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Category Archives: Egypt
Strategery in East Asia and thereabouts.
Babak suggested that we should have Korea and the South China Sea included in our list of strategeral concerns. I agree. Korea. This nightmare state is evidently not going to suddenly disappear. Therefore, we must think about it. IMO they … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, China, Egypt, History, Israel, Korea, Middle East, Policy, Russia, Syria, The Military Art
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51 neocons at State want another Iraq
"More than 50 State Department officials signed an internal memo protesting U.S. policy in Syria, calling for targeted U.S. military strikes against the regime of Bashar al-Assad and urging regime change as the only way to defeat ISIS. The cable … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, Current Affairs, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Policy, Syria
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Ah… The Terrible Turks
" … a Kremlin statement made clear Russia was committed to its campaign against Islamic State and "other terrorist organizations", an indication that it would also target groups in western Syria where jihadists such as al Qaeda are fighting Assad … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, Current Affairs, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Policy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey
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Diplomacy must reflect reality and not be mere attempts at trickery.
"The Syrian army looked poised on Saturday to advance into the Islamic State-held province of Raqqa for the first time since 2014, apparently to pre-empt any move by Saudi Arabia to send ground forces into Syria to fight the jihadist … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, Current Affairs, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey
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“Arab spring a plot to divide countries: Egypt’s Grand Imam” Ahram on Line
""Some Arab spring revolutions brought benefits but others were planned to destroy and divide countries," he said in an interview on Al-Hayat TV channel on Sunday. The West invented "corrupted" theories in order to steal the wealth of the … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Middle East, Politics, Religion
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Egypt sentences 529 to death.
"The mass sentencing underscored the severity of an ongoing campaign by Egypt’s military-backed leaders to silence opposition here, eight months after a military coup ousted Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected leader. It was unclear what evidence prosecutors presented to … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt
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“Egypt’s Elections” By Richard Sale
Islam is on the march in the Middle East. This is indisputable. For the past few years, in every Mideast election, the Islamic parties have won: in the Gaza Strip in 2006, in Iraq and Tunisia in 2010. … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt
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Egypt likes its army.
"The military-backed government that took over from Mursi in July has billed the two-day referendum, which is to pave the way for presidential and parliamentary elections, as a crucial step toward stability. Mursi backers denounce it as an attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt
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Muslim Brotherhood named as terrorist group
"Egypt increased pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, detaining at least 38 of its supporters on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization the day after it was declared one by the government, security officials said. General Abdel Fattah … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt
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Turkey’s Growing Isolation
"Fadi Hakura from the London think-tank Chatham House told CNN that Saturday's events were "a vivid illustration of Turkey's growing isolation in the Middle East." "There's a perception gaining ground in the region that the Turkish government is allied to … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Turkey
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