Great work!
There’s a new LA Times article on this:
“U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government”
By Paul Richter and Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times
January 31, 2011, 7:57 p.m.
“Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government.
The organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals if the U.S. is to be comfortable with it taking part in the government, the White House said. But by even setting conditions for the involvement of such nonsecular groups, the administration took a surprise step in the midst of the crisis that has enveloped Egypt for the last week.
The statement was an acknowledgment that any popularly accepted new government will probably include groups that are not considered friendly to U.S. interests, and was a signal that the White House is prepared for that probability after 30 years of reliable relations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...”
http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic
(I’m certain the “organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals” is more meaningless talk from the administration)
bummer lifts ban on head of MB
http://www.israelnationalnews.com//News/News.aspx/135654
bummer takes of shoes for prayer - IN THE WH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaKeWwE0t7E&feature=related