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Implementing Religious Law Will Make Egypt the Mightiest Country in World, Richer Than Sweden
MEMRI ^ | 6-7-12 | Sheikh Muhammad Sallah
Posted on June 7, 2012 8:16:20 PM EDT by SJackson

Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Sallah: Implementing Religious Law Will Make Egypt the Mightiest Country in World, Richer Than Sweden

Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered by Egyptian cleric Sheikh Muhammad Sallah, which aired on Al-Hekma TV on May 4, 2012:

Muhammad Sallah: "[In the West] they want to clone the civil strife that has afflicted Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, and Afghanistan. Yet the Islamic world has not collapsed. They have realized that the collapse of the Islamic world must begin in Egypt. Be sure not to allow any room for civil strife to afflict this country. If civil strife afflicts Egypt, it will spell the death of Islam. I say this loud and clear.

"If you consider all the triumphs over the oppressors and infidels in modern times – they were all achieved under Egyptian commanders. In Afghanistan, with the help of the Arab mujahideen, they brought down the Soviet Union. The commanders of the Arab mujahideen were from Egypt. When the first Arab mujahideen reached Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, they defeated Serbia. That’s right, my dear brothers. When the first mujahideen reached Libya, they improved the military equipment there, they defeated and toppled Al-Qadhafi.

"Now Syria pleads for your help. It pleads for Egypt to save it from Bashar. This is proof that the collapse of Egypt would spell the collapse of the Islamic world, and the success of Egypt would mean the success of the Islamic world.

"Your country is the Mother of the World, where the best of soldiers are. The [West] does not want this courageous people to enjoy stability or security. [...]

"You are wrong in your assessment that if Islam comes to power, people's hands will be chopped off. This would mean that we are thieves. Are we really thieves? They say that Islam will stone people. This would mean that we are fornicators. Are we really fornicators? They say that people's hands and feet on alternate sides will be chopped off. This would mean that we have committed hiraba. But we are not like that. This people rejects sin and rebels against tyranny. The shari'a of Allah is the way to resolve crises. [...]

"If we accept the demands of Allah and implement His laws, we will live according to His words: 'If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, we should have opened for them all kinds of blessings from heaven and earth.'

"The best proof of this is Saudi Arabia. Abraham said [to Allah]: 'My Lord, I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, near Thy Sacred House.' But this 'valley without cultivation' exports wheat, this 'valley without cultivation' received bounty from the skies. Thus, airplanes carrying pilgrims in their millions have landed there. The people in that country live a life of plenty, after having lived a life of hardship, poverty, and deprivation. The land gives forth minerals and petroleum, and it has become one of the wealthiest countries. Why? It is thanks to the law of Allah.

"If a country with no potential for wealth can live in such abundance and joy, it is needless to say what would become of a country full of natural resources, if it implemented the law of Allah. By Allah, [Egypt] would be the mightiest nation of the world. It would be richer than Sweden, and its per capita income would be higher than any European country. Hence, our enemies do not want us to have stability, prosperity, or security, and they are constantly instigating civil strife, which afflicts the people like wildfire.

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/14/egyptian-court-calls-for-parliament-to-be-dissolved/?hpt=hp_t1



Great job obama!   

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypts-high-court-keeps-shafiq-in-race-suggests-partial-disbandment-of-parliament/2012/06/14/gJQA0h2GcV_allComments.html?ctab=all_&




Breaking down.   

240/Andre/Benny/Vince/Option FAIL/Straw/Blackass still in tears. 

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Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- 10:47 AM EDT-----

Egypt’s Highest Court Says Parliament Must Dissolve

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the Islamist-led parliament must be immediately dissolved, while also blessing the right of Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister to run for president, escalating a battle for power between the remnants of the toppled order and rising Islamists.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/world/middleeast/new-political-showdown-in-egypt-as-court-invalidates-parliament.html?emc=na

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- 10:47 AM EDT-----

Egypt’s Highest Court Says Parliament Must Dissolve

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the Islamist-led parliament must be immediately dissolved, while also blessing the right of Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister to run for president, escalating a battle for power between the remnants of the toppled order and rising Islamists.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/world/middleeast/new-political-showdown-in-egypt-as-court-invalidates-parliament.html?emc=na

Obama was right not to get involved with that shit.....there's really nothing he could do regarding the sovereign of another country...they have to work out their own problems....same with Syria

[Soul Crusher]

Obama was right not to get involved with that shit.....there's really nothing he could do regarding the sovereign of another country...they have to work out their own problems....same with Syria

Are you fucking kidding?   

