Special to WorldTribune.com Global Information System The announcement on June 24, 2012, of the election to the Egyptian presidency of the pro-Muslim Brothers (Ikhwan al-Muslimin) Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) (Hizb al-Hurriya wa al-’Adala) candidate Mohammed Mursi, began to hint at the impact of the United States’ effective withdrawal in the past three years from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood faces the military regime in the second round of presidential elections in Egypt. The Brotherhood’s candidate for president, Mohammed Mursi, was one of the two finalists in the first round of presidential elections. Mursi would face former Egyptian Air Force commander Gen. Ahmed Shafiq, a candidate of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has been assigned a leading role in securing presidential elections. Officials said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided to deploy Army, Navy and Air Force personnel to secure polling stations throughout Egypt on May 23-24. The officials said the military was assigned the mission in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has ended its diplomatic presence in Egypt amid increasing threats by the Muslim Brotherhood. Officials said the Saudi Foreign Ministry has recalled its staff from Egypt and closed the embassy and consulates. The officials said the military regime in Cairo failed to protect Saudi diplomats and installations […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — America’s political standing has dipped so low in Egypt, that in a recent Gallup poll, more than eighty percent of respondents said they neither want military aid nor economic assistance from the United States. Moreover as many shades of Islamic political parties dominate the landscape, many people in this […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, despite opposition in Congress, has relayed all of U.S. aid to Egypt for 2012. In an unusual move, the White House acknowledged that the administration relayed all $1,5 billion in U.S. civilian and military aid to Egypt for this year. The move came less than two weeks […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military regime has agreed to release hundreds of Bedouins linked to Al Qaida-inspired attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian sources said the regime led by Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi has agreed to Bedouin demands to release those accused of attacking Sinai resorts from 2004 to 2006. They said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Ed Koch The chickens are coming home to roost in the Middle East. The experts who supported the removal of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, e.g., The New York Times’ Tom Friedman and many others, are perhaps now wondering if they were right to do so. Hosni Mubarak was certainly an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United States has been supplying major combat platforms to Egypt in wake of the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported that Egypt received scores of armored platforms from the United States in 2011. In a report, the institute cited the delivery of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The new Islamic-dominated parliament has been preparing to approve a resolution to reject U.S. military aid to Egypt. The People’s Assembly has urged the Cairo government to stop accepting U.S. military aid to Egypt. The parliament, dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood and its Salafist ally, said Egypt could not agree […]