visionary Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 The man has balls of steel, got to say I am liking Morsi more and more with each passing day even if I don't agree with his politics. Yeah, he has been more outspoken than I expected. Although there is a lot of speculation that this move is backed by some sort of deal with SCAF. https://twitter.com/RawyaRageh Sources saying highly unlikely Morsi's decision to restore parliament came without consultation/coord w SCAF11:37 AM On the other hand: https://twitter.com/RawyaRageh BREAKING SCAF holds emergency meeting to discuss President Morsi's decision to restore dissolved parliament12:28 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/08/world/meast/egypt-politics/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Egyptian parliament to convene Tuesday, official saysEgypt's elected parliament will convene Tuesday, a spokesman for the nation's Freedom and Justice Party said Monday. The country's newly elected president announced Sunday that he's overriding a military edict that dissolved the country's elected parliament and he's calling lawmakers back into session in defiance of the generals. The move is likely to please President Mohamed Morsy's backers in the Muslim Brotherhood, which won the largest share of seats in parliament in elections this year. Lawmakers will convene at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Ahmed Sobea, spokesman for the Freedom and Justice Party. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/world/middleeast/egypt-tension-after-order-to-reconvene-parliament.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share Egyptian Court Affirms Ruling to Disband ParliamentEgypt's constitutional court insisted Monday that an earlier court decision that led to the dissolving of Parliament must stand, ratcheting up a confrontation with the new president a day after he tried to reclaim legislative authority by unexpectedly ordering the country’s Islamist-led Parliament to reconvene. State television said that the Supreme Constitutional Court, after discussing President Mohamed Morsi's order to Parliament on Sunday, refused to reconsider its decision, affirming that it was final and binding, news agencies reported. The development seemed to deepen the prospects for a confrontation between Mr. Morsi and his Islamist supporters on the one hand, and the military council and the courts on the other. Earlier in the day, Mr. Morsi had appeared to be seeking to ease the sense of building confrontation. He attended a military graduation ceremony during which he was shown on television sitting next to Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the leader of the military council. The two men chatted with each other, and Mr. Morsi smiled as he watched a karate demonstration by the cadets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/201271054440593307.html Egypt parliament meets in defiance of courtEgypt's parliament has met in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved the assembly last month, escalating tensions with the military just 10 days into Mohamed Morsi's presidency. Parliament speaker Saad al-Katatni, who like Morsi hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, which has the biggest bloc in parliament, opened the session with a speech aired live on state television on Tuesday. "We are gathered today to review the court rulings, the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court," which ordered the court invalid, Katatni said. "I want to stress, we are not contradicting the ruling, but looking at a mechanism for the implementation of the ruling of the respected court. There is no other agenda today," he added. The lawmakers then approved by a show of hand Katatni's proposal that the house seek legal advice from a high appeals court on how to implement the supreme court's ruling. He then adjourned the session, which lasted about five minutes. He said he would advise lawmakers in due course of the date of the next session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/20127101852134809.html Egypt court rules against parliament recallEgypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has frozen the decree issued by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the Islamist-led parliament. "The court ruled to halt the president's decision to recall the parliament," Judge Maher el-Beheiry said in court on Tuesday. Tuesday's ruling came hours after the 508-seat chamber held a brief session, following the president's request for the legislators to convene. They voted to seek further judicial opinions on the court's decision that had invalidated one-third of the lawmakers because of voting irregularities. President Morsi's move highlighted the power struggle between the presidency and the Supreme Constitutional Court, which last month said certain articles in the law governing