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Tribes Threaten to Attack Suez Canal if Mubarak Does Not Step Down
World Threats/Time ^ | 1/29/11

Posted on 01/29/2011 3:33:57 PM PST by therightliveswithus

Bedouin tribesman have reportedly taken control of two towns in the Sinai Peninsula. These two towns are the closest to the Gaza Strip and right next to the border with Israel. There were reports yesterday that Bedouin tribes had besieged a police station in Suez and it appears that these riots have spread. This would effectively end the Mubarak dictatorship’s control of the region. There are no reports of the Egyptian military stepping in here.

The more disturbing news is a threat that has been made by the tribes if Mubarak does not step down. According to one report coming from Time Magazine, they are willing to attack the Suez Canal if Mubarak does not leave. The Suez Canal currently is where a third of the world’s oil and six percent of all products passes through. A seizure of the Canal could spike oil prices beyond the current $90 level, perhaps over $110. This could come to pass despite the fact that Egypt is not a major oil producer.

It has been speculated that the Egyptian army would not allow the Canal, perhaps Egypt’s most important economic element, to be attacked. However, there appears to be little to no protection and one report states that at least one ship has been attacked there. Others have reported fear of passing through due to the unrest.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; protests; suez; suezcanal
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Omar Sharif was an Egyptian Coptic Christian, speaking of hosed ...

But just dang, in his day he was the prettiest thing going.


21 posted on 01/29/2011 4:00:00 PM PST by Tax-chick (An attack on Sarah Palin is an attack on me.)
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To: bereanway

The same thing happened in Lebanon. The Muslim Brotherhood will be in control in 3-6 months, perhaps sooner.

Zawahiri is in the Muslim Brotherhood.

War is coming, folks.


22 posted on 01/29/2011 4:00:26 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: SE Mom
NOTHING.

Why just this afternoon he was sitting on his ass at his daughter Sasha's basketball game.

wow. do i feel better or what?

23 posted on 01/29/2011 4:00:48 PM PST by bigheadfred (As a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll ask for forgiveness)
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To: Mears

bfl


24 posted on 01/29/2011 4:01:16 PM PST by Mears
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To: Argus

There is NO GOLD in Aqaba!


25 posted on 01/29/2011 4:01:40 PM PST by KC_Lion (Lord help our Armed Service members that they not become pawns in Hussein's quest to destroy America)
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To: therightliveswithus
Tribes Threaten to Attack Suez Canal if Mubarak Does Not Step Down

no..no..no..you mean the Panama Canal..chrissy matthews said last nite that the Panama Canal is in Egypt..libs are never wrong..thank you..

26 posted on 01/29/2011 4:02:04 PM PST by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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To: null and void

well, it can’t be too much fun having michelle around.

prolly beats him like a redheaded stepchild.


27 posted on 01/29/2011 4:02:12 PM PST by bigheadfred (As a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll ask for forgiveness)
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To: All

Let's Put This Baby To Bed!!
Less Than $5k To Go!!
Please Help End The FReepathon

28 posted on 01/29/2011 4:02:18 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: OldDeckHand

I think it was a British movie.


29 posted on 01/29/2011 4:03:17 PM PST by Mears
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To: therightliveswithus

let’s party like it is 1956.


30 posted on 01/29/2011 4:03:46 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: bigheadfred

...and that’s just the foreplay!


31 posted on 01/29/2011 4:04:20 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 739 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

“I will stand with them [the muslims] should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

I will stand upwind of the muslims, regardless of the direction of the wind.


32 posted on 01/29/2011 4:05:16 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: therightliveswithus

Too bad Israel didn’t keep control of the area !


33 posted on 01/29/2011 4:07:44 PM PST by CORedneck
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To: Hang'emAll

He is so lukewarm he may end up handing the Muslim Brotherhood a big win. There are no George Washington’s in this Egypt thing...Hosni is a brute and the alternative is more brutal...Two bad choices but ...you have to choose. The Egyptians are slaves now and that is likely to continue under Islamists. Christians should be packing to leave if they have not already.


34 posted on 01/29/2011 4:08:25 PM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Mears
"I think it was a British movie.

Yep, you're right. I looked it up. It was only distributed by Columbia. It was produced by (now defunct) Horizon Pictures, a British company.

35 posted on 01/29/2011 4:11:02 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: therightliveswithus

This is moving along quite rapidly...

...wouldn’t be orchestrated in advance, now would it?


36 posted on 01/29/2011 4:11:40 PM PST by unspun (It's the Sovereignty, Stu. | We are Gulag Bound)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

I think you are right...Things are accelerating now. There will be no recovery with oil headed toward 100 to 200/barrel. We can anticipate oil disruptions in the near future.


37 posted on 01/29/2011 4:11:48 PM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: therightliveswithus
If a few goat humpers manage to get it closed for a couple of days it's likely they'll pay with their lives.

The Army is focused on providing basic security in the cities right now...the regime is collapsing.

The Generals need to announce that Mubarak is out and they will head an interim government until the fall when elections can be held.

Then go out and kill every one of the MB they can find.

38 posted on 01/29/2011 4:12:45 PM PST by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: Red_Devil 232
"It was definatly a good movie - To bad Lawrence was a lib"

And queer.

39 posted on 01/29/2011 4:14:41 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: BerniesFriend

lol, wow.


40 posted on 01/29/2011 4:14:54 PM PST by HollyB
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