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Egypt's new president to pick woman, Christian VPs
CNN ^ | June 26, 2012

Posted on 06/27/2012 4:08:11 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Cairo (CNN) -- Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, will appoint a woman as one of his vice presidents and a Christian as another, his policy adviser told CNN.

"For the first time in Egyptian history -- not just modern but in all Egyptian history -- a woman will take that position," Ahmed Deif told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday. "And it's not just a vice president who will represent a certain agenda and sect, but a vice president who is powerful and empowered and will be taking care of critical advising within the presidential Cabinet."

The news came as the man Morsi beat for the presidency, Ahmed Shafik, left Egypt for Abu Dhabi, and as Cairo's administrative court overturned a rule that allowed the military to arrest people without a warrant.

Though Morsi had previously argued for banning women from the presidency, he said before the election that as president he would stand for women's rights.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: egypt; mursi

1 posted on 06/27/2012 4:08:23 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Christiane Amanforsure appears to be delighted, this should be cause for alarm among all rational human beings.


2 posted on 06/27/2012 4:11:03 AM PDT by mkjessup (Finley Peter Dunne- "Politics ain't beanbag")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Vice President(s)? How many are there? Is this any more than a facade of inclusiveness?


3 posted on 06/27/2012 4:13:08 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Wow. Maybe this guy is a RIINO (Radical Islamic In Name Only).


4 posted on 06/27/2012 4:17:09 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

A woman as a VP and a Christian as another. And Amanpour is just delighted. Good grief. Anyone who takes this serious should have their head examined. This is nothing but a smokescreen. I bet Zero is behind this.


5 posted on 06/27/2012 4:17:26 AM PDT by bergmeid
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To: Truth29

A lot of middle eastern Christians have a deep hatred of the Israelis. Brigitte Gabriel speaks about how much she hated the Israelis until it was the Israelis who rescued her family from their neighbors.


6 posted on 06/27/2012 4:22:03 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: mkjessup
Christiane Amanforsure appears to be delighted, this should be cause for alarm among all rational human beings.

Exactly. Small snippet from Wikipedia here:

Raised in Tehran, Amanpour was born in London, England to Iranian father Mohammad, a Persian airline executive, and British mother, Patricia.

7 posted on 06/27/2012 4:23:57 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

There is an arm of the MB that women belong too....I am sure Mrs. VP of Eygpt will be a member of it...

As for the Christian advisor...I am sure they will be in charge of the most F’d up dept so they take all the blame...

This has Hillary stamp all over it...


8 posted on 06/27/2012 4:30:12 AM PDT by Popman (When you elect a clown: expect a circus...)
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To: mkjessup
Christiane Amanforsure ...

Bwahahahah!!! Great play on her name. She certainly has some male features!


9 posted on 06/27/2012 4:34:58 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: cripplecreek

Yet it is the same Israelis who protect the very holy Christian shrines and permit Chriistian pilgrims to make pilgrimage to them.


10 posted on 06/27/2012 4:51:13 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I went to Egypt on my honeymoon, and I must say, most Egyptians have a rather unconventional understanding of thier own history. Morsi talks about having a woman VP as unprecedented in all of Egyptian history ... but he can only be referring to modern Egyptian history ... the first female ruler of Egypt was Hatsepsouk, and she built an incredible temple down near Luxor. The most famous was Cleopatra.


11 posted on 06/27/2012 5:53:00 AM PDT by RainMan (Jesus, please return soon.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

All a part of the farce. Let’s give it a month or two.


12 posted on 06/27/2012 6:11:04 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Taqiyya on display.


13 posted on 06/27/2012 6:18:42 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: Popman

Democracy in Egypt is two wolves & a sheep voting on what’s for lunch.


14 posted on 06/27/2012 7:44:09 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!")
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To: Portcall24
Wow. Maybe this guy is a RIINO (Radical Islamic In Name Only).

Count me in with the "wait and see" crowd, but this looks promising.

15 posted on 06/27/2012 5:33:55 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (With choices like Palin, Cain, and Bachmann, what could go wrong? Now we know.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“Look at the dog and pony!”

The Brotherhood made a good deal with Obama.

For a hundred million a year in US military aid the Egyptian military lets them build themselves up while everyone’s attention is called to this dog and pony by Obama’s media.


16 posted on 06/27/2012 5:48:51 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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