Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Thursday, February 9

Be less helpful or be less squeamish

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The British air command did play a role with Germany but the basic story is that after the United States bombed Germany and Japan to rubble,...
Friday, January 27

Urgent advice for State: Warn Obama to stop pushing the envelope (UPDATED 2X)

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UPDATE 2:05 PM ET January 29 Adding two important news reports to the footnotes, both of which I'd misplaced at the time I published th...
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Monday, January 23

MENA's New Left (Updated)

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Update 3:30 PM ET Added a link to my discussion about a report on the Washington Consensus ********** I offer this op-ed by Austin G. Mackel...
Tuesday, September 13

A closer call at the Israeli embassy in Cairo than initially realized, plus analysis of the new dynamic for Israel in MENA

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September 12 : Israel watches its old alliances crumble The overthrow of President Mubarak in Egypt, the estrangement of Turkey and a UN vot...
Monday, September 12

Turkey's PM Erdogan receives tumultuous welcome as he arrives in Egypt to sign strategic agreement: "Egypt-Turkey: one fist."

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September 12 : Egyptians Cheer Erdogan as Turkey Seeks Partnership With Egypt By Emre Peker [reporting from Ankara] 8:08 PM EDT Bloomberg T...

Egypt's military reverses decision on tourist visas but pulls al Jazeera station from air

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Note: The WSJ reporter who filed the following report describes al Jazeera's coverage of the 'protests' that brought down the Mu...

State of emergency widened in Egypt: "The military is giving broad and excessive powers to a police force that continues to be abusive."

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September 12 : Egypt military to widen state of emergency By Samer al-Atrush AFP [Report posted 2:00 PM EDT] CAIRO — One of Egypt's ruli...
Sunday, September 11

US officials save guards at Israel's Cairo embassy from mobs; meanwhile Egypt's authorities tell their side of the story. Rise of Piñata Journalism.

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Whereupon propaganda outlets Xinhua and Al Ahram, battered by opposing forces, struggle to report the news from Egypt...... The following re...
Saturday, September 10

Egyptian mob near Israeli embassy attacks CNN, PBS and other journalists, accusing them of being American spies

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1. First, a correction to the " Two photos " post. From the following CNN report, journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy is "a produ...

Note (UPDATED 10:43 PM EDT

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UPDATE September 10, 10:43 PM EDT From a CNN report published at 8:54 EDT tonight ( Angry crowd turns on journalists reporting embassy atta...
Friday, September 9

Two very different photos of the attack on Israel's embassy in Cairo (Updated 3X)

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UPDATE September 10, 10:40 PM EDT From a CNN report published at 8:54 EDT tonight ( Angry crowd turns on journalists reporting embassy att...
Wednesday, March 30

Washington's headless horseman and President Obama's Address to the Nation on Libya

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President Obama's Monday address to the nation about Libya ended at 7:57 PM ET. By 8:05 PM, CNN's Nic Robertson was reporting to A...