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From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Tue 3/13/2012 2:14:20 PM Subject: March 12 update 12 March, 2012 Article 1. Bloomberg Iran-Israel History Suggests a Different Future P

deals would be cancelled and the state would not reclaim industries already sold. Two 2008 Wikileaks cables emerged that indicated Field Marshal Tantawi and the Egyptian military hierarchy were largely critical of economic liberalization because it undermined state control. Said Margaret Scobey, the

e military's role in the economy as a force that generally stifles free market reform by increasing direct government involvement in the markets." Tantawi's skepticism of neoliberal economics has little to do with his loyalty to the socialist model of the Soviet Union, where he received his training a

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: July 16 update Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:20:30 -,0000 16 July, 2012 Article 1. NYT After Meeting With Clinton, Egypt's Military Ch

ore the presidential election in June. After the meeting, which lasted a little over an hour, a senior State Department official said Field Marshal Tantawi and Mrs. Clinton had discussed the economy, regional security, "the political transition" and the military's "ongoing dialogue with President Morsi

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Hussein Tantawi, partially lifted the 30-year state of emergency but said Egypt would continue to apply the emergency law to cases of "thuggery." Tantawi's gesture is far from sufficient. In the last year, military tribunals have convicted hundreds of peaceful protesters on charges of thuggery. Durin

To: [email protected][[email protected]] From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Wed 7/18/2012 2:20:30 PM Subject: July 16 update 16 July, 2012 Article 1. NYT After Meeting With Clinton, Egypt's Military Chief Steps

re the presidential election in June. After the meeting, which lasted a little over an hour, a senior State Department official said Field Marshal Tantawi and Mrs. Clinton had discussed the economy, regional security, "the political transition" and the military's "ongoing dialogue with President Mors

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: August 27 update Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:37:48 +0000 27 August, 2012 Article 1. The Daily Star (Lebanon) The Arab Spring represe

able to satisfy a principal demand of the revolution. Namely, to bring the military's rule over the country to an end by dismissing Field Marshal Tantawi and Gen. Anan, and by annulling the Complimentary Constitutional Declaration. Morsi has now become an elected president, as much in fact as in theo

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Thur 8/16/2012 1:58:46 PM Subject: August 14 update 14 August, 2012 Article 1. NYT Israel and Iran Editorial Article 2 Wall Street J

nd-in-command, General Sami Annan, the two men who essentially led Egypt since the fall of deposed President Hosni Mubarak. It appears likely that Tantawi's replacement, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, was aware of and agreed to this dramatic upheaval. It's widely speculated that other military leaders

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t be some pushback from within the military, although initial responses suggest that there's considerable support even within the junta for kicking Tantawi and Annan upstairs, and none of the signals that the military could respond with a coup. Although reports suggest that the announcement came as a