Epstein Secrets

Door to stability This is the real door to implement the road map and for Egypt to make the transition from the phase of unrest toward stability, Moussa told reporters 30 November. The document guarantees absolute freedom of belief, bans torture and protects civil liberties, while outlawing the for

e military-backed government's planned transition to democracy even as authorities fired tear gas to drive Islamists out of Cairo's Tahrir Square. Amre Moussa, head of the 50-member panel, said the new draft constitution would be handed on 3 December to interim President Adly Mansour, who is to submit it

States was pursuing a quite different policy. It was France that put together the Franco-British-Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956. To be sure, once Algeria gained its independence in 1962, France ended its special link to Israel, more concerned with renewing good relations with its North African former

Given the competitive Islamist field and the likelihood that Shater joining the fray could rally secular and nationalist voters behind a figure like Amr Moussa, the Brotherhood's decision has certainly made the election EFTA00686681 outcome difficult to predict. And that, of course, is a hallmark of demo

and of the King." Alternately, the generals could throw the military's not inconsiderable weight behind a more popular nationalist candidate such as Moussa. "They think that the SCAF is preparing something for them," says Abdel Rahim Akl of the Arab Center for Islamic Movements Studies. The Brotherhoo

ortly after he was released from prison, I pressed al-Shater on the Brotherhood's electoral ambitions. He was clearly haunted by the experiences of Algeria's Islamists (FIS) and Palestine's Hamas. (In his mind, both groups were denied the fruits of their electoral victory by domestic and international

ctions. The first round is scheduled for May 23-24, with the second to take place on June 16-17. The winner is expected to be announced by June 21. Amr Moussa and Abdel Moncim Abul Futuh are currently the most prominent candidates. Amr Moussa, a former Secretary-General of the Arab League and a long-servi

ly through close quarters combat (small units engaged at very short range), the more likely defections from the government will increase. Trends in Algeria, Iraq and Yemen: Upcoming elections in Algeria bear watching, as Islamic movements in Algeria have learned much from the Moroccan experience. Iraq c