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December 12, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ibrahim10dec10,0,2917286.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Saving Egypt from Mubarak

(Los Angeles Times) Saad Eddin Ibrahim - It is now clear that Mubarak's scare tactics, oppressive policies, and corruption have boosted the Muslim Brotherhood. U.S. officials fear that Islamists would take Egypt in an Iranian direction, something I believe is highly unlikely if the political process is opened to their most moderate leaders. It is time for the U.S. to support the Egyptian people directly by starting to talk to all its citizens, including Muslim democrats. The writer, a professor of political sociology at the American University in Cairo, was imprisoned three times for pro-democracy activities between 2000 and 2003.

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