Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has launched a drive for a U.S. alliance with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt, a leading analyst said. Analyst Barry Rubin asserted that Obama has formed a U.S. strategic alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other countries. Rubin, director of Israel’s Gloria Center, […]
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 CAIRO — Egypt has asserted that hoarding and smuggling exacerbated the fuel shortage. Officials said Egypt’s fuel reserves were in danger of being depleted in July. They said hoarding and smuggling have eliminated most supplies in the Egyptian market. “The worry of Egyptians has pushed them to hoard petroleum products,” Egyptian Petroleum […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military, amid the threat of massive unrest, has warned of intervention to stop the opposition against President Mohammed Morsi. Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi said the military would not tolerate threats against Morsi on the first anniversary of his election on June 30. Sisi warned the opposition that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood has been linked to attacks on and detention of journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists asserted that the Brotherhood was believed behind attacks on at least four journalists in June. The New York-based group said the attacks in the Assiyut province were directed by a Brotherhood […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Recently much has been made of the so-called “Arc of Shi’ism”, from Lebanon to Iran, through Syria and Iraq. I submit that what is more significant is the much broader and longer “Arc of Chaos”, from Tunisia to Pakistan. Of this huge chunk of the world, and in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s Morsi government has initiated a return to covert war against Ethiopia, which controls the source of the Blue Nile, Egypt’s and Sudan’s principal source of water. The result will almost certainly lead to an increased level of insecurity in the strategic Red […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In a surprise move, Sudan has broken away from Egypt in the latter’s campaign to stop a hydroelectric power plant along the Blue Nile. The regime of President Omar Bashir said Khartoum supports the so-called Great Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. Sudanese officials said the regime envisioned that the dam would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has again waived restrictions on U.S. military aid to Egypt. For the second straight year, the administration employed a waiver to overcome restrictions by Congress on U.S. military aid to Egypt. Secretary of State John Kerry decided that Egypt should receive its $1.3 billion […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has cracked down on the Palestinian presence in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said Egyptian security forces have been raiding Palestinian strongholds in eastern Sinai. They said the forces were also intercepting Palestinian infiltrators from the neighboring Gaza Strip. “We believe that Hamas is linked to the violence in […]