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January 27, 2014

The bitter reality of the military coup

The leaders of the Egyptian army have taken Egypt back nearly a 100 years…. they have taken it back to the era of military coups, which were prevalent in...

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January 27, 2014

Are the coup supporters against Morsi or democracy itself?

It doesn’t really matter if you are for or against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi; nor is it important for you to be convinced of the integrity of the Muslim...

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January 27, 2014

The Generals Are Back

In Robert Ludlum’s The Aquitaine Progression, the story begins with protagonist Joel Converse meeting a man he has not seen in 20 years, dying violently at his feet whispering...

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January 27, 2014

If only it was a coup with the US playing a role

We can debate whether the incident in Egypt was a popular revolution against Muslim Brotherhood tyranny or a military coup against its democratic legitimacy, but in my view the...

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January 27, 2014

Egypt: Liberal Hypocrisy No Laughing Matter

Part-time comedian Bassem Youssef is the kind of Egyptian that liberals in the West can relate to. He was feted in Western media as a cause celebre for freedom...

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January 27, 2014

The current conflict is between democracy, governance, and the military coup; not the Brotherhood and the opposition

The matter at hand during this difficult time, which began with the events on June 30 2013 and culminated in a military coup on July 3 2013, is not...

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January 27, 2014

Israel’s stakes in Morsi’s overthrow

Although the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his ministers not to make any statements regarding the Egyptian army’s overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the elite Zionist security...

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January 27, 2014

Did the Gulf kingdoms engineer Morsi’s demise?

Conspiracy theories are quick to circulate in the Arab world. Often, they are just that – theories – but often, they are ultimately proved to be correct. The geopolitical...

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January 27, 2014

Post-coup, what now for Al-Ahram and freedom of expression?

Post-military coup, the political reality has changed in Egypt. Newspapers and television stations have been closed down; the legislative council has been dissolved; Islamic leaders have been arrested; and...

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January 27, 2014

Petrodollar largesse explodes after coup success

Why were the Gulf States of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia so unhappy at the success of the January 2011 revolution in Egypt and so passionate...

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