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Egypt: Things to Think About as We Await the Presidential Election Outcome
RubinReports | By Barry Rubin ‘I will never give you peace’ an artist writes beside picture of Mubarak and candidates (Photo: AFP/GETTY) While one can certainly sympathize with the idea of letting an...
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Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring
Middle East Forum | by Raymond Ibrahim Originally published in the FrontPageMagazine. Happy miss Iran 1978 candidates Naz Hajilari, Sepideh Razeqi, Tahereh Azimi-Moqayedi and Giti Baniahmad waving at...
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WikiLeaks: El Baradei Returns to Cairo
Released Aug 30, 2011 | WikiLeaks | Edited by Crethi Plethi An Egyptian supporter of Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei waits at Cairo international airport. (Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty...
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Israel is in Good Shape Because So Many Others Decided Not to Be
By Barry Rubin A different version of the article is published in the Jerusalem Post. The more I think about Israel’s security situation at this moment, the better it looks. Obviously, this is...
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Egypt: There Goes the Army; There Goes the Free Media; There Goes Egypt
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin Muhammad al-Mursi So can you write “Arab Spring,” “free elections,” “democracy in Egypt,” and such things 100 times? Might this be somewhat in...
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The Middle East Crises of 2013 Are Already In Dress Rehearsal
Wed, Nov 21, 2012 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin This is what happening in Syria right now, women and children suffering from both sides: Syrian rebels and Assad’ loyalists. (source:...
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On Mistaking Mohamed Mursi For His Mask
February 2013 | MEForum | by Raymond Stock Originally published in Foreign Policy Research Institute. “You know, when it comes to Egypt, I think, had it not been for the leadership we showed, you...
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Arab Moderation Is Murdered: An Assassination in Tunisia
Fri, February 8, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.” — Edmund Burke Chokri Belaid And if the good men are...
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Open letter to Obama: You’re not Backing Democracy and Human Rights
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 | Al-Ahram Weekly Open letter by Bahieddin Hassan asking U.S. President Barack Obama to stop commenting on developments in Egypt. To President Barack Obama: Image taken during the...
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Obama Says: I’m Backing Democracy and Human Rights; Egyptian Human Rights’...
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin President Obama continually tells us that his foreign policy is supportive of democracy and human rights, and that people all around the world love...
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Can Assad’s Syria Survive Revolution?
Spring, 2013 | The Middle East Quarterly, Volume XX: Number 2, pp. 65-71 | by Eyal Zisser Syrian president Bashar al-Assad (center) with Mustafa Tlas (right) attend a ceremony at the unknown soldier...
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Fools Rush In Where Statesmen Fear to Tread
Sun, June 30, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin “Four years after the revolution and the old king’s execution…. He still recalls the old battle yell Down with all of the ruling class Throw all the...
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In Egypt, Army Threatens Coup while U.S. Policy has backed the Regime
Mon, July 1, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin The news that the army has given a 48 hour ultimatum that unless stability returns it will step in has proven the headline of this article correct. Is...
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What Now in Egypt? Informed Speculations
Mon, July 1, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin An Egyptian man carries his daughter as she holds a picture of army chief and Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Image source: www.ndtv.com)...
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Second Statement: Army Says It Won’t Take Power…Yet
Tue, July 2, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin Egyptian military helicopters circled over Cairo with national flags attached, Monday July 1, 2013. (Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters) The Egyptian army...
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Egyptian Armed Forces First Statement: “Call for Meeting the Demands of the...
Mon, July 1, 2013 | State Information Service Translation by Egypt’s State Information Service. General Abdel Fattah al-Sissi issued a statement in a televised audio statement on Monday afternoon,...
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The Deliberate Muslim Brotherhood Violence in Cairo Fostering the...
Tue, Sept 3, 2013 | By Jonathan Fighel Originally published by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC). The Concept of Sacrifice in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Doctrine The Salafi group...
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The “Arab Spring” is now officially over
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin Eight Tunisian soldiers were murdered and mutilated in Jebel Chaambi (near the Algerian-Tunisian border) and two opposition political figures...
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If Libya’s U.S.-Client Prime Minister Can be Kidnapped by Al-Qaeda, Why...
Thu, October 10, 2013 | RubinReports | By Barry Rubin Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan kidnapped at gunpoint and held at an unidentified location, but released after several hours. (Photo: Reuters)...
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