Archive for January, 2011

Two for Obi-Wan Kenobi, while tossing darts at the Egypt dartboard..

 

Report: Immigration law not enforced consistently
ATLANTA (AP) – Some local law enforcement agencies, particularly in the Southeast, are turning over illegal immigrants who commit even minor offenses to federal authorities for deportation, while others are focused on deporting more violent criminals, according to a report released Monday. The…

 

 

 

Iran summons American woman for Feb. 6 trial
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran has summoned an American woman to return to the country and stand trial on Feb. 6 along with two other Americans still in custody and accused of spying after crossing the border from Iraq, a judiciary spokesman said Monday. Their families say the Americans were just…

 


 

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Prescience after the fact. What a gift! <—This is what is known as sarcasm..

Former President Carter guesses Egypt’s Mubarak ‘will have to leave’

Carter calls Egyptian crisis ‘most profound situation in the Middle East since I left office’”

The former president, who performs work throughout the world for fair elections through The Carter Center in Atlanta, said this was not a revolution “orchestrated by extremist Muslims”.

“The Muslim brotherhood has stayed out of it,” Carter said.

Read more: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/01/31/1440918/former-president-carter-guesses.html#ixzz1CdIZ5Pq0

 

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Look, a color coded terror alert system. How neat. Expect Egypt to become West Persia, with the whiz bangs we have in charge..

Russia Today: Duma talks threat levels as public grieves and gives

 

Incompanato Dumps It..

 

 

And the Russians pick it up..

 

 

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The headline SHOULD read GOP sees looming 2012 elections as key to creating jobs and reverse the direction the country is now in..

The Hill: GOP sees looming 2012 elections as key to blocking climate rules

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ElBaradei, is not the kind of individual that he likes to portray..

Saudi King in the Mix By Nina Shea 

When President Obama called Saudi King Abdullah to discuss events in Egypt last night, he must have gotten a don’t-go-wobbly earful.  The Saudi Press Agency, according to Stratfor.com, is reporting today that the king “affirmed the importance of Egypt’s stability, safety and security.” And, as the SPA put it, “the events in Egypt are accompanied by chaos, looting, intimidation of innocents, exploitation of freedom and expression as well as attempts to ignite chaos to achieve suspicious goals which are unapproved by either Saudi Arabia or the United States.”

Abdullah would not look kindly on Mohammed ElBaradei as the next Egyptian president, of course. Far from cutting off the head of the snake, as IAEA inspector, ElBaradei was seen as overly accomodating and protective of Iran and its nuclear efforts.  The king views Egypt as “integral” to the Arab and Islamic nations, as SPA explains, and thus within his sphere of influence. A rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood, with or without ElBaradei, would pose a threat to this.

Since the Saudi monarchy has been the go-to authority for nearly all matters Islamic and Arabic (Iraq was a glaring exception to this rule) for both Democrat and Republican administrations, I suspect we won’t see any immediate suspension of U.S. military aid to Egypt as is recommended by the Working Group on Egypt.


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