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Egypt: Ex-ruler Hosni Mubarak, accused in deaths of hundreds, cleared of charges
CNN ^ | 10:41 AM EST, Sat November 29, 2014 | Jason Hanna, Sarah Sirgany and Holly Yan,

Posted on 11/29/2014 8:19:23 AM PST by BenLurkin

A Cairo judge capped a months long retrial by dismissing the death charges -- reversing the former strongman's convictions in 2012 -- and finding Mubarak not guilty of corruption.

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


TOPICS: Egypt; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaesaspring; mubarak; muslimbrotherhood; obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy; rop; warcrimes

1 posted on 11/29/2014 8:19:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I’m guessing that it’s probably because the now-government of Egypt realizes that unfettered Islam is not a good thing for tourism, nor worldwide commerce and trade.


2 posted on 11/29/2014 8:21:09 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: BenLurkin; GeronL

When do the Ferguson-style riots in Egypt begin?


3 posted on 11/29/2014 8:27:17 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: BenLurkin

The loser then will be later to win.


4 posted on 11/29/2014 8:27:42 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: a fool in paradise

They’re boarding up the camels.


5 posted on 11/29/2014 8:28:24 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: BenLurkin

This story signals a political change.


6 posted on 11/29/2014 8:28:36 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Gaffer

Many countries criminalize political opponents, and in recent times the US(beginning in full force) during the Clinton administration. Some might say during the Nixon administration. The media are often compliant, and some are aggressive enablers.


7 posted on 11/29/2014 8:33:55 AM PST by billhilly (First eligible to vote in 1958)
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End It By Christmas?


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8 posted on 11/29/2014 8:44:28 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Gaffer

Most of this problem, is related to prospects that are delusional or naive. Not everybody on the planet wants a democratic form of government. Many everyday joes and janes in the world want some kind of dictatorship, to protect them from “the other people”. Just because someone is against a givem government, or that they are establishing a new government , does not mean they have a tradition or desire to respect individual rights, or establish a nation like the United States. Legalism is a real ideologu out there, like it or not.


9 posted on 11/29/2014 8:45:57 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: BenLurkin

Somewhere, Anwar Sadat is smiling.


10 posted on 11/29/2014 8:46:36 AM PST by stboz
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To: BenLurkin

Poor Mr. Mubarak, he put his faith in the USA and was badly burned as a result.


11 posted on 11/29/2014 8:49:06 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

Mubarak is just an average POS.


12 posted on 11/29/2014 9:13:02 AM PST by sakic
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To: BenLurkin

My Copt (Egyptian Christian) friend (now American) told me that the Copts back home are calling it a “Miracle” that the military dispatched the Brotherhood. They were not far from being driven out of the country (at best), but more likely being exterminated. As far as he, and me, are concerned, Mubarak can do no wrong - he held the Brotherhood at bay for decades...and hopefully Sisi finally rids that country of that scourge.


13 posted on 11/29/2014 10:06:03 AM PST by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: Theodore R.

Not Mubarak only. Obama and Hillary Clinton have their own responsibikity for pushing the Egyptian Rebels as saints. Back at the time, I wondered: If Mubarak is at war with al qaeda, why not just keep him?


14 posted on 11/29/2014 1:51:43 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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