Tag: Mubarak
Moscow largely specified its position on the Libyan issue at the end of last week. The Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman, A. Lukashevich, said on May 20th that NATO attacks on Libya had been increasingly frequent with more civilians reported killed as a result.The coalition began to more often target such facilities of Libya’s state civilian management as a group of parliamentary buildings and the State Control Committee, which are located in the Libyan capital’s residential quarters… It follows from statements by the US Department of State that NATO seeks a regime change in Libya, said A. Lukashevich…
…Today the fate of Egypt is in the hands of the military. Mubarak handed over power to Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who said that the military council would rule with the head of the supreme constitutional court. He also said that the military council would sack the cabinet and suspend both houses of parliament. Time will show which regime the people of Egypt choose. I hope this would not be that of Islamists.
In Tahrir Square one reaction to the talks perhaps reflective of the prevalent mood was “the parties that have been in talks with Suleiman are all completely irrelevant. The people on Tahrir Square either wouldn't recognize them, or else would barely give them the time of day."
It is clear that Cairo and Egypt's provinces are reverting to normalcy. Mubarak lost a lot in the conflict but his regime remained afloat even though the West threw its support behind the opposition. As reported by The Daily Telegraph January 29, The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years…