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Reports April 11, 2008

Separating prayers and politics

Amid wide opposition from independent parliamentary members -- mainly belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group -- the People’s Assembly late last week passed a controversial law banning public demonstrations
Human Rights April 11, 2008

U.S. Needs Taliban to Regain Afghanistan

The Taliban are back and stronger and more popular than ever. NATO and the United States will soon have no choice but to negotiate with them six years after driving
Human RightsIraq April 11, 2008

Iraq Was Not A Preemptive War

This week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain claimed that he would reserve the right to wage preemptive war, and with good reason. After all, preemptive war could one day be
Human RightsPalestine April 11, 2008

Torch of armed resistance rekindles in W. Bank

The torch of the armed Palestinian resistance in the West Bank has apparently rekindles after the Israeli occupation army confirmed on Friday that the frequency of Palestinian armed attacks against
Human RightsPalestine April 11, 2008

Olmert threatens to paralyze Hamas’s strength

Apparently shocked by the stunning Palestinian resistance attack on the Nahul Oz crossing point on Wednesday, Israeli premier Ehud Olmert threatened he will "paralyze" the activities of Hamas Movement.
PalestineReports April 11, 2008

Haneyya: Strategic relationship with Egypt bigger than differences

The legitimate prime minister of the PA government Ismael Haneyya has affirmed on Thursday that the Palestinian-Egyptian relationship was and still strategic and brotherly, and couldn’t be affected with small
Human Rights April 11, 2008

Mubarak hangs on

For those too caught up in the drama of on-again, off-again Israeli-Palestinian talks, the Iraq and/or Iran debates, and Lebanon’s political paralysis to pay close attention, Egypt seems like the
Election CoverageMB in International pressMB News April 11, 2008

Egyptian Local Poll: Mubarak’s Games

Boycotted by the main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and against a backdrop of violent popular unrest, centered on the Nile Delta city of Mahalla el-Kobra, local elections took
ActivitesReform Issues April 11, 2008

Not by bread alone

WORKERS straggled towards the gates of the Mahalla spinning works, one of Egypt’s biggest textile mills. The prime minister, Ahmed Nazif, had just thanked them in person for not going
Human RightsIranIraq April 10, 2008

Manageable chaos in Iraq suits Iran

It may surprise George Bush and his top commanders to hear that the US military presence in Iraq suits Iran down to the ground. According to the respected French Middle