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| Egypt orders arrest of last Mubarak PM |
| 2012-09-12 |
| CAIRO: Egyptian authorities ordered the arrest of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, judicial sources said. Shafiq, who has been living abroad in the United Arab Emirates since narrowly losing the first post-Mubarak elections to Islamist incumbent Muhammad Mursi in June, ...no fool he... has been barred from travel using his Egyptian passport since last month. He faces corruption charges in a case connected to that of Mubarak’s long untouchable sons Alaa and Gamal. A former air force chief and civil aviation minister, Shafiq was named premier in the last days of Mubarak’s presidency before the veteran strongman’s overthrow in February last year. He won 48.3 percent of the vote in a second-round presidential election runoff against Mursi in June. Last month, he slammed the travel restrictions imposed on him as “political.” He said he would have no hesitation about flying home if he deemed it necessary. You might want to rethink that... The case involving Shafiq relates to the sale of a vast swathe of land below market price to an association of military pilots. The accusations emerged during his presidential election campaign. Alaa and Gamal were acquitted in a trial in which their father Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of protesters during the uprising that toppled him. The two remain in custody, however, awaiting trial on other corruption charges. And because it pleases the current rulers... |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > OBAMA: EGYPT NEITHER AN "ALLY" NOR "ENEMY". Egypt wants Obama to forget about overthrowing the Assad regime in Syria - OTOH, iff the anti-Assad Islamists do succeed in doing so, "Rising Egypt" may see serious = "aggressive" MilPol competition from its former isolationist/ neutralist-centric Arab League ally, + exclusive of Iran, Turkey, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-13 00:05 |