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http://cnsnews.com/news/article/biden-praises-arab-spring-same-day-egypt-dissolves-its-parliament



LMFAO.   Talk about fucking moronic.   Obama and his delusional SLAVES like benny, Andre, blackass, straw, 180, option FAIL, all deserve each other. 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/17/us-egypt-election-idUSBRE85G01U20120617


Islamists in the lead.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-06-17-23-11-03


Great job Obama.   Muslim brotherhood just took over.    Great Job 180, andre, blackass, straw, Benny, etc.


Fucking morons. 

[whork]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-06-17-23-11-03


Great job Obama.   Muslim brotherhood just took over.    Great Job 180, andre, blackass, straw, Benny, etc.


Fucking morons. 

You are against government intervention yet blame the government for everything
You are totally fucked up homie

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18483018


Chaos breaking out. 

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Militants cross into Israel from Egypt, 1 killed

Jun 18, 8:56 AM (ET)

By AMY TEIBEL
 
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which underscored the growing lawlessness in the Sinai desert since longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a popular uprising last year.

Military spokeswoman Lt. Col Avital Leibovich said the assailants have not been identified but acknowledged that defense officials suspected Palestinian militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, which also borders the Sinai desert in that same area, might have been involved.

Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. Military officials said the incident was not connected to the earlier infiltration from Egypt.

 
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Israeli security officials have grown increasingly anxious about the security situation in the Sinai since Mubarak's ouster. Continued political turmoil in Egypt, weak policing in the Sinai and tough terrain have all encouraged Islamic militant activity in the area. The mountainous desert now harbors an array of militant groups, including Palestinian extremists and al-Qaida-inspired jihadists, Egyptian and Israeli security officials say. The tumultuous situation surrounding Egyptian elections, in which Islamic groups made a strong showing, has added to Israeli unease.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Army Radio that there has been "a worrisome deterioration of Egyptian control" over the Sinai. Barak said he expected the winner of this week's presidential elections in Egypt to honor the country's international obligations - an apparent reference to Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood has said it would respect the historic peace accord but that it would also seek modifications.

Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister and military chief, said he hoped Israel could conduct a security dialogue with the Egyptians and demand more forceful policing in the Sinai.

"No doubt Sinai has become a security problem," Mofaz told Army Radio. "Today's incident ratchets it up a notch."

There was no immediate comment from Egypt on the attack.

Following Mubarak's ouster, Israel stepped up construction of a security fence across the 230-kilometer (150-mile) border with Egypt in a bid to keep out both militants and illegal migrants from Africa. The government has said it expects the fence to be completed by the end of the year.

In Monday's attack, two civilian vehicles carrying construction workers were driving toward the security fence when militants activated a roadside bomb and opened light arms and anti-tank fire at them, said Leibovich, the military spokeswoman.

One of the vehicles was struck and turned over into a nearby ditch, killing one worker, she said. Israeli troops rushed to the area and engaged in a gunbattle with the militants. One militant, who was carrying a large explosive device, blew up, she said. Another militant, and possibly two others, also died, but other gunmen may have escaped back into Egypt, she said.

The militants were carrying camouflage uniforms, flak jackets, helmets and assault rifles, she said. There was no word on their identities or membership in any of a wide range of armed groups.

Leibovich said Israelis living in five small communities in the area were instructed to lock themselves inside their homes, and two major southern roads were closed to civilian traffic while troops scoured the area for other militants. The military later concluded no other gunmen were in the area.

Israel had been bracing for the possibility of more attacks from the Sinai after two rockets believed fired from there struck southern Israel over the weekend, though Leibovich said it was unclear whether the two events were related.

The magnitude of the growing threat from Sinai was driven home last August, when gunmen from Sinai infiltrated Israel and ambushed vehicles on a desert highway, killing eight Israelis. Six Egyptians were killed in Israel's subsequent hunt for the militants, causing a diplomatic crisis between the two neighbors that ended with an Israeli apology.