the parliament elections were invalid, annulling the lower house. News of the verdict was greeted with chants of "batel", or illegitimate, by thousands of Morsi supporters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/47421.aspx London 2012: Egypt to send largest-ever female delegation to Olympics34 of Egypt's 112 athletes at London Olympics will be women in the largest female contingent from any Arab or Islamic country The women will be participating in 13 of the 19 sports contested by Egypt.Nine will compete in synchronised swimming, five in fencing, three in gymnastics, three in table tennis, three in weightlifting, two in rowing, two in shooting, two in taekwondo, and one each in modern pentathlon, archery, wrestling, athletics, and badminton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I thought the Muslim Brotherhood hated women and Christians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-07-14/clinton-egypt/56219810/1?csp=34news Clinton in Egypt for first meeting with President MorsiU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hoped to use her first meeting with Egypt's new Islamist president on Saturday to steer Mohammed Morsi toward opening a dialogue with the military that could end the country's political crisis. Clinton's talks with Morsi at the presidential palace kicked off a series of high-level meetings aimed at stabilizing Egypt's democratic transition and its alliance with the United States, once rock-solid but now increasingly shaky. They didn't shake hands, at least publicly, and their initial greeting was the subject of speculation because of Morsi's Muslim faith. "Things change (at) kind of warped speed," Clinton told Morsi. The president, speaking in English, said, "We are very very keen to meet you and happy that you are here." Clinton and Morsi were seated perpendicular to one another, the American on a sofa and the Egyptian on a chair. Her schedule also included sessions with the head of the military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and the foreign minister, Mohamed Amr. In her discussions, Clinton was expected to stress the need for Egypt to adhere to its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, while also seeking continued counterterrorism cooperation and offering U.S. support to help Cairo regain control of the increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula— a major security concern for Israel.For Egypt's sake, Clinton was prepared to promise hundreds of millions of dollars in debt relief, private investment capital and job creation funds. She planned to tell Morsi that she was sending a large business delegation to Cairo in September to strengthen U.S.-Egyptian economic ties. Clinton was to visit the port city of Alexandria on Sunday to meet with women and young entrepreneurs, and then was to head to Israel. Her stop in the Mideast comes after a weeklong trip to Asia, where she courted investments and sought democratic reforms from governments long seen as closer to China than the U.S. https://twitter.com/AymanM Hundreds of Anti-US & Muslim Brotherhood protestors outside the hotel where Hillary Clinton is staying while in Cairo https://twitter.com/AymanM/status/224188219170885634/photo/1/large 1:06 PM Outside hotel where Clinton is staying in Egypt. Protestor accuses US of killing Arab Spring & denounce US & MB https://twitter.com/AymanM/status/224196538795163651/photo/1/large 1:39 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/20127199229920277.html Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman diesOmar Suleiman, Egypt's former vice-president and long-time spy chief to deposed president Hosni Mubarak, has died in the US, the official MENA news agency has reported. He was 76. "Former vice president General Omar Suleiman died in the early hours of Thursday in a hospital in the United States," the agency said. "He was undergoing medical tests in Cleveland," Suleiman's aide Hussein Kamal said, adding that arrangements were being made to return his body to Egypt for burial. The former intelligence chief stepped briefly into the limelight when he was appointed vice-president during the uprising that toppled Mubarak. He left Egypt after a failed bid to run in the country's first ever free presidential elections in May. Initially travelling to Dubai, he later headed to Germany and then on to the US for treatment, General Saad al-Abbassi, a member of Suleiman's presidential campaign team, told AFP news agency. "His health deteriorated recently. He was in the United States with his family," said Reem Mamdouh, another member of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Egypt...it never ceases to surprise. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypts-morsi-chooses-little-known-technocrat-as-prime-minister/2012/07/24/gJQAcXkg6W_story.html Egypt’s Morsi chooses little-known technocrat as prime ministerEgypt’s president appointed a new prime minister on Tuesday, asking Hesham Kandil — a U.S.