from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for February 2nd, 2011: The New York Times: Yossi Klein Halevi, a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and a contributing editor at The New Republic, writes, “Israelis fear that Egypt will go the way of...
The Jerusalem Post reports: "Two Swedish reporters were held for hours on Wednesday by Egyptian soldiers accusing them of being Mossad spies, the reporters' employer, daily newspaper Aftonbladet, reported. The soldiers reportedly attacked the reporters, spitting in...
In Egypt we see the true nature of the State -- all States, everywhere -- revealed as the mask is dropped and Mubarak's hired thugs (paid for with your tax dollars, my friends) wreak mayhem on peaceful demonstrators. Mubarak supporters  must have been listening to...
Several Egyptians shown on various networks have said they reject the treaty with Israel. It's also been cited in articles I have been reading for days. I just want to make the point that the peace treaty fosters Egyptian collaboration with Israel in its oppression of...
So you thought it was only the wackos on the neocon right who support Mubarak? Wrong! I'm listening right now to Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's resident ultra-liberal, attack Rand Paul for being "offshore" because he calls for ending the $1.5 billion in "aid" to the Egyptian...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for February 1st, 2011: The Wall Street Journal: Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Max Boot writes, “[I]t does scant justice to the complexity of the situation to claim that Mr. Mubarak was a...
The Egyptian army has reportedly issued a statement declaring they will not fire on the hundreds of thousands of protesters occupying Tahrir Square. This occurs as the protesters, led by the April 6 movement, issue a call for a general strike and a "million man march"...
Just now on MSNBC, neocon Dan Senor, former Iraq occupation spokesman, raised the possibility of intervention in Egypt. Host Chris Jansing asked Senor, more or less, why Americans should care about what's going on in Egypt. What are the implications for our country...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for January 31st, 2011: Council on Foreign Relations: Elliott Abrams blogs on the jailed American hikers and USAID contractor in Iran and concludes that it is time for the Obama administration to ratchet up...
The Guardian reports: "Shots sound like they are coming from the east of the city, Peter Beaumont says. Tracer rounds from heavy calibre weapons suggest they are military. Bursts from the direction of the airport and Heliopolis – where the presidential palace is...
