support for the Shah, calling for political liberalization, and warning the Shah against the use of state violence against unarmed protestors. Obama seems to be following the same script and the results may well turn out to be equally fraught with unintended consequences.[more ...]
President Barack Obama has a "Shah problem" in Egypt. Recent events in Egypt recall the street protests of 1978 in...
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30 Jan 2011

America has tolerated dictators for too long.

As fate would have it, I am in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, and not in Cairo. All around me is gloom. The markets are down. Oil is up. A thorny bundle of uncertainties has just been thrown at the fragile economic recovery just as it was all going so well! Last night, I heard a famous economic pundit admit that someone had asked him only a few days earlier whether events in Tunisia had any significance for the world economy. No, he had said. None whatsoever. But now he was busily eating his words: If Egypt blows, anything could happen.
As fate would have it, I am in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, and not in Cairo. All around me is gloom. The markets...
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30 Jan 2011

Neither tanks, fighter jets or helicopters will scare protesters away

Again defying Egypt's reform demonstrators eager curfew, which applies from Sunday at 15 Norwegian time. Several thousand people are still on Tahrir Square in Cairo city, and none of them seem to be in a hurry to leave the area. - Mubarak has to go, is still required from the crowd. President Mubarak has used the day [...]
Again defying Egypt's reform demonstrators eager curfew, which applies from Sunday at 15 Norwegian time. Several...
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30 Jan 2011

Mubarak is still a force to be reckoned with

"The solution cannot be a military one," Mustafa Al-Faki, chairman of the Egyptian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee declared on Friday. Al-Faki, who served in the past as Information Secretary to President Hosni Mubarak, said last year that: "President Mubarak believes that too much freedom is not productive for the people or the regime."
"The solution cannot be a military one," Mustafa Al-Faki, chairman of the Egyptian Parliament's Foreign Affairs...
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30 Jan 2011

MESS Report-Israel News

January 28, 2011 will go down in the annals of Egyptian history, even though President Hosni Mubarak did not resign (he made it quite clear in his speech on Friday night that he is staying put), and the army deployed Saturday morning in strategic locations around the capital. The regime has not (yet) fallen.
January 28, 2011 will go down in the annals of Egyptian history, even though President Hosni Mubarak did not resign (he...
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30 Jan 2011

Egypt riots are an intelligence chief’s nightmare

The events of the last few days in Egypt apparently the most important regional development since the Islamic revolution in Iran and the Egyptian-Israeli peace deal of 1979 are also an expression of the decision-makers' nightmare, the planners and intelligence agents in Israel.
The events of the last few days in Egypt apparently the most important regional development since the Islamic revolution...
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30 Jan 2011

Israel airlifts dozens of nationals out of Egypt

Israel's national airline El AL has whisked some 200 of its nationals, including families of diplomats, out of Egypt on board an emergency flight to escape the chaos engulfing the Arab country.
Israel's national airline El AL has whisked some 200 of its nationals, including families of diplomats, out of Egypt on...
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30 Jan 2011

Egypt’s intelligence chief appointed vice-president; Mubarak’s family leaves for London

Embattled Egyptian President Mubarak appointed on Saturday a former air force commander and aviation minister, Ahmed Shafiq, as the new prime minister, in efforts to stem popular rage against his autocratic regime. The move ensures that men with military links are in the top three political jobs.
Embattled Egyptian President Mubarak appointed on Saturday a former air force commander and aviation minister, Ahmed...
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30 Jan 2011

As night falls after fifth day of riots, Egyptians seek to provide their own protection

Egyptians armed with sticks and razors have formed vigilante groups to defend their homes from looters as police disappeared from the streets on Saturday, after days of violent protests that have left dozens of Egyptians dead.
Egyptians armed with sticks and razors have formed vigilante groups to defend their homes from looters as police...
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30 Jan 2011

Tunisia’s pro-democracy fire spreads to Egypt

It was the late United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy who said that those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. The gale of pro-democracy riots that ended the 23-year-old dictatorship of former Tunisian President Zine Ben-Ali is spreading like wild harmattan fire as Egypt, Yemen and Algeria have witnessed the outpouring of people s anger on their streets.
It was the late United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy who said that those who make peaceful evolution...
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30 Jan 2011

