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Egypt Updates: Mubarak Names VP, Makes Things Worse

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Killgore Trout1/29/2011 10:38:14 am PST

re: #8 Walter L. Newton

From the article… and answer to margiemoons (I think it was her question) about ElBaradei and MB…

Egypt’s new opposition leader, former International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei, has formed a loose alliance with the Brotherhood because he knows it is the only opposition group that can mobilize masses of Egyptians, especially the poor. He says he can work with it to change Egypt. Many scholars of political Islam also judge the Brotherhood is the most reasonable face of Islamic politics in the Arab world today. Skeptics fear ElBaradei will be swept along by more radical forces.

Yeah, It’s starting to become clear that he does support the MB and political Islam. They are the most likely successors to Mubarak and that’s really really bad.