The deadly August attack shattered decades of calm along the frontier area, prompting officials on both sides of the border to examine security arrangements and pushing Israel to speed up construction of the border fence.

As part of its landmark first peace treaty with an Arab state, Israel agreed in 1979 to return the Sinai, captured in the 1967 Mideast war, to Egypt, but insisted the vast desert triangle separating Asia from Africa be significantly demilitarized. As the frontier area grew more volatile following Mubarak's ouster, Israel allowed thousands more Egyptian troops to police the area and has beefed up its own military deployment along the border.

The reinforced security deployment has not quieted the Sinai, however, and democratic elections for parliament and president did not resolve the instability in Egypt, which has Israel worried about the future of the 1979 peace accord.

The ruling Egyptian military dissolved the newly elected parliament and assumed sweeping powers subordinating the president and ensuring their hold on the state. The Muslim Brotherhood, which declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won this week's presidential election, has challenged the military's power grab, raising the prospect of a power struggle between Egypt's two strongest forces.

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Islamists, Military on a Collision Course in Egypt
 FrontPage Magazine ^ | June 18, 2012 | Rick Moran

Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 8:07:45 AM by SJackson

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Islamists, Military on a Collision Course in Egypt

Posted By Rick Moran On June 18, 2012 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 3 Comments


Egyptians finished two days of voting on Sunday, the first relatively free election for president in their history. But indications are that only about 15% of Egypt’s 50 million eligible voters bothered to cast ballots. The low turnout was a direct result of a Supreme Court decision on Thursday that dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament and struck down a law that would have prevented former Mubarak-era prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq, from running for president. The twin blows caught the Muslim Brotherhood flat footed as the military moved incredibly swiftly to seize legislative power and will now issue a “constitutional declaration” that defines the powers of the president in the absence of a new constitution. This forces the Muslim Brotherhood to make a choice: Either deal with the military on power sharing or take to the streets and put pressure on the generals to give in to their demands.

While many Egyptians were angry at the “soft coup” pulled off by the military, the actions of the court and military council had the effect of generating enormous cynicism among the population, which now sees the revolution as being overturned by the old regime. We have no choice at all,” said Eid Muhamed, who works in a tea house in Cairo. “Both of them are awful,” he added.

This belief is widespread across Egypt and no doubt contributed to the ennui that has gripped the electorate. Egypt’s political culture, which already sees a “hidden hand” that manipulates events so that they redound in favor of the rich and powerful, seems vindicated in that belief with the actions of the military and especially their allies in the courts. Most judges are Mubarak-era holdovers who are vehemently opposed to democratic change. Ahmed al-Zend, head of the influential Judges Club, representing most of Egypt’s jurists, denounced the parliament and threatened to overturn legislation passed by the elected body. “From this day forward, judges will have a say in determining the future of this country and its fate. We will not leave it to you to do with what you want.”

Some observers wonder whether the Muslim Brotherhood didn’t blow their chance at presiding over a transition to democracy in Egypt. Although there is no evidence, it was widely believed that the Brotherhood’s presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi, struck a deal with the military on the election. Regardless of whether that’s true, many Egyptians believe that the Muslim Brotherhood overreached and tried to acquire too much power, too quickly. The resulting backlash hurt Morsi’s vote total in the first round of presidential voting last month, and may have affected the sympathy of voters who look upon the court’s action in dissolving parliament not as unfavorably as one might expect.

What then, do the Egyptian people want, if not a transition to democracy? The political chaos and demonstrations of the previous 16 months have not worn well on most ordinary Egyptians who have seen food become scarce, the economy near collapse, and their personal security threatened by gangs of thugs who have taken advantage of the lapse in police protection to terrify neighborhoods. “We have no security. Every day there are attacks against people in the neighborhood, and there are absolutely no police, no one to turn to for help,” said Hajja Fatma, a woman from a poor Cairo neighborhood. “They hurt old people, rob homes, and kidnap children for ransom. Allah, Allah, we need order,” she added.

Many observers are saying that the military council ruling Egypt has already won the presidential race. That’s because no matter who is elected, they will have to serve under a parliament elected by rules set down by the military, act under a constitution that will be drawn up by an assembly that will probably be appointed by the military, and would likely be constrained to act by laws approved by the military.

