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| Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison |
| 2012-06-02 |
| Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been found guilty of complicity in the death of protesters. The deposed Egyptian president was wheeled into court on Saturday to hear the verdict in the case against him on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters last year. His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, who are standing trial on corruption charges, also arrived in the court, where they stood alongside their father in the cage reserved for defendants. The charges were dropped against both his sons. Mubarak's former interior minister, Habib el-Adli, also charged over the deaths of protesters, was also among the defendants in the cage. He too was given a life sentence over his role in supressing the January uprising. Scuffles broke out inside the courtroom as presiding judge Ahmed Refaat handed down the sentences. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 No ally of the people of the United States may deliberately kill hundreds of people mostly peacefully petitioning government for redress of their grievances. No prior service can excuse or forgive such an act, and anyone who does so, must know that the people of the United States will push them away from the public arena. |
| Posted by: rammer 2012-06-02 21:20 |
| #3 Hmm, I think this is a tired ending to a guy who though he was a "US Ally". |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2012-06-02 18:37 |
| #2 Could have been acute cirrhosis... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-06-02 14:54 |
| #1 Update Hosni Mubarak 'has a heart attack' while taken to prison |
| Posted by: tipper 2012-06-02 11:00 |