Epstein Secrets

uld have to cover herself if Islamic parties controlled Egypt. "This is her decision," said Dr. Hisham el-Soly, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate for Parliament. "The state will not dictate how people should live." (One Salafi did suggest that she could use some "guidance," and two other Salafis fled in ter

Status of Forces agreement had to be approved by the Iraqi Parliament, according to American legal experts. And no Iraqi politician, certainly not Maliki, seemed willing to stake his political future on supporting legal immunity for American soldiers. Of course, even after a full withdrawal, the Unit

r the surrogate mo=her. It's demeaning of the institution of the government that allows thi= kind of ticket touting to govern access to Congress or Parliament or the =upreme Court. It's demeaning of representative government to put access up for auction in this way.<=p> We've seen these long queues where

ity, has been a boon t= the Sunnis of Iraq. The Sunnis have bottomless grievances against the gov=rnment of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. To them, Maliki, who spent a qua=ter-century exiled in Syria and Iran, is an agent of the Iranian theocracy. So even though the regime in S=ria did its best to sub

jor causes of the American Revolution. In short, many in those colonies believed that, as they were not directly represented in the distant British Parliament, any laws it passed taxing th= colonists (such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act) were illegal und=r the Bill of Rights 1689, and were a denial of

re good and there is no clear long-term goals or strong local partners. Leaving Afghanistan in the hands of Karzai and Iraq with Chalabi, Allawi and Maliki has proven to be a disaster, and in Syria it could be eve= worse. A=though I applaud John McCain as a patriot, he is totally out of touch with real

it is not by nature revolutionary." To their credit, the Egyptian generals moved swiftly to put in place a pathway to democracy: elections for a new Parliament were set for September; this Parliament will then oversee the writing of a new Constitution, and then a new civilian president will be elected. Sound

t collapse soon, if not through street power, then perhaps through the shattering of the delicate balance in the upper echelons of Baghdad. Last week Maliki hinted that he may resign and call new elections, just five months after forming his second cabinet. Two months ago, large and angry demonstrations b