-educated technocrat currently serving as water and irrigation minister — to form a new government. It took President Mohamed Morsi more than three weeks to make the appointment, and the elevation of Kandil came as a complete surprise. Kandil, who was born in 1962, will be the first Egyptian prime minister to wear a beard, a clear sign of change in a country where such an outward display of Islamic piety was long outlawed. Morsi, who took power three week’s ago after last month’s elections, is already Egypt’s first bearded president. News of the appointment was met with bafflement on the streets of Cairo, where few people recognized their new prime minister’s name, and by disappointment in financial markets, where investors were hoping for an experienced economist who could stave off the threat of a budget and balance of payments crisis. Morsi had promised to appoint someone from outside his own Muslim Brotherhood party to form a unity government, but the fact that Kandil is bearded was seen as a sign of his social and political leanings. In an interview with al-Jazeera last year, Kandil denied being affiliated to any Islamist group but said he had grown his beard out of a sense of religious duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 So according to Eichmann, I mean Bachmann, we now have more influence in Egypt than ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gtqx6uR2AmZmW_waNcKqIcvdPO_A?docId=CNG.c3ceaae0a027efe2900a88626b0b2a9c.b51 Egypt's Morsi makes peace pledge to PeresEgypt's new president, Mohamed Morsi, has written to his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres pledging to help revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the Israeli leader's office said on Tuesday. "I am looking forward to exerting our best efforts to get the Middle East peace process back to its right track in order to achieve security and stability for all peoples of the region, including the Israeli people," it quoted Morsi as writing. Peres, a Nobel peace laureate, sent Morsi a letter of congratulation following his election last month as the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. In that message he expressed hope "for continued cooperation with you, based upon the peace accords signed between us more than three decades ago and which we are committed to preserve and develop for future generations of both our people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 wonder if it is true http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_EGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-31-17-15-58 EGYPT OFFICIAL: LEADER'S LETTER TO ISRAEL IS FAKE BY DANIEL ESTRIN ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) -- A letter to Israel from Egypt's new president hoping for regional peace kicked up a stir Tuesday when the Egyptian leader's Islamist movement denied he sent it. Israel insisted the letter was genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Ugh. This is pretty underwhelming. I'm still waiting for the Christian and Female VPs. (are they even going to have multiple vice presidents or any?) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/49247.aspx Egypt's new cabinet: Bureaucrats, technocrats and IslamocratsNames of members of the cabinet formed by newly-appointed Prime Minister Hisham Qandil are revealed on Wednesday; nominees include three prominent Brotherhood figures, six ministers from SCAF's Ganzouri cabinet http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/breaking-nile-city-victim-was-shot-tower-security-witnesses-say Breaking: Nile City victim was shot by tower security, witnesses sayClashes have erupted outside the Nile City Towers Thursday afternoon and at least two people are reported dead. Witnesses say the violence broke out when one of the victims, Amr al-Bunni, was refused pay he had earned at the towers doing temporary security work. Tower security guards shot the Boulaq resident, witnesses from the nearby slum told the media. Boulaq residents smashed the windows of the luxury complex and unidentified people could be seen on top of the towers throwing rocks. Cars were also set ablaze on the Corniche outside the towers. Central Security Forces are responding with tear gas and bird shot to disperse the crowd. Witnesses also reported seeing Molotov ****tails being thrown at the building. The tower has previously come under attack from area residents angry over the death of a five-year-old boy on 27 June, when the tower staff reportedly refused to supply them with water to put out a fire in one of the shacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 https://twitter.com/BreakingNews Egypt launched air strikes in the Sinai region on Wednesday, killing more than 20 suspected Islamic militants - @haaretzonline11:45 PM