"Darkness in Egypt,"

[pbel]

Egypt's Islamist president gets to work - Yahoo! News

"Darkness in Egypt," headlined Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he "respected" the result.

This is how Israel views Democracy for the Middle East!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama handling of the whole Middle East has been a huge "Fuck You and Die!!" to Israel

He's been as big as fuck up as Jimmy Carter handing Iran to the Islamists

 

[docmauser1]

"Darkness in Egypt," headlined Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth.

Oh! The ninth plague of Egypt!

 

[MHunterB]

Let's hope it won't lead to the tenth : (

 

[Jos]

Obama handling of the whole Middle East has been a huge "Fuck You and Die!!" to Israel

He's been as big as fuck up as Jimmy Carter handing Iran to the Islamists

Thats like saying King George handed America to the colonists

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama handling of the whole Middle East has been a huge "Fuck You and Die!!" to Israel

He's been as big as fuck up as Jimmy Carter handing Iran to the Islamists

Thats like saying King George handed America to the colonists

Carter pulled our support for the Shah and let the Islamists know it

 

[pbel]

"Darkness in Egypt," headlined Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth.

Oh! The ninth plague of Egypt!

You better hope Yahooie is still on Israel's side which I doubt since Moses was an Egyptian Prince!

 

[docmauser1]

"Darkness in Egypt," headlined Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth.

Oh! The ninth plague of Egypt!

You better hope Yahooie is still on Israel's side which I doubt since Moses was an Egyptian Prince!

Yeah! And had been running a Goldman-Sachs there too!

 

[waltky]

Morsi lettin' `em know who's President...

Egypt's president orders dissolved parliament back
8 July`12 – Egypt's president on Sunday ordered the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene in defiance of a military decree dissolving the legislature last month on the basis of a ruling by the country's top court, the state news agency reported.

The surprise move by President Mohammed Morsi, himself an Islamist, will almost certainly lead to a clash with the powerful generals who formally handed power to him on June 30 after spending 16 months at the nation's helm following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising. The move also reflects confusion in the roles and powers of Egypt's governing institutions, with the constitution in force under Mubarak suspended after the uprising and no new one adopted.

Open confrontation between the two sides is certain to plunge the country into a new bout of political instability, adding to the many woes Egypt has experienced since Mubarak's ouster by a popular uprising in 2011. Already, the country has been beset by a surge of crime, a faltering economy, a seemingly endless series of strikes, sit-ins and demonstrations. In the first sign of an imminent crisis, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the formal name of the body grouping the nation's top generals, held an "emergency meeting" shortly after Morsi's decree was announced.

The official Middle East News Agency said the generals met to "review and discuss the consequences" of Morsi's decision. The council has yet to publicly comment on the president's decision. The decree by Morsi, a longtime member of the Muslim Brotherhood group, also called for new parliamentary elections to be held within 60 days of the adoption of a new constitution for the country, which is not expected before late this year.

Last month, the then-ruling military generals dissolved the legislature when the Supreme Constitutional Court, the country's highest tribunal, ruled that a third of its members had been elected illegally. The text of Morsi's decree made no mention of the Supreme Constitutional Court, saying it was only revoking the military's own decree to disband the legislature.

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[waltky]

Court throws Morsi a curveball...

Egypt's top court affirms ruling to disband parliament
9 July`12 – Egypt's highest court insisted Monday that its ruling that led to the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated parliament was final and binding, setting up a showdown with the country's newly elected president.

The announcement on state TV came a day after President Mohammed Morsi recalled the legislators, defying the powerful military's decision to dismiss parliament after the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that a third of its members had been elected illegally. However, both sides appeared together Monday at a military graduation ceremony. Morsi sat between the head of the armed forces Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and Chief-of-Staff Sami Anan. The three sat grim faced for most of the ceremony, but Tantawi and Morsi exchanged a few words while seated on the reviewing stand.

The court's judges made the decision in an emergency meeting even as the speaker of the dissolved legislature, Saad el-Katatni, called for parliament's lower chamber, the People's Assembly, to convene on Tuesday. The court's ruling did not cover parliament's upper chamber, known as the Shura Council, which is largely toothless. Both Morsi and el-Katatni are longtime members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist group that has long been at odds with the military and with other Islamists holds the majority of parliamentary seats. The move to restore parliament appeared to be an effort to exert Morsi's authority as president despite a series of moves by the military before his election aimed at limiting his powers.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces took over governing the country after Hosni Mubarak was ousted by a popular uprising last year and the ruling generals have come under criticism for being slow to hand over power to a civilian administration. Morsi's executive order made no mention of the court's ruling, restricting itself to revoking the military's decree to dissolve the chamber. That appeared to be an attempt to avoid being seen as flouting a legal decision. Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali, speaking on Monday, said Morsi's decision did not violate the court's ruling, according to the Middle East News Agency.