The military council took another step to augment their power by issuing a constitutional decree that the Washington Post reports “gave the armed forces vast powers and appeared to give the presidency a subservient role.”


The declaration, published in the official state gazette, establishes that the president will have no control over the military’s budget or leadership and will not be authorized to declare war without the consent of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

The document said the military would soon appoint a body to draft a new constitution, which would be put to a public referendum within three months. Once a new charter is in place, an election will be held to chose a parliament that will replace the Islamist-dominated one dissolved Thursday by the country’s top court.

The Muslim Brothers, who were caught by surprise when the court destroyed their power base by dissolving parliament, appear to be regaining their equilibrium. After the polls closed Sunday night, the Brotherhood announced that it had rejected the court order dissolving parliament, calling it a “coup against the entire democratic process.” They also rejected the constitutional decree and vowed that the constituent assembly they appointed in parliament last week to create the new constitution will write the new charter, not the generals.

This would seem to put the two power centers of Egyptian politics on a collision course. But the Islamists have struck deals with the military previously, and it is possible they will accede to the new order as long as Morsi is declared the winner of the election and new rules governing the election of members of parliament don’t shut them out of power. For their part, the generals might accept sharing power with the Brotherhood as long as they maintain their independence from government — much like the Pakistani generals enjoy in that country.

The military is gambling that the kind of massive protests that upended the Mubarak regime will not rematerialize, and that whatever unrest occurs can be handled. The Brotherhood may also realize this, which is why it may reluctantly make the deal and bide time until another opportunity presents itself. But the push to institute sharia law — slowly in the case of the Brotherhood but much more quickly as the salafis desire — might throw any arrangement between the two sides out the window.

It is thought that the generals acted because they feared an Islamist takeover of government with the election of Morsi, and a loss of their power and prerogatives. Marc Lynch (“Abu Aardvark”) put it this way:


The SCAF likely believes that a renewal of massive, sustained protest is no longer in the cards through a combination of its own repression and relentless propaganda, along with the strategic mistakes by protestors themselves. It doesn’t feel threatened by a few thousand isolated protestors in Tahrir, and probably is gambling that they won’t be joined by the masses that made the Jan. 25 revolution last year. They may also feel that the intense rifts of suspicion and rage dividing the Muslim Brotherhood from non-Islamist political trends are now so deep that they won’t be able to cooperate effectively to respond. Or they may feel that the MB would rather cut a deal, even now, than take it to the next level. They may be right, they may be wrong. But I wouldn’t bet on stability.

Early returns show Mohammed Morsi with the lead, but millions of votes still need to be counted. The tally won’t be “official” for a few days, but any result that gives the election to Ahmed Shafiq will likely be seen as illegitimate by the majority of Egyptians, despite most of them desiring the stability and law and order promised by the ex-prime minister. If Morsi wins, the Brotherhood will have a decision to make regarding whether they will accept a presidency with limited powers, and literally under the thumb of the generals, or whether they will contest the military council’s actions in the streets.

Whatever they decide, stability for a nation riven by divisions along political and religious lines will prove elusive.

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Egyptian elected 'fascist Muslim Brotherhood' Mohamed Mursi's FACTSHEET
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 12:30:57 PM by Milagros


 Egypt's fascist Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi, growing danger against Women, Christians, Israel...



Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Wants Christians to "convert, pay tribute, or leave." Christian Post, May 31, 2012.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-candidate-wants-christians-to-convert-pay-tribute-or-leave-the-country-75821/

"Egypt's Copts back Shafiq as anti-Islamist bulwark," Egyptian Gazette, June 16, 2012.

http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=26152&title=Egypt's%20Copts%20back%20Shafiq%20as%20anti-Islamist%20bulwark



 Egypt's presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has tried to establish his democratic credentials and said his Muslim Brotherhood rival would bring back the "dark ages".

Shafiq added the Muslim Brotherhood tried to blackmail the Christian Copts and prevent them from exercising their voting rights. While on

Tuesday, his competitor Mohammed Morsi vowed to ensure the full rights of Christians and women if he is elected.

