Revolutie in Egypte #188: Waar Hillary Clinton Tahrir Square bezocht

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Op donderdag 26 mei 2011 16:32 schreef andre347 het volgende:

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Welke blogs en nieuwssite's volg jij allemaal over de Arabische revoluties?

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Muslim Brotherhood divided over Friday's protests

In a new sign of internal rebellion, a group of Muslim Brotherhood youths have affirmed that they will participate in Fridays protests despite the organizations vehement opposition.

"We are taking to the streets because we believe that the revolution should be completed", said Islam Lotfy, a Muslim Brotherhood leader told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Islam, a 33-year-old lawyer, shrugged off the groups position on the matter as bad and superficial."The statement issued by the group [Muslim Brotherhood] is only addressing the masses instinct of fear... It is not worthy of a group like the Muslim Brotherhood".

Along with other opposition groups, the 25 January Revolution Youth Coalition, which consists of many youth entities, including some of the Muslim Brotherhood's most politicized young cadres, called earlier this week for a large protest in downtown Cairo on Friday to demand immediate trials of figures from the former regime, a new law to fight political corruption, the dismissal of inefficient ministers, and improvement of the wage scheme in the public sector.

The coalition's aim is to pressure the military to meet new demands, and yet its discourse on the performance of the Supreme Council of the Armed forces is one of subtle, rather than overt, criticism. The SCAF has been ruling the country since Mubarak stepped down in February.

Other groups, however, have voiced more radical demands. For the last couple of weeks, cyberspace has teemed with calls for a second revolution, with many launching themselves into more overt confrontation with the the military. Some groups had primarily demanded that the military cede the helm of state immediately to a civilian presidential council and that a new constitution be passed before the parliamentary elections demands that Egypts generals have long ignored.

In response to these divergent calls, the Muslim Brotherhood posted a statement on its official website announcing that it would not participate in the protests on Friday. The group dismissed calls for a second revolution as a revolution against the people and an attempt to drive a wedge between the military and the people.

"This is a very strange position", said Mohamed al-Qassas, another 35-year-old Muslim Brotherhood youth leader and a member of the 25 January Revolution Youth Coalition.
"I did not expect the group to issue a statement that disapproves of the protests and accuses participants of treason".

In another statement, the Muslim Brotherhood accused communists and secularists of trying to circumvent the peoples will by calling for the postponement of the parliamentary elections.

Since the fall of Mubarak, many political forces have demanded parliamentary elections be postponed, arguing that nascent liberal parties should be given enough time to build a strong support base. Otherwise, Islamists and the remnants of Mubaraks party will dominate the parliament. Yet the military decided to hold the poll this fall a move welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood. "We are disappointed and we do not understand why the group is acting this way," he added.

"I am personally going to participate", added al-Qassas in a defiant tone.

As to how many rank-and-file young Brothers will follow suit, al-Qassas said it is hard to predict, especially since the position of youth leaders is different from that of the groups highest leadership. By mobilizing against the Friday protests, the group is instilling confusion, he said.

"A lot of young people who wanted to go are now afraid to participate", he added.

Later, Mahmoud Ghezlan, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau, contended that youths will not engage in the protests. In a confident tone, referring to al-Qassas and Lotfy, he said:"They will not go [to the protests]. Talk to them later today and they will tell you they will not go."

He implied that the group had convinced them not to take to the streets.

The disagreement between these youths and their leaders represents a new episode of a series of internal clashes that have made headlines in recent months. The first explicit manifestation of the conflict was the Muslim Brotherhood Youth Conference held in March. Qassas and hundreds of young Brothers convened then against the will of their groups leaders to discuss prospects for internal reforms and political participation in the post-Mubarak era.

The youths attending the conference demanded better representation of young Brothers in the groups highest power structures and the full independence of the Muslim Brotherhoods nascent Freedom and Justice party from all proselytizing bodies. However, none of these demands were heeded, suggesting the possibility of further splits within the Brotherhood youth.

Source: Al Masry al yawm

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Military council: We will not protect the Friday protests

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Hospitals on high alert ahead of Friday protests

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Thousands of Christians and Muslims started celebrating the Virgin Mary festival in Minya on Thursday under the slogan “Minya without Sectarianism.” Those celebrating expect the number of participants to exceed 2 million.
Security forces have intensified their presence in front of churches to secure prayer services, lectures, and meetings. Magdi Malik, public relations officer in the Coptic Orthodox Chruch, said that all of the participants raised the slogan of “Minya without Sectarianism,” by participating and sleeping in one tent.

