Egypt's "war on democracy" threatens U.S. ties

Reuters ^ | Wed Feb 1, 2012 2:41pm EST | Tom Perry

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Arriving in Egypt last year, Julie Hughes had hoped to help write history by aiding the country's new generation of politicians and civil society groups to build a democratic future.

Instead, the American director of the National Democratic Institute is under investigation by authorities for funding irregularities at her U.S.-based group and is banned from leaving Egypt, a measure that prompted other activists to seek refuge this week in the U.S. embassy in Cairo.

Her hope for change, inspired by the fall of Hosni Mubarak at the hands of hundreds of thousands of protesting Egyptians, was punctured on December 29 when her offices were raided in connection with an investigation by Egypt's new military rulers.

The work of NDI, which is loosely linked to the U.S. Democratic Party, had fallen prey to what Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners say is a war between remnants of Mubarak's inner circle and a rapidly developing civil society.

It's a war, some campaigners say, that is more vicious than the one they fought under Mubarak, and it could further sour relations between Cairo and Washington, putting $1.3 billion of annual U.S. military aid in jeopardy. …

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This is why Captain Obvious is the most necessary superhero. This world is filled with indoctrinated people that refuse to listen to reason.

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I guess Obama’s dream of turning the whole world into one big Communist Muslim state is running into a couple of snags.

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"It's an honor to be right here now at this point in history: to see history being rewritten and being remade and people grabbing hold of their political future and helping them participate in the democratic transition," she told Reuters.

Many naive Infidels just don't understand fundamental Islam.
God's law (Allah's) is what a Muslim should be following, not some Girly Boy Infidel Jeffersonian type of laws where everyone is treated equally.

If our country gets much weaker, and is unlikely to respond, I expect the Muslims will do more than detain these numbskulls,to get the message across to us Infidels stay out of their Muslim business. - tom.

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