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It is being reported that Egyptian ex president Hosni Mubarak is in a coma after suffering a stroke.

Egypt's Mubarak out of coma, hospital says

Hosni Mubarak, the onetime Egyptian strongman who was toppled by a popular uprising in February, has regained consciousness after lapsing into a coma Sunday, a top hospital official said.

The 83-year-old ex-ruler fell into a coma around noon (6 a.m. ET), Mubarak lawyer Farid El Deeb told CNN. Hospital officials later confirmed the report. But Mohamed Fathalla, the head of the Sharm el-Sheikh facility, told CNN that Mubarak had recovered by Sunday evening.

"He is now stable after suffering a coma that did not last long," Fathalla told CNN.

The former president faces trial in August on charges of ordering police to kill anti-government protesters during the uprising that forced him from office in February. He faces a possible death sentence if convicted.

Egyptian prosecutors have said Mubarak has suffered from depression, fatigue, repeated irregular heartbeats, low blood pressure that could lead to fainting and an increased risk of heart attack. He was hospitalized after suffering heart palpitations in April and has been struggling with complications from stomach cancer, his lawyer said.

El Deeb announced in June that Mubarak underwent cancer surgery in June 2010 at a German hospital. Parts of Mubarak's pancreas, gall bladder and a growth on his small intestines were removed during the procedure, which was kept secret even from top aides.

His doctor recommended that Mubarak receive a comprehensive follow-up every four months for two years after the operation, "But the follow-up was completely ignored," El Deeb said.

Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally, stepped down February 11 after an 18-day uprising during which pro-democracy protesters demanded reform and a new government. Egypt is now ruled by a military council and a caretaker cabinet, which has promised reform and new elections.

The human rights group Amnesty International has estimated at least 840 people were killed and more than 6,000 wounded during the revolution, many of them suffering gunshot wounds to the head and chest. In addition, there were numerous cases of protesters being tortured following their arrests, the group reported.

El Deeb has said Mubarak is "very sad and sorry" about the allegations against him, but denies giving any kind of authorization to fire on demonstrators. In addition to charges against the former president, Mubarak's sons, Gama and Alaa, also face corruption charges.


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Looks like another attempt at the sympathy vote

Poor Mr. Mubarak , suffering so much, luckily he has the money to pay for the luxury hospital suite. I see some of his old ministers are also having "chest pains" - -

I'm kinda thinking his stroke will get progressively MORE serious the closer to his court date he gets. AND if all of his legal troubles resolve he could 'miraculously' heal!

Its being said that he was in his " Coma" for less than a day, mmmmmm, Coma or just sleeping ?

It "could" be a MIRACLE!

Mmmm ...........or not

We'll only know for sure IF we hear him snore....ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

WE HAVE THE MIRACLE !!!!!

Mr Mubabrak can apparantly speak whilst in a coma !!!!!
He is now refusing to eat solid food...................any thing to get out of that dratted trial.............SO, give his food to the hungry !!!!

I am up to here with tin pot tyrants and criminals dictating what they will or won't do in a court of law. We have the example of a murdering scumbag in the Milly Dowler case who refuses, yes refuses! to appear in court and then subjects her family to a despicable interrogation of their private lives, carried out by an equally despicable low life lawyer. Then we have the example of two Bosnian war criminals, one who was able to string the proceedings out and grandstand in public until he died, still unrepentant for his crimes and another who is determined to do the same thing by refusing to recognize the court and playing to the gallery whilst using every tactic known to man to delay his own trial.

Finally we have all this pseudo illness of Mubarak and his ilk, these only seem prominent when they have to face their accusers and answer for their actions whilst they were in power. In each case I would clap them in chains and physically drag them into the courtroom to face justice, all to often these criminals use the very law that they openly abused to protect themselves from retribution. Some of these judges need to take a look at the post WW2 Nuremburg Nazi trials to see how it should be done.

I'd personally proceed by setting the trial which WOULD proceed regardless of your appearance or not.

We have a guy here who recently 'ate a pencil' to get out of his trial. He has jumped, thumped, disrupted and carried on ad naueseum effectively prolonging his trial to the likes of a marathon. Shouldn't be allowed. It is my $$ that is funding this process. If you don't want to play nice then take your chances by not appearing.

Refusing to appear in court should not be allowed, secondly every time they disrupt the court proceedings a further penalty should be imposed. If they are given a fixed sentence in years, then further time should be added to the term, if they are given life, then privileges should be withdrawn during their incarceration to punish their bad behaviour in court.

Great idea, H!

I wholeheartedly agree H, well said

I've often thought that court for all the tyrants should be held in a stern and austere neutral place were they are taken and come hell or high water the court will go on no matter what the antics. There should be no tolerance for acting out or misbehaviour. If there is it should also be added to the sentence.

I saw again on the TV news this morning a picture of Mubarak in the cage. He was actually holding paper in one hand and a microphone in the other. I'm going to make the assumption that since he could do this his stroke must've been fairly mild as a serious stroke would have left him (I think) much more physically debilitated. Yes???? No????

Remember General Pinochet ?

Mubarak does


You only need to look into his eyes, he was fully compus mentus, and his illness is merley a state of mine he has put himself into..

Mubarak is in a position to keep this case rolling on for years, But I think his main intention is to wait until the next USA approved leader is elected in Egypt and some kind of deal will be struck..

Like Pinochet, he could end up on some sunny beach with a nice Pina colada in his hand..

Coo look who has dropped in " hello stranger " ( Bill )

@ LLL strokes vary honey, they can leave you very dissabled or affect different parts of the body, sometimes affecting speech, but then what an Egyptian calls serious we may not, they are known to be a tad hysterical ref health issues, depending on who u r of course