Eerie silence on the ‘news’ front this morning - but here’s a dimension to this situation that may bear closer examination...
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669865/posts
Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research (Including nukes)
MSNBC ^ | 2/7/2011 | Robert Windrem
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 10:22:48 AM by tobyhill
With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.
The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Egypt Approves 15 Percent Raise For Govt Employees
Egypt’s embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger amid ongoing protests demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. The Cabinet decision follows earlier promises to investigate election fraud and official corruption as well as an announcement that a detained Google Inc. executive who was one of the most ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_313
Whoa...thanks Ike- I missed that.
Seems to have settled down somewhat- must be lots of behind-the-scenes activity.
Listening to Mark Steyn sub for Rush today- he makes me laugh out loud- a much needed humor break :)