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« on: August 12, 2012, 10:46:35 AM »

Morsi orders head of Egyptian military to retire
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 12:42:17 PM »

Tender's got a topic on the Morsi/Tantawi showdown, but if this general Egypt discussion...

Has anyone seen this?

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/12/231821.html

Back under Mubarak, the Director of Intelligence had allegedly been blackmailing the old man with a Mubarak sex tape.
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 01:52:36 PM »

OK... if true, that's not surprising. Dictators tend to be like that.
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2012, 01:54:50 PM »

Mubarak sex tape? I'm getting nauseous already.
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2012, 06:33:57 AM »

Egypt moves tanks into Sinai
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2012, 07:11:15 AM »

Democracy at work!... rolling the dice after Mubarak could lead to better or worse and the verdict is out- but this does not bode well
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2012, 10:49:55 AM »

So Morsi apparently issued a decree against pre-trial incarceration for journalists charged with libel, defamation, and slander (against him).
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2012, 11:29:49 AM »

That's a good step in the right direction.  (obviously)
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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2012, 11:38:46 AM »

Yep. Not a huge step but encouraging about Morsi's personal bona fides if nothing else.
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2012, 09:11:29 AM »

Morsi upsets both US - and Syria
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2012, 11:28:59 PM »

That Morsi is wierd, he is not doing what most people are expecting.
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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2012, 12:21:58 AM »

That was a pretty big poke in the eye to Iran too.
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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2012, 12:11:24 PM »


So is that enough to forgive Morsi for ousting the satraps?
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