http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201287233145805683.html Egypt launches air strikes on suspectsEgypt has launched air strikes in the Sinai region close to the border with Israel, killing more than 20 people allegedly linked to the attack, the state-run Ahram news website reported. The air strikes on positions in the town of Sheikh Zouaid on Wednesday followed the deaths of 16 border guards last Sunday in an attack by gunmen whose identities are yet to be determined. Witnesses in Sheikh Zouaid, about 10km from Gaza, said they saw two military jets and heard sounds of explosions. Other witnesses in a nearby area said they saw three cars hit. "We have succeeded in entering al-Toumah village, killed 20 terrorists and destroyed three armoured cars belonging to terrorists. Operations are still ongoing," an army commander told the Reuters news agency. The strikes following clashes between armed men and security forces at several security checkpoints in the Sinai region. Armed men opened fire on several checkpoints in al-Arish and in the nearby town of Rafah on the border with Israel, according to a reporter for Reuters and state media. Six people were injured in the attacks late on Tuesday night, including two police officers, three army soldiers and one civilian, sources told Al Jazeera. The civilian is said to be in critical condition. A cement production company in Sinai, which belongs to the military, was also attacked. Two gunmen suspected in that attack have reportedly been arrested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Seeing reports now that Morsi sent Tantawi into retirement. Not quite sure what that means, lol. https://twitter.com/imothanaYemen Breaking Alarabiya: Morsi has sent Tantawi and Anan to their retirement. Egypt10:58 AM WOW!! The most unexpected news of this year is Morsi sending Tantawi to retirement. 11:00 AM https://twitter.com/ahmed Whoa: Al Arabiya is reporting that Mursi sent Tantawi and Anan to retirement10:57 AM https://twitter.com/BigAlBrand Yes, that. Arabiya reported it too: "@LeShaque: According to AJA Morsi has sent Tantawi and Anan to their retirement.11:00 AM Egyptian president sent Tantawi and Annan home and assigned Al Sisi and Sayyed Ahmad in their places. I'm speechless. 11:05 AM https://twitter.com/RAGreeneCNN BREAKING: Egypt Pres. Morsy pushes Field Marshal Tantawi into retirement, State TV reports per @repent1111:04 AM https://twitter.com/Beltrew This goes directly against the Constitutional Declaration addendum which says Morsi can't touch Defence Minister or SCAF members11:07 AM https://twitter.com/Repent11 Field Marshal Abdul Fatah Khalil al-Sisi appointed as the new head of the SCAF and Egypt defence minster." StateTV11:08 AM https://twitter.com/EgyptMonocle Morsi refers Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Enan to retirement, cancels addendum to constitutional declaration.11:12 AM Things are about to get very 'interesting' in Egypt. Holy ****, there's more. https://twitter.com/imothanaYemen Breaking: Alarabiya: President Morsi appoints Mahmud Mekki as his vice president.11:14 AM https://twitter.com/dooolism If this is a surprise to SCAF, tanks should be heading to presidential palace now, if nothing happens, this is a backroom deal11:16 AM https://twitter.com/mpoppel REU: EGYPT'S PRESIDENT CANCELS CONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION ARMY ISSUED SHORTLY BEFORE HIS ELECTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN11:18 AM https://twitter.com/AJELive Egypt's president appoints General Abdellatif Sisi to head the military, appoints former judge Mekky as vice-president.11:18 AM https://twitter.com/Beltrew I'm trying to work out on what legal/ constitutional grounds he can cancel the Constitutional Declaration and its amendments. 11:13 AM New Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, was head of military intelligence, he told Amnesty that military did do virginity tests in June 11:16 AM on what grounds can he cancel the Constitutional Dec? The constitution isn't fully drafted yet,right?What is governing the country? 11:18 AM https://twitter.com/abeerallamft New vice president Mahmoud Mekki is brother of justice minister Ahmad Mekki, both brothers11:28 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 https://twitter.com/jamalAljazeera Morsi essentially sacks SCAF head Tantawi & Anan appoints VP &scraps the (un)constitutional decree army imposed to cling 2 power11:43 AM https://twitter.com/FarahSaafan Funny how some ppl constantly poked fun at Morsi 4not being man enough 2 sack Tantawi, now that he's done it they're like its not that huge!11:54 AM https://twitter.com/shadihamid Have trouble seeing how Morsi's move could be part of SCAF deal. The optics of this are very good for Morsi/MB & bad for SCAF.11:53 AM Possible this was anti-SCAF move but not necessarily anti-military move. Presumably, there are top officers who want Tantawi out. 11:54 AM Wouldn't declare "victory" for Morsi just yet. SCAF & judiciary are going to fight back. The long power struggle is still going to be long. 12:06 PM https://twitter.com/__Hisham Masterful fait-accompli by Morsy. Perfect timing. Tantawy must have been home, getting ready for Iftar 11:57 AM So Tantawy is put before the choice of either accepting compulsory retirement or having to depose an elected president. 