Arab Rebellions and Israel

As popular rebellions spread across the Arab world, one fact has become clear. The Arab-Israeli conflict is not the hub of the region s problems. For too long authoritarian Arab rulers have deflected attention away from their internal challenges, perpetuating the myth that corruption, soaring food prices and unemployment are caused by the conflict with Israel. The yearnings of Arabs across the region, more than 50 percent of whom are under the age of 25, would need to wait until Israelis and Palestinians reach a final peace accord.
As popular rebellions spread across the Arab world, one fact has become clear. The Arab-Israeli conflict is not the hub...
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30 Jan 2011

As Egyptian Unrest Builds, Obama Left With Two Bad Options

As 30-year Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak clings to power and protesters continue to storm the streets of Cairo for a fifth straight day, the Obama administration is increasingly looking at a choice between two bad options.
As 30-year Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak clings to power and protesters continue to storm the streets of Cairo for a...
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30 Jan 2011

Looting Engulfs Cairo, Other Egyptian Cities

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named a vice president Saturday for the first time since coming to power nearly 30 years ago -- a clear step toward setting up a successor in the midst of the biggest anti-government protests of his regime.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named a vice president Saturday for the first time since coming to power nearly 30...
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30 Jan 2011

Protesters Across U.S. Offer Support to Egyptians

Thousands of people in Egypt who flooded streets in riots calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down were joined Saturday by relatives and supporters at protests in major American cities.
Thousands of people in Egypt who flooded streets in riots calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down were joined...
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30 Jan 2011

Egypt banks to remain closed

The Egyptian Stock Exchange will not open on Sunday, as nationwide protests continued for the fifth day in the country. The Central Bank of Egypt said on Saturday that banks across the country will also be closed on Sunday "to prevent the spread of riots". The central bank also assured people that their savings in Egyptian banks were safe.
The Egyptian Stock Exchange will not open on Sunday, as nationwide protests continued for the fifth day in the country....
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30 Jan 2011

Egypt’s military in a quandary

Clearly the way forward is not the way back. But since President Mubarak has opted for more the same old and bankrupt ways of dealing with national uprising, making promises of change and cosmetic alteration to governance essentially, all now depends on the momentum of the popular uprising and the role of the military.
Clearly the way forward is not the way back. But since President Mubarak has opted for more the same old and bankrupt...
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30 Jan 2011

Suleiman selection reassures Western allies

Omar Suleiman is many things to Egypt: spy chief, eminence grise to President Hosni Mubarak, point man for Egypt's secret relations with Israel, and the bulwark between the Muslim Brotherhood and all the security services that stand in its way.
Omar Suleiman is many things to Egypt: spy chief, eminence grise to President Hosni Mubarak, point man for Egypt's...
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30 Jan 2011

Tough questions if revolution succeeds

The ordered surroundings of the presidential offices where Hosni Mubarak officially appointed Omar Suleiman, his trusted intelligence chief, as his first deputy seemed a far cry from the anger and chaos that was clearly visible on nearby Cairo streets.
The ordered surroundings of the presidential offices where Hosni Mubarak officially appointed Omar Suleiman, his trusted...
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30 Jan 2011

Hosni Mubarak under world pressure

Leaders from the US, UK, France and Germany have urged Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and enact reforms as protests continue
Leaders from the US, UK, France and Germany have urged Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and enact...
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30 Jan 2011

Arab Leaders in Davos Predict Regime Change in Egypt

The unrest engulfing Egypt caught business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum off guard, but it became the hottest topic among the Arab elite here. Most of those leaders tuned in to the dramatic events from iPads and BlackBerrys and huddled to debate how the uprising would affect the rest of the Arab world.
The unrest engulfing Egypt caught business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum off guard, but it became...
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30 Jan 2011

U.S. Military Urges Egyptian Army to Use Restraint

The officer corps of Egypt s powerful military has been educated at defense colleges in the United States for 30 years. The Egyptian armed forces have about 1,000 American M1A1 Abrams tanks, which the United States allows to be built on Egyptian soil. Egypt permits the American military to stage major operations from its bases, and has always guaranteed the Americans passage through the Suez Canal.
The officer corps of Egypt s powerful military has been educated at defense colleges in the United States for 30 years....
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30 Jan 2011

