Word: egyptian
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Firth M. McEachern ’08, who has dual citizenship in United States and Canada but grew up in Nepal, Cambodia and Egypt, said that Egyptians are particularly nervous about the upcoming presidential election. He also said he is following the U.S. election more closely than past Egyptian or Canadian elections...
...found floor plans of schools in six American states on a computer disc in Iraq, which launched a round of newscasters interviewing school superintendents from Florida to Oregon about whether a Beslan-style massacre could happen here. Al-Qaeda was thought to be behind the bombing of three Egyptian tourist sites popular with Israelis. While the White House welcomed the historic image of Afghans holding their first--and miraculously nonviolent--democratic elections, charges of possible fraud marred the picture of liberty working its magic...
...debut in the region of a dangerous new enemy: al-Qaeda. As Palestinian groups denied responsibility for the bombings, Israeli Chief of Army Intelligence Aharon Zeevi-Farkash reportedly told Israel's Cabinet that the most likely suspect was al-Qaeda, with help from the banned but tolerated group Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherhood spokesman Essam Eryan vigorously denied the charge, saying the group has "huge" differences with al-Qaeda and has publicly condemned the Sinai attacks. Taha Abdel Alim, a spokesman for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government, told TIME the government believes the brotherhood was "not involved." Egyptian officials detained...
...travels culminated in front of a casual security gate staffed by two maroon-clad Qatari soldiers. Past the gate, a 100-yard walk in 120-degree heat took me through the parking lot to the driveway of a small, low-set building with portable housing units scattered about. When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited this place—the headquarters of the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera—he surveyed the small compound and exclaimed: “All this noise comes from this matchbox...
...mounting demographic pressure of a stagnant economy unable to produce jobs for growing numbers of its youth, has been exacerbated by the Palestinian Intifada and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Even if they don't necessarily accept the Islamist charge that Mubarak is carrying water for Israel, many Egyptians perceive their government as unable to stand up to Israel and the U.S. on behalf of the Palsetinians and Iraqis. By killing Israelis on Egyptian soil, the perpetrators of the Red Sea terror attacks look to exacerbate the crisis facing Mubarak. The attack highlights the common interest between Mubarak's regime...