Posted on 01/28/2011 1:55:41 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning regime change for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
By Tim Ross, Matthew Moore and Steven Swinford 9:23PM GMT 28 Jan 2011
The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.
On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.
He has already been arrested by Egyptian security in connection with the demonstrations and his identity is being protected by The Daily Telegraph.
The crisis in Egypt follows the toppling of Tunisian president Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, who fled the country after widespread protests forced him from office.
The disclosures, contained in previously secret US diplomatic dispatches released by the WikiLeaks website, show American officials pressed the Egyptian government to release other dissidents who had been detained by the police.
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I agree it should be a huge factor in Obama’s 2012 campaign. Ironic huh that all’s Obama knows how to do IS CAMPAIGN and not govern.
I hate to say this but I think the media will continue to cover for him and not put country first but they’re progressive politics; as per the norm. Obama is a train wreck and they thought his Az. memorial campaign speech would make up for his utter failure as a President. NOTHING TO SEE HERE HE IS SAVIOR MOVE ALONG!
50,000 Egyptians are currently in Tahrir Square protesting.
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The crowds are just getting bigger and bigger the more they try to stop them, this is a full fledge revolution.
One things for sure, his rosy SOTU speech is dead, gone and forgotten, Egypt has killed it stone dead.
excellent point
watching Gibbsey on tv yesterday was interesting
instead of his usual supremely confident snarky attitude he looked pale and chastened
these clowns are in way over their heads
should we be surprised....
The Pres & First Lady were up in Chevy Chase,MD this morning to watch Sasha in her basketball tournament.
I can hear Nero fiddling.
K. Point taken.
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