Priest Matta Kamel of the Virgin Mary church, and the general coordinator for the celebration, said that participants continue to join the celebration. Kamel called on media outlets to cover the celebration and convey the amicable spirit that exists between Christians and Muslims. Madouh Maklad, head of security, said that more than 2000 men and civil protection cars have been deployed to secure the area and connect it directly to security leaderships to respond to any new developments.

Governor Samir Salem asserted that bread has been provided by the Bread Depository and that ambulances have been stationed in case of an emergency. A control room has also been set up to monitor the celebration.

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Op vrijdag 27 mei 2011 12:01 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Livestream: Het is best druk voor de vrijdag gebed.

http://25online.tv/

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Egyptenaren op Tahrirplein bijeen voor 'tweede revolutie'

Duizenden Egyptenaren zijn vandaag weer naar het Tahrirplein in Caïro gekomen om te demonstreren voor hervormingen. Organisatoren noemden de demonstratie een 'tweede revolutie'. Ze eisen snel wezenlijke hervormingen.

De betogers zijn niet tevreden over het tempo van de veranderingen in hun land. In het land is nog steeds veel corruptie waar veel Egyptenaren in januari juist tegen in opstand kwamen. 'De enige verandering die we hebben gezien, is dat het Mubarak-metrostation is veranderd in het Martelaren-metrostation', aldus een demonstrant.

De activisten zijn ook boos dat de zaak tegen ex-president Hosni Mubarak en zijn familie traag verloopt. Vrijdag protesteerden dan ook honderden mensen voor het militaire ziekenhuis in Sharm al-Sheikh waar Mubarak momenteel ligt. Ze eisten dat hij naar een gevangenis wordt overgebracht.

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Op zaterdag 28 mei 2011 17:42 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Hm, okay. Maar over dat van Rafah gisteren is volgens mij helemaal niet gebeurd. Helemaal niets over gehoord.

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Fury over advert claiming Egypt revolution as Vodafone's


Video scorned because phone company obeyed Mubarak's order to shut down network during protests

Vodafone is facing a backlash in Egypt over an advert suggesting it helped inspire this year's revolution in the country.

The three-minute commercial featured excerpts from a Vodafone ad campaign entitled Our Power, which was launched three weeks before an anti-government uprising swept the country. The video goes on to show images from protest rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square before claiming: "We didn't send people to the streets, we didn't start the revolution … We only reminded Egyptians how powerful they are."

The short film features screengrabs of Facebook and Twitter messages posted by Egyptians approving of the Vodafone ad campaign, then an audio recording of Hosni Mubarak's resignation as president being announced on TV.

In fact, many pro-change activists blame Vodafone and other mobile phone companies for following Egyptian government orders and implementing a communications blackout at the height of the revolution. They have condemned the advert as a "sickening" attempt to push up sales by "riding the revolutionary bandwagon", and an insult to the hundreds who died in the struggle to bring down Mubarak.

"Apparently this tagline inspired people to take the streets," said prominent blogger Mohamed El-Dahshan in one of many angry and satirical responses that have spread across the web. "I mean, never mind the years of activism, the protests, the decades of cumulated grievances, the terrible economic situation, the trampled political freedoms, the police brutality, the torture, etc. Nah – we just watched a Vodafone ad, and thought: 'Hey! We're powerful! Let's topple the president!'"

Vodafone has strongly disassociated itself from the commercial, which was produced by the international marketing firm JWT. "The company does not have any connection to this video and had no prior knowledge of its production or posting on the internet," said Hatem Dowidar, the chief executive of Vodafone Egypt.

The advert appeared on the public website of JWT, which was hired by Vodafone Egypt to mastermind its recent communications strategy. The agency said the video was for "internal use" only and "not intended for public display". It has since been removed from the website, as have copies posted on YouTube.

Egyptians queued up to vent their disbelief online. One YouTube comment said: "Are you guys seriously planning on leeching something out of this after you cut the phones and internet, after protesters who were being shot at could not call others and warn them about being shot at by snipers because of you? SHAME!"

