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White House silent as Egypt’s president grabs power, moves toward Shariah law
Daily Caller ^ | 11/26/12 | Neil Munro

Posted on 11/25/2012 10:45:06 PM PST by Nachum

White House officials remained silent during the extended Thanksgiving weekend, as Egypt’s pro-democracy groups called on President Barack Obama to condemn Thursday’s power grab by their country’s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.

Morsi decreed Nov. 22 that his pronouncements and edicts were beyond the reach of judicial review. The announcement was met by resistance from the nation’s top judges, who said they would fight Morsi’s unusual self-elevation to near-dictator status.

“I am waiting to see, I hope soon, a very strong statement of condemnation by the U.S., by Europe and by everybody who really cares about human dignity,” declared Mohamed ElBaradei, who is one of Egypt’s more visible non-Islamist politicians.

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To: Tzimisce

“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”

Apparently that statement is now being interpreted as US foreign policy.


41 posted on 11/26/2012 11:45:50 AM PST by research99
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To: livius

We need to bring our military out of the ME. We need to give Arab nations $0.00. Arab nations do not have anything we need. Israel can nuke all the fools, if we mind our own business.


42 posted on 11/27/2012 3:34:40 AM PST by abclily
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