12:03 PM http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E8JC2EV20120812 President consulted army over changes - generalCAIRO Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Egyptian president's decision to order Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to retire from his posts of defence minister and head of the armed forces was taken in consultation with him and the army council, a general said. "The decision was based on consultation with the field marshal and the rest of the military council," General Mohamed el-Assar told Reuters. In a reshuffle of the top brass announced on Sunday, Assar was appointed deputy defence minister. President Mohamed Mursi said Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Enan had been ordered to retire and would become advisers to the president. ---------- Post added August-12th-2012 at 12:56 PM ---------- https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy Did Tantawi & Anan get assurances they would be immune from trial? More questions than answers right now.12:27 PM People telling me"be happy people who made u naked gone":New Def.Min is ex-head Mil Intell which detained me 6hrs,blindfold,broken arms.STFU 12:27 PM https://twitter.com/tomgara With figureheads like Tantawi, Mubarak, Soleiman gone, soon the focus will be on the real institutional causes of the Egyptian nightmare.12:11 PM Why would Tantawy's ideal soft exit not involve him announcing his own resignation on his own terms? 12:32 PM https://twitter.com/elijahzarwan What happened to the Christian and woman VPs, Morsy?12:34 PM https://twitter.com/shadihamid Just spoke to MB contact. Says while there wasn't a "deal," wasn't a total surprise for SCAF either. There had been talk abt "safe exit."12:37 PM MB contact says ppl underestimated not just Morsi but institution of the presidency, which has traditionally been strong in Egypt. 12:38 PM According to MB contact, Sinai further changed balance of power in Egypt, giving Morsi window of opportunity to act. 12:38 PM MB contact says to keep in mind divisions in military. Pressure from "second rank" (saff al-thani) on Tantawi & others in SCAF. 12:53 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 https://twitter.com/shadihamid @SultanAlQassemi Certainly, some SCAF members didn't know abt Morsi's move in advance. But some, including el-Sissi, clearly did.3:09 PM Before ppl declare Morsi king of Egypt, worth keeping in mind that there is still a powerful military, security & judicial establishment. 3:12 PM SCAF was not "defeated." Some SCAF members' acceptance of Morsi move is best seen as a way to protect their institutional interests. 3:15 PM https://twitter.com/SultanAlQassemi I won't elaborate but I have it on the highest authority that SCAF members found out about Morsy's decisions from TV.2:10 PM Tomorrow major decisions are expected in the army ranks and on the diplomatic levels. Can't reveal the source. 2:13 PM Friend says that Washington was informed about the decision in advance and that the generals who were bumped up were placated 2:14 PM New VP of Egypt Mahmood Mekky worked in the UAE and Kuwait as deputy head of Court of Cassation http://goo.gl/yclG9 Arabic via @mndoo7 3:45 PM Morsi is giving a speech now to explain that he "did it for the country" and that he is 'not targeting anyone' and that 'we have to be fair to the loyalists'. He's also talking a lot about Islam and pumping new blood into the military. Ah, now he mentions Sinai: https://twitter.com/SultanAlQassemi Morsy: what happened in Sinai, this campaign that I personally lead is not against the sons of Sinai. It is against those who attacked us4:20 PM Morsy: we will have no mercy for this who killed. We will get rid of them all. I don't sleep at night until the people of Sinai can sleep 4:21 PM https://twitter.com/RawyaRageh Morsi: what's happening in Sinai, an operation I lead myself, is NOT against our honorable citizens of Sinai4:19 PM Morsi: Sinai operation is against "traitors, criminals.. We will have no mercy in dealing with them' 4:20 PM Morsi: I will not sleep in peace until our sons in Sinai are safe 4:20 PM Morsi says security forces are in control of Sinai, making advances in hunting down outlaws 4:21 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/us-egypt-army-idUSBRE87B0EL20120812 Breaking free, Egypt's President Mursi removes generalsEgypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi dismissed Cairo's two top generals and