Pro-change activist and former Google executive Wael Ghonim, who became an international media star of the revolution following his arrest and subsequent TV interview about the ordeal, also denounced the advert as unethical and accused JWT of using his name in the advert without permission. Meanwhile, a new website named ihatevodafoneegypt.com has rapidly become an online sensation.

To make matters worse for Vodafone and JWT, both the original ad campaign and the latest video feature Adel Emam, a veteran Egyptian actor who initially denounced the pro-change protests in January and has been widely derided in Egypt for his close links with the Mubarak family.

Vodafone is one of several firms in Egypt that agreed to shut off its mobile and internet networks in the early stages of the revolt as the government attempted to isolate anti-Mubarak protesters. It also allowed the Mubarak regime to send out anti-revolutionary text messages en masse to subscribers. It said it had no choice and has since apologised.

The firm is facing a series of legal challenges over what some critics have called its "complicity in dictatorship". It is accused of passing on information about opposition activists to the Mubarak regime's security services – a claim seemingly confirmed by Vodafone's global head of content standards, Annie Mullins, in February 2009 but later denied by Vodafone Egypt.

"All companies in Egypt are trying to use revolutionary and nationalist imagery right now to drive sales and in most cases it doesn't concern me," said Ramy Raoof, an activist with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights who had his own Vodafone Egypt service cut off for several months under orders from Mubarak's apparatus.

"But when the communications companies try it – the ones who handed out our personal information to state security, the ones who shut down our lines and who helped the government cut us off – it's too far. People are talking about compensation but we don't want money. We want to see people on trial."

Vodafone is not the only mobile firm to come under fire for its alleged use of revolutionary material for marketing. Rival company Mobinil launched a huge advertising campaign at Cairo airport with billboards featuring quotes from world leaders such as Barack Obama and Silvio Berlusconi praising the Egyptian revolution, stamped with the Mobinil logo.

"We have not used any images of the Egyptian revolution at any time in any of our external promotional material," a Vodafone spokesperson told the Guardian. "Any suggestions to the contrary are incorrect."

Vodafone is facing a backlash in Egypt over an advert suggesting it helped inspire this year's revolution in the country.

The three-minute commercial featured excerpts from a Vodafone ad campaign entitled Our Power, which was launched three weeks before an anti-government uprising swept the country. The video goes on to show images from protest rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square before claiming: "We didn't send people to the streets, we didn't start the revolution … We only reminded Egyptians how powerful they are."

The short film features screengrabs of Facebook and Twitter messages posted by Egyptians approving of the Vodafone ad campaign, then an audio recording of Hosni Mubarak's resignation as president being announced on TV.

In fact, many pro-change activists blame Vodafone and other mobile phone companies for following Egyptian government orders and implementing a communications blackout at the height of the revolution. They have condemned the advert as a "sickening" attempt to push up sales by "riding the revolutionary bandwagon", and an insult to the hundreds who died in the struggle to bring down Mubarak.

"Apparently this tagline inspired people to take the streets," said prominent blogger Mohamed El-Dahshan in one of many angry and satirical responses that have spread across the web. "I mean, never mind the years of activism, the protests, the decades of cumulated grievances, the terrible economic situation, the trampled political freedoms, the police brutality, the torture, etc. Nah – we just watched a Vodafone ad, and thought: 'Hey! We're powerful! Let's topple the president!'"

Vodafone has strongly disassociated itself from the commercial, which was produced by the international marketing firm JWT. "The company does not have any connection to this video and had no prior knowledge of its production or posting on the internet," said Hatem Dowidar, the chief executive of Vodafone Egypt.

The advert appeared on the public website of JWT, which was hired by Vodafone Egypt to mastermind its recent communications strategy. The agency said the video was for "internal use" only and "not intended for public display". It has since been removed from the website, as have copies posted on YouTube.

Egyptians queued up to vent their disbelief online. One YouTube comment said: "Are you guys seriously planning on leeching something out of this after you cut the phones and internet, after protesters who were being shot at could not call others and warn them about being shot at by snipers because of you? SHAME!"

Pro-change activist and former Google executive Wael Ghonim, who became an international media star of the revolution following his arrest and subsequent TV interview about the ordeal, also denounced the advert as unethical and accused JWT of using his name in the advert without permission. Meanwhile, a new website named ihatevodafoneegypt.com has rapidly become an online sensation.

