Egypt's president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year's uprising.
Mohammed Morsi also decreed immunity for the Islamist-dominated panel drafting a new constitution from any possible court decisions to dissolve it, a threat that had been hanging over the controversial assembly.
It's SAD how Obama's tour of Asia has been much much worse than Romney's European tour and the media largely refuses to cover it. How bad is it? Obama got dis'd. On his trip to Cambodia, first lady Bun Rany greeted Obama with a traditional "sampeah" pressed-hands greeting reserved for servants, a little dig that was probably lost on him but not to Asians.
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Meet Egypt's new Pharoh.
ReplyDeleteEgypt's president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year's uprising.
Mohammed Morsi also decreed immunity for the Islamist-dominated panel drafting a new constitution from any possible court decisions to dissolve it, a threat that had been hanging over the controversial assembly.
It's SAD how Obama's tour of Asia has been much much worse than Romney's European tour and the media largely refuses to cover it. How bad is it? Obama got dis'd. On his trip to Cambodia, first lady Bun Rany greeted Obama with a traditional "sampeah" pressed-hands greeting reserved for servants, a little dig that was probably lost on him but not to Asians.
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DeleteThe Egyptians seem to have traded one dictator for another.
ReplyDeleteSuch is life, they chose, they get to live with it.
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