Mubarak tells new PM to cut prices, blames rioting on Islamists - Haaretz Daily
Middle East • January 2011 • Views: 504
President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, ordered his new cabinet on Sunday to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs, state television reported.
Although he acknowledged the grievances of the demonstrators, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement for the disorder and looting of recent days, saying that Islamists had “striven to cause chaos”.
Blame not directed where Iran directs it.