To make matters worse for Vodafone and JWT, both the original ad campaign and the latest video feature Adel Emam, a veteran Egyptian actor who initially denounced the pro-change protests in January and has been widely derided in Egypt for his close links with the Mubarak family.

Vodafone is one of several firms in Egypt that agreed to shut off its mobile and internet networks in the early stages of the revolt as the government attempted to isolate anti-Mubarak protesters. It also allowed the Mubarak regime to send out anti-revolutionary text messages en masse to subscribers. It said it had no choice and has since apologised.

The firm is facing a series of legal challenges over what some critics have called its "complicity in dictatorship". It is accused of passing on information about opposition activists to the Mubarak regime's security services – a claim seemingly confirmed by Vodafone's global head of content standards, Annie Mullins, in February 2009 but later denied by Vodafone Egypt.

"All companies in Egypt are trying to use revolutionary and nationalist imagery right now to drive sales and in most cases it doesn't concern me," said Ramy Raoof, an activist with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights who had his own Vodafone Egypt service cut off for several months under orders from Mubarak's apparatus.

"But when the communications companies try it – the ones who handed out our personal information to state security, the ones who shut down our lines and who helped the government cut us off – it's too far. People are talking about compensation but we don't want money. We want to see people on trial."

Vodafone is not the only mobile firm to come under fire for its alleged use of revolutionary material for marketing. Rival company Mobinil launched a huge advertising campaign at Cairo airport with billboards featuring quotes from world leaders such as Barack Obama and Silvio Berlusconi praising the Egyptian revolution, stamped with the Mobinil logo.

"We have not used any images of the Egyptian revolution at any time in any of our external promotional material," a Vodafone spokesperson told the Guardian. "Any suggestions to the contrary are incorrect."

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Zeinobia

So Mubarak's mom sued him when he was an air force officer because he did not help her after his father's death , why did we expect he would be any good to the country !?

Long post from Deck.ly 2 u

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‘Demonstranten zetten politiebureau Kairo in brand’

Demonstranten hebben vanavond een politiebureau in de Egyptische hoofdstad Kairo in brand gestoken. Bij confrontaties tussen de betogers en politie en leger zou één persoon om het leven zijn gekomen.

Het bericht over het dodelijke slachtoffer, op Twitter gemeld door een journalist van Al Jazeera, is niet bevestigd. Wel zeiden ooggetuigen tegen persbureau Reuters dat betogers het politiebureau wisten binnen te dringen en het in brand hebben gezet. De brand kon redelijk snel worden geblust.

Het politiebureau zou zijn aangevallen door familieleden van een arrestant die gisteren werd opgepakt wegens een verkeersovertreding en vandaag is overleden. De naasten van de man raakten verwikkeld in een vuurgevecht met de Egyptische politie, waarna het leger de politie te hulp schoot en met scherp zou hebben geschoten.

Ooggetuige Gigi Ibrahim meldt op Twitter dat het leger in de lucht heeft geschoten en traangas heeft ingezet om een groeiende menigte van demonstranten bij het politiebureau weg te jagen. De betogers zouden het politiebureau met stenen hebben bekogeld. Het leger heeft de straten rondom het politiebureau afgezet en rond half elf vanavond was de rust rond het politiebureau teruggekeerd.

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Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Egypt's ex-minister of finance, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia ‎after been convicted of squandering public funds.‎

The court also ordered him to return LE30 million and pay an additional LE30 million in fines.

Ghali has been on the wanted list for weeks to face the charges but he is still at large and ‎widely believed to have fled the country.‎

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 15:00 schreef Lagrinta het volgende:
De wassen neus van het afzetten van Mubarak wordt steeds meer zichtbaar. Wie had dat nu verwacht. Groot rommelpot land dat Egypte. Laat ze lekker in de varkensstront zakken.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 15:08 schreef Daniel1976 het volgende:

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Dat schijnt wel mee te vallen. Maar je land opnieuw inrichten, dat doe niet in één dag.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 11:25 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Weer een conflict:

Politie pakt chauffeur op, martelt hem in politiebureau, sterft.

Mensen gingen politiebureau aanvallen omdat er nog steeds gemarteld werd. Op TV komt er een statement dat de revolutionaire jeugd de bestuurder heeft gedood op straat en dat toen hij gewond was, naar bureau gebracht werd.

