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2011-01-29 Africa North

America's secret backing for a rebel leader behind uprising

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Mubarak just appointed Omar Suleiman as Egypt's first VP, with his sons fleeing to London. The former spy chief has lefty Gen. Wesley Clark support...hmmm. Positive democratic transition or major crackdown coming??? And we know how the tranzi plans worked so well in Iraq...billions are still unaccounted for there. Egypt is the 4th largest recipiient of US aid, too.

Posted by Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-01-29 11:01|| 2011-01-29 11:01|| Front Page Top

#2 The memo, which Ambassador Scobey sent to the US Secretary of State in Washington DC, was marked "confidential".

Excuse me folks, but a confidential memo isn't very secret at all.

Ambassador Scobey questioned whether such an "unrealistic" plot could work, or ever even existed.

Sounds to me like the ambassador didn't take this very seriously and America's involvement has been minimal.

Mountain out of mole hill.

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-01-29 12:42|| 2011-01-29 12:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Meeting = backing? Words = backing? My interpretation of "backing" has always been money + training + weaponry. We "backed" the Afghan opposition during the Soviet-Afghan War. We "talked" with the Egyptian opposition to figure out what they were about.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-01-29 17:28|| 2011-01-29 17:28|| Front Page Top

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