Egyptians Defiant as Military Does Little to Quash Protests

President Hosni Mubarak struggled to maintain a tenuous hold on power on Saturday as the military did not act against tens of thousands of demonstrators who defied a new curfew to call for an end to his nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule.
President Hosni Mubarak struggled to maintain a tenuous hold on power on Saturday as the military did not act against...
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30 Jan 2011

With Egypt, Diplomatic Words Often Fail

In June 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stood before an audience of 600 at the American University in Cairo, assailed the Egyptian government for intimidating and locking up protesters and called for President Hosni Mubarak to hold free elections.
In June 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stood before an audience of 600 at the American University in Cairo,...
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29 Jan 2011

US Cynicism Explodes in Egypt

As a popular uprising challenges the pro-U.S. dictatorship in Egypt, Washington s cynical strategy of talking about democracy while relying on repressive Arab regimes to maintain order is entering a dangerous moment.
As a popular uprising challenges the pro-U.S. dictatorship in Egypt, Washington s cynical strategy of talking about...
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29 Jan 2011

US Cynicism Explodes in Egypt

As a popular uprising challenges the pro-U.S. dictatorship in Egypt, Washington s cynical strategy of talking about democracy while relying on repressive Arab regimes to maintain order is entering a dangerous moment.
As a popular uprising challenges the pro-U.S. dictatorship in Egypt, Washington s cynical strategy of talking about...
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29 Jan 2011

President Obama, say the ‘D-Word’

It's incredible, really. The president of the United States can't bring himself to talk about democracy in the Middle East. He can dance around it, use euphemisms, throw out words like "freedom" and "tolerance" and "non-violent" and especially "reform," but he can't say the one word that really matters: democracy.
It's incredible, really. The president of the United States can't bring himself to talk about democracy in the Middle...
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28 Jan 2011

Egypt out of the net

Almost all access to the Internet on Friday shut down by Egyptian authorities because of the increasingly serious riots in the country. Telecom giant Vodaphone had this to say in a press release: - All mobile operators in Egypt have been instructed to discontinue their services in selected areas. According to Egyptian law [...]
Almost all access to the Internet on Friday shut down by Egyptian authorities because of the increasingly serious riots...
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26 Jan 2011

“Wrath Day” starts with Twitter blockade in Egypt

Revolution, revolution, like a volcano, the coward Mubarak, protesters shouted, according to BBC . The demonstrations are inspired by the riots in Tunisia, where the country’s authoritarian President Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali resigned and left the country 14 January. As in Tunisia have Internet has been an important channel for mobilizing protesters, and on Tuesday the Egyptian [...]
Revolution, revolution, like a volcano, the coward Mubarak, protesters shouted, according to BBC . The demonstrations...
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25 Jan 2011

Egypt on the verge of several Days of Rage

I'm reporting what's happening in Egypt at the moment, which doesn't necessarily imply my personal view, but rather the timeline of incidents for the past 2 week until this very critical moment. My friend and colleague Ahmed Aggour has already contributed a good intro to the Day of Rage 4 days ago here on this website, [...]
I'm reporting what's happening in Egypt at the moment, which doesn't necessarily imply my personal view, but rather the...
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22 Jan 2011

January the 25th: A Call For Revolution

After Tunisians have protested for almost 4 weeks following the self-immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi in the city of Sidibouzid, their voices had echoed across the entire Arab World and have served as a motivation and inspiration for the Arabs of other nations to rise up against their respective dictators who have for so long oppressed [...]
After Tunisians have protested for almost 4 weeks following the self-immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi in the city of...
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2 Jan 2011

Egypt’s Copts clash with police

Angry Coptic Christians have clashed with police as they demanded more protection for Egypt's Christians following a New Year's Day church bombing that killed 21 of their brethren. Hundreds of members of Egypt's large Christian minority protested in Cairo and Alexandria, the northern city where the presumed suicide bomber detonated a device outside a church during a midnight service.
Angry Coptic Christians have clashed with police as they demanded more protection for Egypt's Christians following a New...
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