Ahmed Shafiq: Muslim Brotherhood pushing Egypt backwards," CCTV News, June 4, 2012.

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20120604/101394.shtml

Oren Kessler: "Egypt Islamist vows global caliphate in Jerusalem," JPost, May 8, 2012.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=269074

If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi became president, Egypt's new capital will no more be Cairo, but the new capital will be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private TV channel.

"The United States of the Arabs will be restored on the hands of that man [Mursi] and his supporters. The capital of the [Muslim] Caliphate will be Jerusalem with God's will," Hegazy said, as the crowds cheered, waving the Egyptian flags along with the flags of the Islamist Hamas group, which rules the Gaza Strip.

"Tomorrow Mursi will liberate Gaza," the crowds chanted.

"Yes, we will either pray in Jerusalem or we will be martyred there," Hegazy said.

Abeer Tayel, "Jerusalem to become Egypt's capital under Mursi's rule, says Muslim cleric," Al Arabiya, June 7, 2012.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/06/07/219272.html

"Egypt Presidential Candidate Seeks Constitution Based on Sharia Law," RIA Novosti, May 13, 2012.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20120513/173419752.html

Billy Hallowell: "Mohammed Mursi of Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Sharia & Jihad in Egypt," The Blaze, May 14, 2012.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-brotherhoods-egyptian-presidential-candidate-jihad-is-our-path-death-in-the-name-of-allah-is-our-goal/

Egyptian women fear fewer rights, more harassment after elections," RT, June 7, 2012.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/us-egypt-election-mursi-idUSBRE84O0CZ20120525

IN the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine, Muslim reformer Mona Eltahawy called for a genuine revolution in the Middle East. Unlike the Arab Spring, this one would release women from oppression. "First we stop pretending," she said. "Call out the hate for what it is." Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

Recently, Muhammad Morsi, a leading Egyptian presidential candidate and head of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, called for instituting sharia law and banning women from running for president.

Even women who observe Islamic dress codes are harassed in Cairo, and during last year's demonstrations for freedom in Tahrir Square, women were molested and subjected to virginity tests.

Ida Lichter: "Real reform for women a must in Muslim world," The Australian, May 20, 2012.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/real-reform-for-women-a-must-in-muslim-world/story-e6frg6ux-1226361561456


 Today, brandishing signs such as 'democracy will bring oppression' and 'Islam is the solution for Egypt', women in burkas were joined by men in traditional dress for a rally calling for sharia law to be imposed.

"London embassy protesters demand sharia law amid continuing chaos in Egypt," Daily Mail Reporter, February 4, 2011.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353787/London-embassy-protesters-demand-sharia-law-amid-continuing-chaos-Egypt.html
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Muslim Brotherhood - epitome of Islamic fascism



The affinities between the Muslim Brotherhood and fascism were observed in the I930s...
Roger Griffin, Matthew Feldman: "Fascism: Post-war fascisms," Taylor & Francis, 2004, p 31.
 http://books.google.com/books?id=kne26UnE1wQC&pg=PA31


The collapse of fascist and Nazi ideology taking place in postwar Europe was simply not in evidence in the program of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Jeffrey Herf: "Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World," Yale University Press, Nov 30, 2009, p. 251.
http://books.google.com/books?id=YzQNSTvHv-sC&pg=PA251


Islamism, or fascism with an Islamic face, was born with and of the Muslim Brotherhood. It proved (and improved) its fascist core convictions and practices through collaboration with the Nazis in the run-up to and during World War II.
Marc Erikson: "Islamism, fascism and terrorism," (Part 3), Asia Times Online, December 4, 2002.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL04Ak01.html
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Breaking news

 One Israeli was killed as gunmen from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula attacked workers constructing a border security fence with small arms and explosives, an Israeli Defense Ministry official said.

The Israeli was a civilian contract employee, the official said, speaking anonymously as he was not authorized to comment on record. At least two of the gunmen were killed after Israeli forces returned fire, an army spokesman said, speaking anonymously in accordance with military regulation.

