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Pete
03-19-2011, 14:41
Hundreds of Islamists stone Egypt's ElBaradei

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gem9Kx0MIS57hXR6bplIhQAG11LA?docId=CNG.4ff2e 782ea3c513ce60adb517b709f8e.6e1

".........Members of the crowd interviewed by AFP before the assault identified themselves as Islamists without elaborating on their precise allegiance........."

And a story on the referendum itself.

"Large turnout for Egypt's constitutional referendum"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12793484

"If approved, the constitutional changes would pave the way for Egypt to hold new presidential and parliamentary elections within six months.

Among the key proposals are:

* Reducing presidential terms from six years to four years and limiting the president to two terms
* Obliging the president to choose a deputy within 30 days of election
* Installing new criteria for presidential candidates, including a rule that they must be over 40 years old and not married to a non-Egyptian

The two established political blocs, the National Democratic Party and Muslim Brotherhood, back the proposals......."

orion5
03-19-2011, 21:38
Hundreds of Islamists stone Egypt's ElBaradei

They can't fool us. Islam is the religion of peace and I'm sure it was those pesky Coptics who did the stoning.

The Reaper
03-20-2011, 09:25
I believe that WAS the work of the Muslim Brotherhood.

He picked the wrong party to ally himself with, and the wrong neighborhood to try and vote.

As predicted, he was used by the MB and is no longer of value to them.

TR

Paslode
03-20-2011, 11:51
Community Organizers...a well run PR campaign......A lot of people drank the kool-aid and likely to be sorrily disappointed with the end results.

Elbaradei, like Wael Ghonim who is considered to be one of the major pillars of this revolution, has reached the status of useful idiot and thrown under the wheels of the Muslim Brotherhood Express.

It is going to be interesting to see what the overall results of these mini revolutions taking place in the Muslim community.