[Batrachian]

"Problem is, Army does not like Mubarak. They loved Sadat, he was one of them, but they do not like Hosni."

If the Egyptian Army loved Sadat, they had a strange way of showing it, since it was they who assassinated him, or at least a splinter group of the Army.

Also, thanks for nothing to Hillary Clinton and her State Dept. and whichever of Obama's Czars is responsible for the Arab world for being totally blindsided by all this. I guess a few new apartment blocks being built by Israel on Israeli soil was the bigger problem. Incompetent political hacks, every one.

[Paladin2]

This is just another example of the efficacy of “Smart Diplomacy”.

[edpc]

Hard to say what killed him, the hail of bullets or cascade of furniture when people around him attempted to "help" by throwing chairs on and around him for cover. Obviously, it was the gunfire, but it was definitely a bizzare scene.

Had to be some upper level army cooperation to get the assassination team in the right vehicles to be in proper position for the timing of the fly-by.