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...chill has just gone through the collective spine of the bloggers of the Middle East. On Thursday, Egypt sentenced Abdel Kareem Suleiman (a.k.a. "Kareem Amer" online) to four years in prison - three years for blog posts that insulted Islam and one year for similar writings that defamed President Hosni Mubarak. While bloggers have been harrassed and a couple arrested by Mideast governments in the past, this is the first time one has been sentenced to prison. Before Kareem's arrest and conviction, internet writing was considered a safe and open venue for many young men and women in the region...
...Lebanon. Although the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad had the backing of the U.S., in many Arab eyes it represented the expansion of Iran's influence. Sunni Arab leaders have begun to ratchet up their rhetoric against Shi'ites in general and Iran in particular. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2006 said, "Most of the Shi'ites are loyal to Iran and not to the countries they are living in." After a storm of protest from Iraq and elsewhere, Mubarak claimed he had been referring only to matters of religion. In the predominantly Sunni Palestinian territories, supporters of Fatah...
...convergence of elections in the Palestinian territories and Iraq and the popular uprising against Syria's presence in Lebanon spurred Rice all but to declare that Washington was guiding the march of history. In a speech at the American University in Cairo, she criticized the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for failing to liberalize and said, "For 60 years, my country pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region ... and we achieved neither. Now we are taking a different course. We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people...
...states, who live in daily fear of the brand of radical Islamic fundamentalism that Iran is sworn to export, were appalled that Washington would consider giving so much as a bow and arrow to Tehran. Last week, in an interview with the semiofficial Cairo daily Al Ahram, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak predicted that the arms deal will lead to "grave consequences" in the Middle East...
Ever since Muslim fundamentalists assassinated President Anwar Sadat in 1981, Egyptian authorities have been jittery about a resurgence of Islamic extremism. Last week their vigilance paid off. Four junior army officers and 29 civilians were indicted on charges that they planned to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak in a "holy war." The government said some of the plotters, who were arrested last April, were allegedly linked to the fundamentalist group responsible for killing Sadat...