Suleiman: The CIA’s man in Cairo By Lisa Hajjar Last Modified: 07 Feb 2011 14:10 GMT On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak. By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt to appease the masses of protesters and retain …
Category: The Middle East
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Feb 08 2011
We interrupt this deification…
Ketchup Is a Vegetable & Other Republican Myths – Remember Reagan By H Scott Prosterman, Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:33:09 AM PST There they go again, trying to whitewash the legacy of Ronald Reagan. As his centennial approaches, Republicans are trying to make us remember what THEY want us to remember about Reagan. Mainstream …
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Feb 08 2011
Conditional rights
Confronting Arab Old Men with Guns By Rami G. Khouri Released: 9 Feb 2011 BOSTON — The historic developments on the streets of Egypt in the past two weeks appeared in the last few days to reflect the modern Arab tradition of the enduring incumbency of men with guns. In the face of unprecedented challenges …
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Feb 06 2011
Village voices
The following is in response to a guest editorial by [name deleted], in today’s “In my opinion” section of the Sentinel Record. The full text of his “Without doubt, a Christian nation” is included in the comments section below. There is also a passing reference to a short letter, also in today’s paper (and also in …
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Feb 05 2011
Pray for Egypt
John Sagherian, Regional Director for YFCI/MENA, sent an email from Beirut night before last. Attached was an earlier version of the report that follows, from his friend Nabeel Jabbour. Dr. Jabbour has just sent me an update, along with his permission to share it here on “Blues for Levantium Lost.” Regardless of the particulars (and …
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Feb 05 2011
Why we do what we do
We all helped suppress the Egyptians. So how do we change? By Johann Hari, Friday, 4 February 2011 The old slogan from the 1960s has come true: the revolution has been televised. The world is watching the Bastille fall on 24/7 rolling news. An elderly thug is trying to buy and beat and tear-gas himself enough …
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Feb 05 2011
Plan for the future?
Exhausted, scared and trapped, protesters put forward plan for future By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 5 February 2011 Caged yesterday inside a new army cordon of riot-visored troops and coils of barbed wire – the very protection which Washington had demanded for the protesters of Tahrir Square – the tens of thousands of young Egyptians demanding Hosni …
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