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The Muslim Brotherhood and how to deal with it is a political dilemma for decision-makers in the U.S. Recently, Rep. Sue Myrick held her House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis...
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One word that confuses me is the word infidel . I've read a translation of the Quran and always understood the word infidel in Islam to mean athiests or those that are not People of the book , ie...
The rapid spread of Muslim political parties ahead of September's parliamentary elections has strengthened fears that Egyptian democracy will be dominated by radical Islamic movements.
The Muslim...
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I see the situation in Egypt like this..
America funds the military, the military run Egypt.. this is why America didn't bat an eyelid when the riots started.
Many North African countries are in...
It now looks like the current rulers have acted on the latest bout of unrest by putting Hosni Mubarak and his two sons under investigation. The sons have been placed in a Cairo prison and issued with...
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You can bet ya boots he said all sorts , as someone with a prison record cannot hold any position in any high ranking job in government , come to that any ranking job in government ;)
Have you ever thought there are just too many rules and regulations? Have you felt burdened by ALL the laws of the land? Sometimes it just seems there is a law for a law for another law and all...
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It's still a great place and highly recommended, apart from my obvious personal bias! Come on down for a visit.
But if you research our recent New South Wales state election you will see a great...
Just read this article and I have to admit it smacks of the OLD pre-Protest Egypt. Maybe I'm naive however since the Protests took place I've been kinda hoping these sort of practices in Egypt would...
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I think it would be very naive to think that these deeply entrenched views and obsession with virginity will cease overnight. It will take a lot more than a protest and an overthrown government to...
Any thoughts on what the single most important thing in starting a New Democratic Egypt would be?
Part of me thinks that political parties have to get up and running but that isn't as easy as it...
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I quite agree with both of you (Christine and BB). I hope 'in time' (and I hope the time would pass quickly and be in the foreseeable future) that women will have 'choice' however given that so many...
In May, UK residents will have the opportunity to make their preference known in a referendum on whether we should change from a majority vote winner in each constituency or the AV system which...
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I think I can agree with 99% of that Grandad :)
But don't you think that many years ago now, we did have more 'independant' politicians, in the sense that they would offer to resign before...
It is widely speculated that he will step down tonight after NBC reported that the military has made that promise, this is being reported on Al Jazeera TV. :)
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Bugger :x I bloody hate it when im wrong, he waited until i went to work then he hopped it .
Seems i owe his entire army an apology as well :lol:
Im still saying suck it and see ;)
We have all seen the huge crowds in Tahrir square over recent weeks, but now some reporters are openly questioning the numbers as being representative of Egypt in general.
when I say that money is the root of all evil, it's not something I say lightly. I REALLY mean it. there are several reasons. Now, Rampant corruption is nothing new in Egypt
(or the United States...
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I'm kinda rushing here BillH so I have read the URL but I do want to say that us the people need to start pushing to get away from fossil fuels. Years ago I participated in boycotts of certain gas...
There are in the region of 20,000 pro Mubarak supporters heading for Tahir square where there are still large numbers of anti Mubarak supporters, lets just hope this is not an excuse for the army to...
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The BIG news here (USA) today about the Egyptian situation is that Suleiman is saying the Journalists are fueling this uprising and the Commentary here is that the Journalists are now being blamed by...
What we are seeing happening in Egypt and the arab world echoes the events leading up to world war one...........and the problem is we are in danger of not fully realising the larger implications of...
But, the political analyst points out, revolutions are known to be made by some people, while altogether different people emerge at the helm afterwards. Now, too, it is Islamists, rather than...
There will be a statement shortly from Barack Obama any minute........................
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham...
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It was a measured speech where he commended the lack of violence from the military, and upheld universal rights of everyone, and democracy.
Also he had spoken with Mubarak after his speech and...
I understand that it is difficult to decide between supporting a benevolent authoritarian regime versus introducing a democracy with more freedoms for society and accepting the problems and...
In the light of the recent unrest in Cairo, the Egyptian Goverment have blocked facebook users in an attempt to stop people getting organised for another day of unrest on Friday, we watch with...
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I can still vividly recall the advent of home phones when each house had it's own ring accompanied with a little old lady (or so it seemed) operator who 'could' also listen in. I remember when making...
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