The attack, which followed rockets fired from Sinai into southern Israel over the weekend, raised concerns in Israel about security on the border with Egypt, which signed a peace treaty with the Jewish state more than three decades ago.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which has criticized the accord with Israel, says its candidate Mohamed Mursi is set to win Egypt's first free presidential election. The group says Mursi took 52 percent of ballots, beating Ahmed Shafik, who served as premier under Hosni Mubarak. Votes are still being counted after the runoff election between the two men ended yesterday, and official results are due June 21.

“We see here a disturbing deterioration in Egyptian control in the Sinai,” Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, according to an e-mailed statement from his office. “We are waiting for the results of the election. Whoever wins, we expect them to take responsibility for all of Egypt's international commitments, including the peace treaty with Israel.”

'Wild West'

 Israeli officials have voiced concern about the close links between the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic movement that controls the Gaza Strip and opposes the Oslo peace deal with Israel that is supported by the Palestinian Authority.

The relationship between Israel and Egypt has frayed since Mubarak, who maintained the peace agreement, was forced out by street protests in February last year.

The Sinai is turning into a “kind of Wild West” used by militant Islamic groups to smuggle weapons and attack Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in April. Eight Israelis were killed in a cross-border attack by Palestinian militants near the southern resort city of Eilat last August.

,br> A natural gas pipeline running through Sinai to Israel has been bombed 14 times by Islamic militants since February 2012. The supply cuts resulted in Egyptian exports to Israel dropping to $179 million last year compared with $355 million in 2010, and Egypt terminated the supply agreement in April.

'Different Egypt'

 Israel is building a fence along the 240-kilometer (150- mile) border to block militants and African migrants from entering the country from Sinai. The government has said the estimated 1.35-billion shekel ($360-million) project is expected to be completed by year's end.

Israeli officials have also expressed concern over the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip through tunnels dug underneath the Sinai border. The Israeli Air Force targeted what it said were two terror-activity sites in Gaza overnight, according to an e-mailed statement from the army. At least five Palestinian civilians were injured in the airstrikes, according to Adham Abu Selmeya, a spokesman for Gaza's emergency medical services.

“This isn't Mubarak's Egypt and it definitely isn't an Egypt of peace or quiet,” Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a member of the Israeli parliament and former defense minister who was close to Mubarak, said on Army Radio. “This is a different Egypt. What it will be and how it will act only heaven knows.”

Gwen Ackerman and Calev Ben-David: "One Israeli Killed as Gunmen Attack From Across Egypt Border," Bloomberg News, June 18, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-18/one-israeli-killed-as-gunmen-attack-from-across-egypt-border

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IDF tanks move closer to Egypt border
 ynetnews ^ | 6/18/2012 | Yoav Zitun



The IDF has deployed Armored forces near the Israel-Egypt border, moving tanks closer to the fence, Ynet has learned. The unusual move followed Monday's terror attack on defense contractor crews building the new security fence.

The attack claimed the life of Said Phashpashe, 36, from Haifa. Golani soldiers who were scrambled to the area killed two terrorists.

Ynet was able to document the presence of Israeli tanks in close proximity to the border – maneuvers which are barred by Jerusalem's peace treaty with Cairo.

The last time the IDF boosted its front-line combat vehicle presence in the sector was in August 2011, following a murderous terror attack by the Islamic Jihad, which left nine Israelis dead.

At the time, the military deployed several armored personnel carriers along the border, as part of the heightened security measures in the sensitive area.

Ynet's chief military commentator Ron Ben Yishai noted that several months ago, Israel and Egypt arrived at an agreement by which Cairo would be able to deploy 20 tanks near the border, to ward off attacks by Bedouins on Egyptian forces, despite the fact that such a move contradicts the peace treaty.

It is likely that the deal also allowed Israel to do the same in favor of increased protection for the area's communities.

Gaza Division Southern Brigade Commander Col. Tal Harmoni held a press briefing Monday, following the terror attack: "We are in a race against the clock to close the border," he told reporters. "We have to seal off the border as soon as we can to prevent exactly these kinds of attacks."

Harmoni added that as tragic as the attack's result were, "It could have been far worse – a large-scale attack was prevented.

"The IDF has strong ties with the Egyptians forces, who are working tirelessly to thwart such incidents," he concluded.


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crickets from team kenya 

[JBGRAY]

That article sounds like an instruction manual.  Benny B and Andreisman act like a fuckin' pre-programmed wind-up toy.....just wind 'em up and off they go, on their politically correct All-Hail-Obama track.......