Men ging protesten wegens de leugens en ja.. Weer iets in Egypte.

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Volgens de mensen: Familie ging protesten en riepen: Selmiya (Vredig) Na een paar minuten brak er zomaar een gevecht uit en een paar explosies hier een daar en kwamen er opeens mensen die de truck in de fik hebben gezet (Mens verdenken ingehuurde thugs door de politie).

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 15:00 schreef Lagrinta het volgende:
De wassen neus van het afzetten van Mubarak wordt steeds meer zichtbaar. Wie had dat nu verwacht. Groot rommelpot land dat Egypte. Laat ze lekker in de varkensstront zakken.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 18:52 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:

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Dit verhaal rammelt echt aan alle kanten. Op een of andere manier geloof ik het verhaal van die hoofdagent meer, dan het verhaal van de tegenstanders. Rakotto jij weet toch wel wat voor volk die microbus-bestuurders zijn.

Bestuurder stond blijkbaar op een illegale standplaats. Weigert rijbewijs/ID te showen, kijk daar begint het al. Waar is het respect voor de agent? Vervolgens zou de hoofdagent hem een klap hebben gegeven....weten we nog wat er een paar maanden gebeurd was, met die agent die ook een microbus bestuurder een klap gaf in Maadi? Die werd toen het ziekenhuis ingeslagen.

Zenouba zegt in haar artikel: "Already why did not the sheriff save him from this anger mob !? This is against article no.289 from the criminal law."
Grapjas! Stel je eens voor tientallen personen die op één man inslaan, hoe the hell moet je hem daaruit redden?

En dan het met stenen/benzinebommen bekogelen van het bureau.....hoe revolutionair.....

Jongens vergeet niet die 500.000 baltegya(ingehuurd tuig), die door figuren uit het vorig regime nog steeds gebruikt worden, om met alle middelen de revolutie te laten mislukken.

just my 2 cents

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 19:13 schreef rakotto het volgende:

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Ik weet hoe die microbus chaufeurs zijn De aso's van Egypte zijn het, maar hoe de sherif ook praat... Law sama7t Zie je dat al voor je?

En vergeet ook niet dat die politie station er bekend om stond dat ze mensen martelden etc en dat de Sherifs van voor het einde van Mubarak gewoon nog steeds aan de slag zijn daar..

In Alexandria hebben de mensen trouwens een graf gevonden bij een politie bureau.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 19:28 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:

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Dat die sheriff "law sama7t" zei, lijkt mij ook heel erg sterk ja.

Natuurlijk waren/zijn er veel corrupte agenten, maar deze proberen nu wel met een schone lei te beginnen hoor, die hebben echt geen zin in gezeik, voor je het weet wordt je gelynched door het volk. Het lijkt mij dus ook heel erg sterk, dat de sheriff begon met slaan.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 19:31 schreef rakotto het volgende:

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Dat hij begonnen is met slaan kan weliswaar niet kloppen... Het gaat me om het vermoorden van die persoon Zijn lichaam is uit de morgue gehaald en was helemaal blauw (Van electroschokken), dat gebeurt niet zomaar door de mensen denk ik zo.

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Op zaterdag 4 juni 2011 19:35 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:

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Blauwe plekken door klappen van omstanders? Er zijn in ieder geval geen pics van het lichaam...toch?
Dus mogelijk een hevige hersenschudding, daarom dood...?

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Potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei called for exposing the plans and supporters of the counter-revolution, as well as the plans in place to confront it.

“A series of vague reports on "conspiracies" and "counter revolutions". About time we're told who's behind these and what's being done,” ElBaradei wrote on Twitter on Saturday. He noted that most current talk is about the past and corruption. ”While the process of purging the old regime should be expedited, shaping the future must remain our priority.”

Media reports said on Saturday that the armed forces have documents proving conspiracies by local and foreign parties planning to divide Egypt into three states and bring Palestinians out of Gaza into Sinai.

According to Al-Shorouk newspaper, a number of military leaders met on Wednesday with representatives of the so-called “Egyptian Revolution Command Council” coalition and discussed the documents with them. Mohamed Abbas, a founding member of the coalition, said the counter-revolution wants to divide Egypt into a Nubian state in the south, a Coptic state in Upper Egypt and an Islamic one in the east.

