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ical direction, but the radicals hope that this is part of a larger push that will bring them to power across the Islamic world. Like Boko Haram in Nigeria, which hopes to provoke a religious war with the Christians partly in order to achieve power in the Muslim North, radicals use the prospect of a cl

ll have to emerge. Those who truly believe in a civil, democratic state must overcome two bad habits: sniping from the sidelines, as they did under Hosni Mubarak, and splitting into factions, as they have since time immemorial. Following the heady days of Egypt's uprising, the story of the country's transit

Islamist or less politically self-serving has proved to be naive and EFTA00657290 ineffectual. The conduct of these politicians since the fall of Mubarak makes it clear that they seek to consolidate power and to implement their agenda — an Islamist agenda. Furthermore, with significant pressure from

was anything but a knockout blow. Today a resurgent terrorist movement can point to significant achievements in the Libya-Mali theater, in northern Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere. The closure of 20 American diplomatic facilities this month was a major moral victory for the terrorists, demon

was a "transition to democracy." That was never in the cards. What happened in Egypt was that the military came to believe that an aging President Hosni Mubarak was attempting to engineer the succession of his son, turning Egypt from a military EFTA_R1_00441463 EFTA01964624 republic to a dynastic state.

ry EFTA_R1_00441463 EFTA01964624 republic to a dynastic state. The generals fought back; when unrest surged, the military stood back and let Mr. Mubarak fall. The military, incomparably more powerful than either the twittering liberals or the bumbling Brotherhood, has now acted to restore the form

nd the failure to build a diversified economy that shields them from the vagaries of oil prices. Alas, Norway is not the norm; something resembling Nigeria is. To enumerate these problems is not to say that Libya will inevitably succumb to them; at the same time, experience teaches that it would be foo

regime the country now lives under. Egypt exists in a strange, unpredictable netherworld between military dictatorship and liberal democracy. Since Hosni Mubark's regime was overthrown in February, free media, political parties and civil society groups have flourished; there are daily strikes and street de

overthrown in February, free media, political parties and civil society groups have flourished; there are daily strikes and street demonstrations; Mubarak himself is on trial. But thousands have been summarily sentenced to prison by military courts. Bloggers who criticize the army have been harassed,

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3691 EFTA02720379 Saudi, and the of radical, orientation are being fired-up in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon [8], Egypt, north Africa, the Sahara, Nigeria, and the horn of Africa. No wonder Russia is concerned: Central Asia [9] is unlikely to prove immune either. Its leaders do recall, only too well,

will prove much more challenging. Post-revolution fiscal troubles started with the present FY 2011- 2012 budget — the first one put together after Mubarak was EFTA_R1_02203696 EFTA02720384 overthrown. Its estimated funding gap was $23 billion — about 10 percent of Egypt's gross domestic product — a

goal. We're talking about ALQ, Jabhat • al-Nusra in Syria, Lashkar-e-Taiba in India, the Houthis in Yemen, the Shabab in Sumali, Boko Haram in Nigeria and many more — all across the Muslim strip, from Marrakesh to Bangladesh. EFTA00683713 And this web is very resilient. • Dealing with it will

• the Arab world bears two lessons and one insight for us: The Pt lesson: "Be modest in prophecy". In particular, when it comes to the future. Mubarak for example had EFTA00683705 about 400,000 people at his disposal working in various security agencies in order to preemptively predict events

Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Al-Mubarak has been replaced in his post by SAMA Deputy Gove

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shed over the Arab world bears two lessons and one insight for us: The 1ª lesson: "Be modest in prophecy" In particular, when it comes to the future. Mubarak for example had about 400,000 people at his disposal working in various security agencies in order to preemptively predict events such as those that

o the goal. • We're talking about ALQ, Jabhat al- Nusra in Syria, Lashkar-e-Taiba in India, the Houthis in Yemen, the Shabab in Sumali, Boko Haram in Nigeria and many more - all across the Muslim strip, from Marrakesh to Bangladesh. • And this web is very resilient. Dealing with it will take war lasting fo

one insight for us: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029358 --- PAGE BREAK --- The 1s lesson: "Be modest in prophecy". . In particular, when it comes to the future. Mubarak for example had about 400,000 people at his disposal working in various security agencies in order to preemptively predict events such as those that

o the goal. • We're talking about ALQ, Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, Lashkar-e- Taiba in India, the Houthis in Yemen, the Shabab in Sumali, Boko Haram in Nigeria and many more - all across the Muslim strip, from Marrakesh to Bangladesh. • And this web is very resilient. Dealing with it will take war lasting fo

the shift in a speech last week that her aides later said was a deliberate warning to the military council, which assumed power after President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. The military had initially pledged to hand over control to civilians by September, but it now says that a presidential election will not oc

ere military advisors have been sent to aid in the fight against the long- running insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army. There's speculation that Nigeria may be next. It's a measure of how much things have changed in the last four years that Republicans are now attacking the Democratic president for tr