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Egypt protests: Muslim Brotherhood 'to join talks'
BBC News ^ | 5 February 2011

Posted on 02/05/2011 7:34:31 PM PST by Racehorse

Egypt's most influential opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, says it will enter talks with officials on ending the country's political crisis.

The group told Reuters the talks would begin on Sunday and would assess how far the government was "ready to accept the demands of the people".

The negotiations would be the first ever to be held between the government and the officially banned Brotherhood.

President Hosni Mubarak has rejected protesters' demands that he quit now.

Mr Mubarak - who has been in office since 1981, tolerating little dissent - has said he will not stand in elections due in September.

Huge crowds have been on the streets of Cairo and other cities in the past few weeks demanding his immediate resignation and calling for democratic reforms.

The Muslim Brotherhood had previously said it would not take part in negotiations between the government and opposition groups.

But a spokesman told Reuters: "We have decided to engage in a round of dialogue to ascertain the seriousness of officials towards the demands of the people and their willingness to respond to them."

A spokesman told the AFP news agency the dialogue was also aimed at ending "foreign or regional interference" in the situation.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: egypt; islam; islamist; muslimbrotherhood; muslims; obama; palin; sharia
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To: azishot; LucyT; MestaMachine

OOps, it was a truncated link, sorry. Here it is:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/02/04/businessinsider-missing-google-exec-egypt-2011-2.DTL#ixzz1D8FIKpkt


41 posted on 02/06/2011 2:59:48 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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The claim in the SF Gate article is that he is being held by the Muslm radicals; but who knows the truth is; obviously Wael Ghonim himself knows. Supposedly he went to Egypt to participate in the demonstrations.


42 posted on 02/06/2011 3:05:03 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: onyx; SE Mom
Teared up at the reading of the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of the game. Couldn't help but think that the people of Egypt could just substitute their name in for ours and it would be applicable.

Pray for Middle East....that all tyrants and tyrannical people be put down by God.

43 posted on 02/06/2011 3:09:12 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

I was really taken aback- pleasantly! I still can’t believe I heard them reading it..on national tv..whoever had that idea gets a big THANK YOU from me!

I was running to the grocery store for one more thing- missed BOR interview with The One. How was it?


44 posted on 02/06/2011 3:25:19 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: MinuteGal
"...Maybe I missed something..."

Naw, you're right, Leni.

(Made me read the whole article, though.) ................. FRegards, Babe

45 posted on 02/06/2011 3:31:18 PM PST by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms .................. FRegards)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

diplomacy went out the window a while ago.

We NEED to speak out like that

Well worth repeating again, I only wish it would fit on a tag line!

>How can a country that fudges real unemployment numbers and jobs and has more on welfare and unemployment give advice to Even Gilligan’s island much less another country?<


46 posted on 02/06/2011 3:52:43 PM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: little jeremiah

Thanks, lj. Maybe he’s reporting back to 0bama?


47 posted on 02/06/2011 5:45:39 PM PST by azishot (Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
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To: azishot

Now that’s a thought; very likely, or sending messages on behalf of 0h0m0.

A under the radar thing. “Being held” my ***. He went there!


48 posted on 02/06/2011 6:04:26 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Thanks!


49 posted on 02/06/2011 8:45:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Racehorse
If anyone is in denial about the fate of Egypt...believing they will NOT be an Islamic Republic in-line with worst of them, this poll should change your mind:

http://pewglobal.org/files/2010/12/2010-muslim-01-13.png

Read the whole publication which was published very recently in Dec. 2010 and PRAY FOR THE WORLD:

http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/#prc-jump

If anyone is in denial that Egyptians want a “secular” government rather than n Islamic Republic, this poll may change your mind:
http://pewglobal.org/files/2010/12/2010-muslim-01-09.png

50 posted on 02/07/2011 7:26:13 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Racehorse
Hamas (the violent arm of the Muslim Brotherhood) is already entering Egypt to link-up with their partners in governing Egypt.

Egypt’s False Prophet
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/31/egypts-false-prophet/

51 posted on 02/07/2011 7:30:02 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SunkenCiv; nuconvert; gandalftb

Iran:
In a letter to Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar, Mousavi and Karroubi have asked him to issue a permit for demonstrations in support of the revolution in Egypt on Monday, February 14. That has put the hardliners in a very difficult position. If they do not grant the permit, their stream of propaganda promoting their supposed support of the Egyptian people will be exposed as hollow and meaningless. But if they do issue the permit, the Green Movement will have an opportunity to demonstrate its strength.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/02/egypts-revolution-terrifies-irans-hardliners.html


52 posted on 02/07/2011 9:13:22 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: FourPeas

Anyone in doubt that this democarcy movement in Egypt is a scam, just look at a few facts, unreported by the MSM.

First the telegraph of London reports the Egyptian revolutionary radicals at conferences in the USA:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665250/posts

And then the capers of Bernedette Dorn and Bill Ayers in Cairo:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2664849/posts

Code Pink: Obama, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood Ally Raising (Tax Exempt) Money to Overthrow Egypt Gov’t

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2668652/posts

Great Community Organizing work there Obama!!!/S

Muslim Brotherhood invited to Obamas Cairo Speech 2009

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/06/-brotherhood-invited-to-obama-speech-by-us/18693/

Obama and the Shadow Socialist Group Behind Egypt’s Fall?

http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/files/filesSavage/Savage-ObamaGivingMiddleEastToIslamistRadicals-Rev03.pdf

An Egyptian Warns the United States ( Obama) to Back Off

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2668365/posts?page=1

ex-CIA Agent Reveals: “Muslim Brotherhood” has infiltrated Obama Administration

http://notalemming.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/ex-cia-agent-reveals-muslim-brotherhood-has-infiltrated-obama-administration/

Obama pals provoked Egypt chaos

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2668238/posts

US ‘desertion’ of Mubarak dismays Israel

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669749/posts

Obama’s Role in Empowering the Muslim Brotherhood

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669698/posts

Egypt protests: Muslim Brotherhood ‘to join talks’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669292/posts


53 posted on 02/07/2011 1:15:05 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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54 posted on 02/07/2011 7:34:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: AdmSmith

whoops, and thanks AdmSmith!


55 posted on 02/07/2011 8:12:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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