Mubarak has left the house ! Or has he?
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military council (click here) denied on Sunday a report carried by Al Jazeera television channel that former President Hosni Mubarak had left the country for Germany.
Asked whether Mubarak had left Egypt, a source from the military council told Reuters: "No, this is denied."
Mubarak has been staying in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh since being ousted from office on February 11.
The military council said last week that Mubarak and his family were banned from leaving the country.
(Reporting by Marwa Awad)
What will occur is caution from global contacts with Egypt. There will be less aid, especially when it comes to selling arms and munitions to Egypt. If Egypt does a 180 degree turn regarding peace and relations with Israel, there will be repercussions. Not good ones either.
That is the real danger to the citizens of the Middle East. If the paradigm against Israel shifts as quickly at the leadership seems to be shifting, there will be 'permission' for immediate retaliation. The West and Israel will draw back to defend their interests and 'the games will begin.' The end might be just as quick, too.
While Palestine could use a break, the major hurdle is Hamas. Israel did its part a long time ago, when Prime Minister Sharon closed down the settlements in Gaza. Even with all those concessions, Palestine in Gaza hasn't sought peace so much as more hostilities. The new leadership needs to embarce peace as they did when demonstrations brought them democratic processes. If that changes, there will be dire consequences.
There is an interesting quandry regarding Egypt. If extremists are elected to the new leadership, will the military go the way of the ISI?
Officials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's leading Islamic group, (click title to entry - thank you) have called for the establishment of a Saudi-style modesty police to combat "immoral" behavior in public areas in what observers say in another sign of a growing Islamic self-confidence in the post-Mubarak era....
The real question for Egyptians this Election Day is: will their choices cost them more freedom than it brought them?
Where is all the press coverage of their elections and the lead up including campaigns. I would think that is where the 'real news' remains. The riots were the easy part, the elections and governing is quite something else.
The real question for Egyptians this Election Day is: will their choices cost them more freedom than it brought them?
Where is all the press coverage of their elections and the lead up including campaigns. I would think that is where the 'real news' remains. The riots were the easy part, the elections and governing is quite something else.