In a separate report, the official Middle East News Agency said the court was due to look into several cases Tuesday questioning the legality of Morsi's decision to reconvene parliament. The parliament building remained under police guard Monday, although scores of Morsi supporters gathered outside on the street. Many Islamist lawmakers have said they would attend Tuesday's session. Secular lawmakers, however, were leaning toward a boycott. "How can we go and attend in violation of a court ruling?" said Imad Gad, a liberal lawmaker. "There must be respect for the law and for state institutions."

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[Roudy]

Obama handling of the whole Middle East has been a huge "Fuck You and Die!!" to Israel

He's been as big as fuck up as Jimmy Carter handing Iran to the Islamists

Obama like Carter has been laying out the red carpet of blood for Islamists.

 

[waltky]

Muslim Brotherhood suckin' up to Iran...

Egypt and Iran: Old enemies become new friends?
24 August 2012 - In a sign of thawing relations, Egypt's President Mursi recently met Iran's Vice-President Hamid Baghai in Cairo

Egypt's new President, Mohammed Mursi, wants to signal the new direction for his foreign policy with the countries he chooses to visit on his first trips abroad since taking office two months ago. Last week he travelled to Saudi Arabia, a long-time ally of Egypt that was close to his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, seeking to put tensions aside. He is now planning to travel to China - in recognition of its role as an economic superpower - and Iran, according to the official Egyptian state news agency. If the latter trip takes place as expected on 30 August, it will have special significance.

No Egyptian leader has set foot in Tehran since the mid-1970s. Diplomatic relations broke down after Cairo signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 and received the Shah, who fled Iran following the Islamic Revolution in the same year. As the most populous Arab country and a historic regional heavyweight, Egypt, a predominantly Sunni Muslim power, has seen itself as a political rival of Shia Iran. Under Mubarak, it united with other Sunni nations against the spread of Iranian influence. There were strained relations with Iran's proxies, Syria and the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, as well as Hamas, the Palestinian faction that governs Gaza.

'Sunni front'

Some analysts have expressed concern over the apparent decision of the new president, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, to reconnect with Iran. They note that Tehran hailed Mr Mursi's election as an "Islamic awakening". "The prospect of Mursi using his position to repair ties with Iran has been hotly debated in the Western and Israeli press since his election victory in June," comments David Hartwell, senior Middle East analyst at IHS Jane's. "Egypt has sided with Saudi Arabia and Jordan to form a bulwark against what they have traditionally perceived to be expansion of Shia Iranian hegemony in the Middle East. As such, any sign that Egypt's commitment to this 'Sunni front' might be weakening will be viewed with alarm."

However, it could be that too much is being read into Mohammed Mursi's decision to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran. He has a role to play in the meeting, handing over the rotating leadership of the bloc, which was established during the Cold War as an advocate for developing nations. "Mursi's visit to Iran, if it materialises, would clearly be a symbolically important step, but perhaps not as important as the alarmists suggest," says Elijah Zarwan, an Egypt expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations. "As the current head of the Non-Aligned Movement, it would be hard for Mursi not to attend and still look serious about the group, which Egypt does take seriously as a magnifier of its diplomatic influence."

He suggests that normalisation of relations will take more time. "Even small concrete changes to Egypt's Iran policy will likely come only after intense negotiations, including on Tehran's support for Damascus," Mr Zarwan says. "Mursi would have to carefully weigh any steps toward better relations against resistance from within the Egyptian state, and from Egypt's allies in the Gulf and further afield."

'Careful path'

 

[P F Tinmore]

Egyptian newspaper editor Islam Afifi was freed after a few hours in custody on Thursday, a security official said, following a presidential decree scrapping preventive detention for alleged publishing crimes.

A senior security official confirmed late Thursday that Afifi, who is facing charges of inciting disorder and spreading false news, was freed in line with the decree.

"He has been released from Tora prison and is on his way home," he told AFP.

Egyptian editor freed on presidential order: security source - Yahoo! News

 

[docmauser1]

Egyptian newspaper editor Islam Afifi was freed after a few hours in custody on Thursday, a security official said, following a presidential decree scrapping preventive detention for alleged publishing crimes. A senior security official confirmed late Thursday that Afifi, who is facing charges of inciting disorder and spreading false news, was freed in line with the decree.

Oh, Murza the Sultan.