quashed a military order that had curbed the new leader's powers, in a move that further stamped his authority on the country and its army. There had been much debate over the fate of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, 76, who until Mursi's election in June had ruled Egypt as head of a military council since Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year. The timing of Sunday's announcement to replace him as armed forces head was nevertheless a surprise. However, an embarrassing debacle for the army on the border with Israel, where 16 Egyptian troops were killed by Islamist militants a week ago, may have given Mursi the opening he needed to step up the pace in rolling back the military's influence, pushing aside Tantawi and military chief of staff Sami Enan. Mursi's spokesman called it a "sovereign" decision by the head of state, and aimed at "pumping new blood" into an army that has shown signs of hoping to control the novice president. A fellow Islamist said Egypt could not go on having "two heads". Secular activists, wary of political Islam, nonetheless welcomed a "first step toward establishing a civilian state". In a statement that came out of the blue, presidential spokesman Yasser Ali announced: "Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has been transferred into retirement from today." In his place as armed forces chief and defence minister, Mursi appointed General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, 57, from military intelligence.Enan was replaced General Sidki Sobhi, 56, who headed the Third Field Army based in Suez, on the border with Sinai. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281215511142445.html Egypt's president asserts authority over army Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, said that would be no exaggeration to say that no one saw this one coming."After the June 5 attack on a border patrol left 16 soldiers dead, the country’s leadership - both civilian and in uniform - was peculiarly quiet," she said. "Late and terse statements did not quench the public’s thirst for answers. "But no one thought the price would extend to the head of the military and his deputy. "After all, both Tantawi and Anan, the two most powerful members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), long appeared invincible - both during the period SCAF took control over the country and even after President Morsi’s election in June." Besides Tantawi and Anan, Morsi also ordered the retirement of the commanders of the navy, air defence and air force. Earlier this week, Morsi sacked the head of the intelligence service.The retired navy commander, Lieutenant-General Mohan Mameesh, was named as chairman of the Suez Canal, the strategic waterway linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and a major source of revenues for the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/no-alarms-yet-over-morsis-purge-of-top-military-leaders/2012/08/12/290ccf3c-e4ce-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_blog.html U.S. officials warily endorse new Egyptian defense ministerAs U.S. officials struggle to assess the consequences of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s purge of the top military leadership Sunday, they appear to have confidence in the new defense minister, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who had extensive contact with the United States in his previous post as head of military intelligence. Morsi’s sweeping change of military leadership — sacking the defense minister and service chiefs who had been appointed by former president Hosni Mubarak — appears to have taken the United States by surprise. But officials weren’t ringing alarm bells Sunday night, cautioning that this is in part a generational change, replacing figures who had become increasingly unpopular and isolated in post-revolutionary Egypt. U.S. officials specifically discounted rumors that were circulating late Sunday that Sissi is an Islamist with secret connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. To the contrary, officials say, Sissi is well known to the U.S. military after spending a year of professional training in the United States and was regarded as a generally effective head of military intelligence. The U.S. view is that the replacement of aging top military leaders, in itself, isn’t worrying. But they would be concerned if Morsi moved to make changes in Egypt’s judiciary, which has been an important independent center of power since the Tahrir Square revolution that deposed Mubarak in February 2011. Worries about the judiciary were prompted by another Morsi move Sunday — to appoint senior judge Mahmoud Mekki as vice president. The fear is that Mekki, as a former jurist, might reject rulings by the courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/13/sinai_s_invisible_war?page=0,1 Sinai’s Invisible