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Egypt’s security services arrest alleged Israeli spy
Security services arrested a 14-year old purported Mossad officer for allegedly spying on Egypt by transferring information during the revolution. The suspect was seen by the security services in places where accidents of sectarian strife in Imbaba village and Sol village had erupted.

The public prosecution started investigating the suspect on Sunday.

Al-Masry Al-Youm was informed that the Egyptian intelligence will soon disclose details about suspect’s arrest and spy ring he works with.

Sources added that the security apparatuses have been monitoring the suspect since he entered the country in February. Videos were taken of him around Tahrir Square during the post-25 January uprising protests and in front of the Atfeeh church and Imbaba’s Virgin Mary church while sectarian clashes were taking place.

According to the allegations, security services found with him a laptop and a satellite phone through which he contacted the Israelis. He also sent information about Egypt by email to the Mossad.

During investigations, the suspect denied the accusations. Judicial sources did not state whether he had partners.

“More details will be announced later,” said the sources, “but this case is of great importance, especially after reported news about tensions between Cairo and Tel Aviv.”

“There may be details in the case that spark crisis between Egypt and Israel,” the sources added.

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Israeli spy detained for 15 days
A Mossad officer's laptop contained top-secret information, according to MENA

The High National Security Court has detained an Israeli Mossad officer for 15 days pending investigation, for spying on Egypt and threatening national security.

According to the investigation, Egyptian security forces arrested the suspect, 41, in a famous hotel in downtown Cairo with a laptop and three cell phones containing top-secret information that would have harmed Egypt.

Taher El Kholy, the attorney general for the prosecution says that the suspect tried to recruit Egyptians to gather information about the political, economic, social and security situation in Egypt after the January 25 revolution.

He also asked the recruits to document several incidents that took place in Egypt after the revolution including the rise of Islamists, sectarian tensions and problems that are plaguing the countrys Copts.

According to the Middle East News Agency, more details will be revealed in a few hours.

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Op zondag 12 juni 2011 20:58 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:
Lijkt mij geen 14 noch 41?
Maar goed werk van de inlichtingendienst. Zou het totaal niet erg vinden, indien er martelmethodes gebruikt worden, om hem te doen praten.....

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Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 01:55 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:

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Had het ook niet over op korte termijn. Er was/is daar een revolutie gaande, economie heeft flinke klappen gehad en het vorige regime heeft daar goed aan mee geholpen. Hetzelfde regime dat Egypte veel en veels te afhankelijk van het Westen heeft gemaakt.
Daar gaat hopelijk veel verandering in komen en gelukkig zijn veel jongeren het daarmee eens.

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Op zondag 12 juni 2011 19:58 schreef rakotto het volgende:

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http://www.almasryalyoum.com/node/467430
Foto's van de Mossad agent in de arabische artikel.

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http://english.ahram.org.(...)ained-for--days.aspx

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Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 04:02 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:
Het westen steunde een regime welke de gemiddelde Egyptenaar keihard onderdrukte. Een regime welke alleen maar zichzelf verheerlijkte en de clan eromheen(familie, zakenmannen). Mubarak een man die vrijwel letterlijk zei: Volk, welk volk? Ik wil daar helemaal niets mee te maken hebben. Bron: een lijfarts die recentelijk een boekje open heeft gedaan. En dat figuur moest zich inzetten voor de Egyptenaar? Natuurlijk zou deze man flink gesteund worden door het westen. Deze man zou goed naar hen luisteren en Egypte richting afgrond sturen. M.a.w. Egypte zal geen enkele dreiging meer vormen voor Israël. En daar gaat het toch vooral om?

Van onderontwikkeld land naar een nog steeds onderontwikkeld land, wetenschappers/geleerden die geen schijn van kans krijgen in eigen land. Diverse grootschalige projecten die de levensstandaard omhoog kunnen krikken, regelrecht de prullenbak in. Praktijkvoorbeeld: Lokale tarweteelt werd gewoonweg kapot gemaakt, onder het mom van, illegaal/mag niet/geen vergunning bla bla…. En zo zijn er meer voorbeelden. Iets op eigen houtje gaan produceren in Egypte was zwaar not done. En daar zet ik mijn vraagtekens bij.

Dit gebeurde allemaal met goedkeuring van het westen en ik vraag mij echt af, why?

Just my 2 cents en zie je mening graag tegemoet.