Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Three years ago, on Dec. 17, 2010, a 45-year-old Tunisian policewoman slapped an agitated vegetable vendor in his early twenties. He was creating a disturbance in a police station after his cart had been confiscated for lack of license. The vendor […]
Sol W. Sanders The Obama administration’s Middle East policies – it would be foolhardy to call them “strategy” – would be ludicrous were they not so threatening to American interests, regional and world stability. The latest permutation is Washington’s position against the Egyptian military and its satellite, hopefully provisional, civilian government. Washington’s insistence that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The new Egyptian Government of Interim President Adly Mansour faces major strategic challenges from internal conflict and economic crisis, but this has been substantially exacerbated, and to some degree caused, by the fact that the U.S. Obama White House has refused to sign […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt’s huge security forces lack accountability amid their killing and maiming of pro-democracy protesters, a report said. Amnesty International said Egypt’s police and Central Security Forces have been given a free hand in shooting and driving armored vehicles into pro-democracy protesters. The London-based human rights group said the Interior Ministry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Despite a purge of its senior command, President Mohammed Morsi has failed to gain control over Egypt’s U.S.-financed military, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said Egypt’s first Islamist president, a year after he took office, continues to face opposition from the powerful military. In a report, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army, financed and equipped by the United States, tortured and killed pro-democracy protesters in 2011, a report said. A state commission determined that the Army joined security forces in attacking opponents of the regime of then-President Hosni Mubarak in January and February 2011. In a report, the panel […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s police, encouraged by the new Islamist regime, have been allowed to grow beards. An Egyptian court has ruled that policemen could grow beards. In a ruling on Feb. 20, the court overruled an Interior Ministry suspension of bearded officers. “The court ruled that police officers have the right to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy, FreePressers.com Henry Kissinger’s recent statement, that in 10 years Israel will cease to exist, borders on senile. Although one of his staff members denied it, Cindy Adams from New York Post insisted: “Reported to me, Henry Kissinger has stated — and I quote the statement word for word: ‘In […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has revived a border security project blocked by Egypt. Diplomatic sources said Washington was pressing for the renewal of a $23 million security project in the Sinai Peninsula vetoed by the former regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The sources said Mubarak and the military had been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military ruler has been retained as the senior minister in the new Islamist government. Officials said President-elect Mohammed Morsi has decided to appoint Mohammed Tantawi as defense minister. They said Tantawi, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, would continue to oversee Egypt’s military and defense industry. […]