Epstein Secrets

ous trade initiatives. On Russia, the US has been leading the way in trying to punish Putin for his annexation of Crimea. Drones continue to fly in Yemen and elsewhere. And all of these big examples leave out the many small ways in which the US is promoting its foreign policy agenda in countries arou

ople. Saad Al-Katatni, head of the Brotherhood's political wing (the Freedom and Justice Party), huddled up with leaders of the former state party (the National Democratic Party) in the governorates to work out how they could stage manage the next parliamentary elections, which never took place. In fact, Morsi personally p

regional counter-revolution by abetting repressive monarchs in the Persian Gulf and providing sanctuary to fallen autocrats - with President Saleh of Yemen being among the latest beneficiaries — post-revolutionary Egypt could once again inspire change across the region. Given its size, history, and cultu

ical groups to have emerged since the fall of Hosni Mubarak - including the myriad youth movements, secular parties, leftists and remnants of the old National Democratic Party - the Muslim Brotherhood seem to have the best understanding of how democracy works. The Islamist HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030184 --- PAGE BREAK --- 30 grou

ns and conflicting theories as to whether this phenomenon stems from a long festering infection in Egyptian political culture or to the "remnants" of the National Democratic Party and state security apparatus which, although dissolved and disbanded, are nevertheless suspected of engineering appalling incidents of violence and d

rld's radar since upheaval rocked the Arab world in January, toppling the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and sending shockwaves through Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria. A closer look at the political scene in Baghdad, however, shows that all is not well. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is in hot water, like