WarEgypt's new president has used the recent Sinai attacks to clean house. But nobody knows what really happened -- and the military isn't talking. http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/08/13/lamborghini_morsi Lamborghini Morsi https://twitter.com/sharifkouddous Egypt's new military chief of staff wrote 10,000 word essay calling for US withdrawal from the Middle East http://www.arabist.net/blog/2012/8/13/what-do-egypts-new-top-generals-think-of-amreeka.html … via @arabist6:23 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Tomb Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood has run amok, with reports from several different media agencies that the radical Muslims have begun crucifying opponents of newly installed President Mohammed Morsi.Middle East media confirm that during a recent rampage, Muslim Brotherhood operatives “crucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others.” http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/arab-spring-run-amok-brotherhood-starts-crucifixions/ Sure am glad these guys are in power - and that we did nothing to stop it. Score one for Obama/Biden foreign policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 One man, One Vote, One time only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/arab-spring-run-amok-brotherhood-starts-crucifixions/Sure am glad these guys are in power - and that we did nothing to stop it. Score one for Obama/Biden foreign policy. Has there been any legit news source reporting this? You would think people being crucified in front of the Presidential palace would make news besides WND, who is getting it from Walid Shoebat, a known racist Islamaphobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 and that we did nothing to stop it. Score one for Obama/Biden foreign policy. Yeah, only if they had dropped bombs on Tahrir Square to stop the Egyptian people from overthrowing their own government. It's so easy to subvert an entire countries demands. Damn that Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/is_the_muslim_brotherhood_crucifying_opponents_of_morsi.html Is the Muslim Brotherhood crucifying opponents of Morsi? (Updated)This story is hard to believe but comes to us from multiple sources, including the usually reliable Ray Ibrahim. The problem is that the original report is from the Arab media. And while Ray, no doubt, faithfully translated the stories, there is no reliable source that could confirm the substance of the report. However, it certainly is not beyond imagining that Salafists allied with the Muslim Brotherhood could have carried out such a barbaric act. Ibrahim reports: Last week in Egypt, when Muslim Brotherhood supporters terrorized the secular media, several Arabic websites-including Arab News, Al Khabar News, Dostor Watany, and Egypt Now-reported that people were being "crucified." The relevant excerpt follows in translation: A Sky News Arabic correspondent in Cairo confirmed that protestors belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood crucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others. Likewise, Muslim Brotherhood supporters locked the doors of the media production facilities of 6-October [a major media region in Cairo], where they proceeded to attack several popular journalists. That there were attacks and violence-both in front of Egypt's presidential palace and at major media facilities, is well-documented. An August 9 report by El Balad, a widely read Egyptian website, gives the details: Last Wednesday, August 8, "thousands of the Muslim Brotherhood's supporters" attacked 6-October's media facilities, beat Khaled Salah-chief editor of the privately-owned and secular Youm 7 newspaper-prevented Yusif al-Hassani, an On TV broadcaster, from entering the building, and generally "terrorized the employees." El Balad adds that the supporters of Tawfik Okasha, another vocal critic of President Morsi-the one who widely disseminated the graphic video of a Muslim apostate being slaughtered to cries of "Allahu Akbar"-gathered around the presidential palace, only to be surrounded by Brotherhood supporters, who "attacked them with sticks, knives, and Molotov ****tails, crucifying some of them on trees, leading to the deaths of two and the wounding of dozens." "Crucified in front of the presidential palace? One would imagine that something so barbaric done so openly would catch the attention of at least some western news outlets. Or even al-Jazeera, who would almost certainly report such an atrocity. They can't all want to cover up for the Brotherhood. A story like this is just too juicy to pass up in the name of political correctness or ideology. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/is_the_muslim_brotherhood_crucifying_opponents_of_morsi.html#ixzz246Tof15U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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