Saturday, January 29, 2011

Shafiq prime minister; Suleiman vice-president

Former air force commander Ahmed Shafiq named prime minister while Omar Suleiman assumes vice-presidency position vacant for 30 years after cabinet forced to resign.
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The Angry Arab's comment:
Flash: `Umar Sulyaman vice-president, As`ad Abukhalil
This just in. The chief of Egyptian intelligence, `Umar Sulayman, has just been appointed vice-president for Mubarak. As is known, Mubarak has resisted for decades naming a vice-president. The announcement reveal two things: 1) that he is officially and in a subtle way informing the Egyptian people that Jamal Mubarak is no more his successor. 2) that reveal a US coup at the top. The US and Israel want a continuation of the regime but without Mubarak. The rest depends on the Egyptian people, and how hard they will press. I tend to think that they won't be fooled, even if the process of change take a while, a year or more.

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