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Egypt Bars Irish Nobel Peace Laureate (Code Pink Hamas-Aid Fail)
AFP via Gulf News ^ | Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Posted on 03/05/2014 11:21:19 AM PST by kristinn

Cairo: Egypt detained and deported Northern Irish Nobel Laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire on Wednesday after she tried to enter the country, she and airport officials said.

She had intended to join a delegation of activists going to the neighbouring Gaza Strip on Thursday.

On Tuesday, airport police had detained and deported American anti-war activist Medea Benjamin, also part of the delegation. She told AFP her arm was broken by the policemen.

(Excerpt) Read more at gulfnews.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: annpatterson; codepink; hamas; maireadmaguire

1 posted on 03/05/2014 11:21:19 AM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

That stinks. She didn’t even get to be raped by her buddies.


2 posted on 03/05/2014 11:25:07 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: kristinn

I think we should be open and inclusive to other cultures and admit to ourselves that the Egyptians probably have the right attitude toward code pink and toward the Muslim Brotherhood.


3 posted on 03/05/2014 11:26:41 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: colorado tanker

think of the fund-raising pay per view they missed out on!


4 posted on 03/05/2014 11:28:04 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: kristinn

The editor writes “Nobel Laureate” like it means something.


5 posted on 03/05/2014 11:29:04 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

It means about as much as winning a Cronkite award.


6 posted on 03/05/2014 11:40:10 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: kristinn

The military refused to let her in on national security grounds. If they let this old hag in so soon after Medea Benjamin, there would be a popular revolt to bring back the Muslim Brotherhood and their requirement that women wear burquas.


7 posted on 03/05/2014 11:44:48 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: kristinn

Mairead Maguire & Medea Benjamin are two very, very “feminist” liberals!


8 posted on 03/05/2014 11:49:33 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
Report: Russia and Egypt complete $2 billion arms deal funded by Gulf states

Egypt is moving to improve relations with Russia following the partial freeze of US aid.

Ain't Obama Great

9 posted on 03/05/2014 11:57:04 AM PST by scooby321
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To: scooby321

and Pooty Poot will do more to help the Egyptian military keep power than our boy O has done.


10 posted on 03/05/2014 12:01:47 PM PST by brooklyn dave
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To: TexasCajun

met Maguire once in NY —wasn’t too impressed.
I know the story which was terrible back in 70s
but she has been capitalizing on it ever since


11 posted on 03/05/2014 12:04:16 PM PST by brooklyn dave
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To: thorvaldr

There is a time and a place for taking off the kid gloves when dealing with these types. I don’t think we are quite there yet in America, but in Egypt they’re probably well past it.


12 posted on 03/05/2014 12:24:46 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: jospehm20

HEY!...HE DESERVES IT BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE FRANK!


13 posted on 03/05/2014 12:33:38 PM PST by gr8eman (But thermodynamics is just a social construct, created by the ruling white power structure)
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