In fact, I don't even think they are real people.....just some server in a chilly room putting out automated Democratic Party approved messages.

[andreisdaman]

That article sounds like an instruction manual.  Benny B and Andreisman act like a fuckin' pre-programmed wind-up toy.....just wind 'em up and off they go, on their politically correct All-Hail-Obama track.......

In fact, I don't even think they are real people.....just some server in a chilly room putting out automated Democratic Party approved messages.

this is funny....... ....I guess 3333 isn't an anti-Obama bot as well. huh?..its funny that you go after me and say I might be a bot but the guy with 88,000 anti-Obama posts is just a regular nice guy?>

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Obama Threatens Any Opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt with the Withdrawal of All
Atlas Shrugs ^ | 6/19/12 | Pamela Geller
Posted on June 19, 2012 1:16:24 AM EDT by Nachum

The Obama administration warned Egypt's military leaders on Monday to speedily hand over power or risk losing billions of dollars in U.S. military and economic aid to the country.

It wasn't enough that Obama invited the Muslim Brotherhood to his submission speech in Cairo in June 2009, despite the fact that the group was banned at that time for obvious reasons: they wanted to install a Sharia government, and the draconian, barbaric code of Sharia in Egypt. It wasn't enough that after he invited the Brotherhood to his speech, he had officials in his administration meeting with this Islamic supremacist group. It wasn't enough that he abandoned the true freedom movement, when the women of Iran and the Persians, Zoroastrians rose up after 30 years of oppressive Sharia rule. He spit on them and left them to die. They met bullets with bare flesh and broken bricks. It was a squandered historical moment - remove the head of the snake of Hezb'allah, Hamas, the shiite fighting American soldiers in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the shia agitation in Bahrain. Obama could have saved the free world and gone down in history as one of the magnificent heroes for good. But that is not who he is. He is a tool, a malevolent subversive who managed to seize the most powerful office in the world with the PR expertise of the enemedia.

Obama's war on the good continued.

It wasn't enough that he abandoned our 30-year ally in Egypt, the first Muslim country to make peace with the Jewish people despite the Jew-hatred mandated in the Quran. It wasn't enough that he threw our great friend and ally out with both hands, the most liberal of reformers in the Muslim countries in that region.

On January 25,

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http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=274345


Egypt in chaos and in the hands of the muslim brotherhood - JUST LIKE MANY OF US WARNED! 

FUCK YOU OBAMA, ANDRE, 240, BENNY, BLACKEN, VINCE, OPTION FAIL, ETC. 

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http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=274345


Egypt in chaos and in the hands of the muslim brotherhood - JUST LIKE MANY OF US WARNED! 

FUCK YOU OBAMA, ANDRE, 240, BENNY, BLACKEN, VINCE, OPTION FAIL, ETC. 

fuck you schizo bitch. I said nothing about egypt. This again proves you just do the blind fire. Facts mean nothing to you... go get a sound byte from somewhere.. HAHAHAHAHA this chump is a surface thinker. Easily swayed... Very sad.. Sad indeed... Chump

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fuck you schizo bitch. I said nothing about egypt. This again proves you just do the blind fire. Facts mean nothing to you... go get a sound byte from somewhere.. HAHAHAHAHA this chump is a surface thinker. Easily swayed... Very sad.. Sad indeed... Chump

LOL - just chalk this up to another thing many of us predicted from Day 1 that you obama cunnts got wrong. 

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LOL - just chalk this up to another thing many of us predicted from Day 1 that you obama cunnts got wrong. 

What comments have i posted about egypt?

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LOL - just chalk this up to another thing many of us predicted from Day 1 that you obama cunnts got wrong. 

So Mr. Oracle what would you have done?

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What comments have i posted about egypt?

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So Mr. Oracle what would you have done?

Nothing at all and let Mubarak stay in power. 

Would not have given 200 million of taxpayer dollars for their election. 

Would not have called for mubaraks ouster like ghettobama did.

Would not have members on the MB comiserating with my admn like ghettobama is.



We warned you obama cult members many times that this was going to happen.  but nnnnoooooooo, you slavish drones so in love with your messianic cult leader refused to listen.