Abdel Karim Suleiman

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CULTURE: The Revolution Will Be Twitter-ized

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by Damon Martin In the wake of the uprising in Egypt over the last week, the power of the internet and social networking sites has truly reached its full potential as important and necessary tools for a new kind of revolution. Seeking to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the Arab Republic in tyrannical fashion for the last 30 years, protesters took to the streets in Egypt. Self organized using common threads (such as the hash-tag #Jan25) on Twitter and groups on...Read Full Story

Israel prefers Egypt’s Suleiman to succeed Mubarak: WikiLeaks

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Secret US diplomatic cables have revealed that Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman was long seen by Israel as the preferred candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak. According to an August 2008 cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on its website, a senior adviser from the Israeli Ministry of Defense told US diplomats in Tel Aviv that the Israelis believe Suleiman would likely serve as “at least an interim president if Mubarak dies or is...Read Full Story

Obama sharply questions Mubarak pledge

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Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama on Thursday openly and sharply questioned whether Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to shift power to his vice president is an "immediate, meaningful or sufficient" sign of reform for a country in upheaval. Without naming Mubarak, Obama issued a written statement that criticized the leader for not offering clarity to his people or a concrete path to democracy. He called on Egyptian government leaders to do so, declaring: "They have...Read Full Story

US discussing plan for Mubarak to quit

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Mfarhanonline World News WASHINGTON: The United States is discussing a plan with Egyptian officials for President Hosni Mubarak to quit immediately and turn power over to a transitional government, a prominent US paper reported Thursday. The report, which cited officials in President Barack Obama”s administration and Arab diplomats, said the plan for an interim government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman, aimed at getting backing from the Egyptian military. White House spokesman...Read Full Story

Omar Suleiman: CIA Agent atop Egyptian Pyramid?

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Next to be toppled.. soon “He is basically your main go-to guy in Egypt,” former Deputy CIA Director John McLaughlin said. Suleiman has been “helpful in many arenas,” including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. McLaughlin said. A 2006 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, disclosed by the WikiLeaks website in January, called intelligence collaboration with Suleiman “probably the most successful element” of the U.S. relationship with Egypt. But that relationship is “a little...Read Full Story

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Abdel Karim Suleiman is an Egyptian blogger who has been jailed for 4 years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the Internet. Abdel Karim Suleiman, a 22-year-old former law student, was convicted for 8 specific articles he wrote in 2004.

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