Posted on 05/13/2011 9:17:10 AM PDT by keep your powder dry
CAIRO—A popular reformist leader in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said he will run for president, in a move that raises the possibility that Islamist politicians could dominate the country's presidency and its parliament.
The announcement by Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the 59-year-old head of the Arab Doctors' Union and a member of the Brotherhood's legislative Shura Council, marks a break with the group's leadership.
The organization months earlier promised not to field a candidate in the presidential election, in order to quell concerns that Islamists sought to take power in the wake of the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in ...
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wasn’t Beck called a racist fear-monger conspiracy nut for saying someone from the Muslim Brotherhood would do this?
Egypt will withdraw diplomatic recognition of Israel before the year’s out.
Yeah. Sure it does.
LMAO, yep there’s your reformation for you.
Freedom is about to break out all over the Middle-East. It’s the fresh smell of the political spring so many have wished for.
ROTFLOL, suckers...
People are going to look back on Mubarak and realize those may not have been the perfect times, but they’re going to be seen as a lot better than what lies ahead.
The United States of Iran...
Wake up people how much time do you think we have left here on this earth??Things are getting so out of control..Get on your knees and pray..With what we have on Air Force one and what is going on in the world every one had better take it seriously..
That’s generally what happens to a guy with half a clue, at the hands of people who don’t.
Beck takes a lot of grief, because he sees most things rather clearly. A lot of folks don’t want to be confronted with truth, especially these days.
Hey! Where are all the FReeper cheerleaders that were saying what a great and fabulous thing it was for Mubarak to be tossed?
That “democracy was spreading across the arab world”, etc.?
Yeah right.
“Islamist Leader Pursues Egypt’s Presidency”
SHOULD READ...
“Obama Pursues Egypt’s Presidency”
THERE, FIXED IT!
Pure democracy is mob rule. That’s why the Leftwing media types like it.
Agreed.
I am constantly reminding people that the USA is supposed to be a Republic.
It’s amazing how many don’t know the difference.
Then again, given the current state of our “educational” system and who’s infiltrated it, it’s not surprising.
My children know the difference.
Bump!
As does mine.
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