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Africa: North
Egyptian oppn backs call for reforms and end of Mubarak era
2004-09-04
Posted by:Fred

#2  "opposition's jail cells ready?"
"yes sir"
"start the roundup...call it ....reform"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-04 3:21:24 PM  

#1  Fred - Is this a calculated gamble that Mubarek is too feeble to defeat them, in spite of the article's assertion?

And did he ever pick a successor after that bit about his son not being up to snuff to run such a mess as Egypt?

Sounds like we're approaching the end of the farce in Egypt, to me. Lessee, that's $2Bn / yr in foreign aid we can put into the reorg & training of the new more mobile military. Mebbe a few armed UAV's can be squeezed out, too.
Posted by: .com   2004-09-04 2:44:39 PM  

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