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Dec 19, 2011

SCAF Calls Soldiers Heroes, Warns of “Plot to Bring Egypt Down”

By Mara Revkin

SCAF member Major General Adel Amara held a televised press conference on December 19 after overnight clashes in Tahrir Square, in which thousands of Central Security Forces encircled a crowd of outnumbered and unarmed protesters with batons.

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Dec 19, 2011

Congress Moves to Condition Egypt’s Military Aid on Power Transfer to Civilians

By Mara Revkin

The U.S. Congress is seeking to impose restrictions on military aid to Egypt in the 2012 omnibus spending bill unveiled on December 16, news that may not be welcomed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which would prefer that its $1.3 billion dollar assistance package continue to flow freely without strings attached.

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Dec 18, 2011

Calls for Early Presidential Election on January 25

By Mara Revkin

Activists on Twitter and on the Khaled Said Facebook page are starting to call for early presidential elections by January 25, "or it’s gonna be bad," Mohamed Samir warned from Cairo. On December 18, the Khaled Said Facebook page suggested a radically shortened timeline for the presidential election, starting with polling on January 25, the […]

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Dec 18, 2011

Is Egypt Running Out of Tear Gas?

By Mara Revkin

Over the past two days, soldiers and military police have used almost everything within arm’s reach — fire hoses, batons, thrown rocks, furniture and glass projectiles — to break up crowds in Tahrir Squre and outside of the Council of Ministers Building.

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Dec 17, 2011

SCAF Denies Shooting, Offers Power Transfer by Referendum

By Mara Revkin

Field Marshal Field Marshal Tantawi has issued a "letter to the Egyptian people" expressing the SCAF’s increasingly defensive posture, but at the same time appearing to yield ground to protesters by offering to immediately hand over power "if the people demand it through a legislative referendum."

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Dec 17, 2011

Video: Military Police Attack Protesters in Tahrir

By Mara Revkin

Eyewitness reports and shocking video depict military personnel and plain-clothed thugs beating unarmed protesters and medics while attempting to clear Tahrir Square on December 17.

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Dec 16, 2011

Syria’s civil war is already drawing in foreign powers

By Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post

From Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post:  It is the Arab Earthquake. Not “spring,” not “wave of reform,” not even “awakening” can describe the systemic upheaval that has engulfed Syria, where other Arab nations actively press for the overthrow of the regime headed by Bashar al-Assad. Let us call an earthquake an earthquake.

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Dec 16, 2011

China’s cyberwar

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States, aimed at stealing its most sensitive military and economic secrets and obtaining the ability to sabotage vital infrastructure.

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Dec 16, 2011

British Defense chief signals era of new military alliances

By Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins, the Guardian

From Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins, the Guardian:  The British government’s most senior defence and security policy advisers are finally facing up to a fundamental shift in the world’s military and economic balance.

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Dec 16, 2011

Military Cracks Down on “Occupy Cabinet” Protest

By Tarek Radwan

Cairo has once again erupted in chaos in and around Tahrir as security forces under the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) sent troops to clear the "Occupy Cabinet" protests early Friday morning. Although the Egyptian Ministry of Health reports 99 wounded at the time of writing, activists in and around the cabinet building […]

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