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Protests turn violent in Egypt, 7 dead and 600 injured

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Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi have attempted to storm the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, the organization’s spokesman has said. Seven people have been killed and over 600 injured on Sunday as millions took to the streets. Violence had been widely anticipated ahead of Sunday’s multi-million-strong countrywide protests against the president on the anniversary of his inauguration,... 

2 dead and 70 injured in Egypt new violent clashes

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Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Morsi join protests across Egypt with violent clashes between the rival parties reported in Alexandria, where police used tear gas as at least two people were killed and over 70 got injured. Security forces used tear gas to break up clashes between rival protesters in Alexandria, according to MENA news agency. Over 70 people were injured there.... 

Riots spread across Jordan over 'vote-rigging'

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Protesters shout anti-regime slogans during a demonstration in Jordan’s capital Amman. Riots have spread across Jordan after the announcement of parliamentary election results which people in four provinces dispute. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday between police and protestors who accuse Jordan’s Independent Electoral Commission of vote-rigging, DPA reported. Police fired tear gas to disperse... 

Egypt votes to make Islamic law main source of Egypt’s constitution

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Egypt’s Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution has voted to keep “the principles of sharia” law as the main source of legislation in the country. The article’s language however, remains unchanged from the previous constitution used under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. The assembly gathered on Thursday to vote on each of the new draft constitution’s... 

Thousands of ultraconservative Muslims rally for Sharia in Egyptian constitution

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Egyptian Salafists shout slogans during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand that sharia, or Islamic law, be the basis for legislation in a new constitution being draf ted for Egypt on November 9, 2012 More than 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims staged a demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, demanding that Egypt’s new constitution be based on Sharia law. The protest reflects... 

Egyptians want nuclear bombs and to break the treaty with Israel

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The glories of the pro-democracy, pro-Western “Arab Spring” in full flower. “Egyptians: We Want Nuclear Bombs and to Break Treaty with Israel,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, October 21 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Most Egyptians want their country and Iran to have nuclear weapons, and they also favor renewing ties with Tehran and breaking off relations with... 

Jordanians hold largest demonstration in years to demand reforms

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Tens of thousands of Jordanian protestors take part in a demonstration to demand reforms in Amman on October 5, 2012. Tens of thousands of Jordanians have rallied in the capital, Amman, to demand political and constitutional reforms, hours after King Abdullah II dissolved the parliament. The “Friday to Rescue the Nation” rally was organized by Jordan’s main opposition party, the Muslim... 

Obama Turns Against The Muslim Brotherhood After US Ambassador Dies in Libya

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Protests are erupting across the Middle East as demonstrators throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police who have retaliated by shooting tear gas canisters into the crowds. The US Embassy in Cario has become a new target. On the 11th anniversary of September 11th, a US-sponsored false flag attack occurred wherein the US Embassy in Libya was bombed. The US Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens was suffocated... 

Islamist jailed by Mubarak succeeds him as president in Egypt's first free election

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Members of the presidential election campaign of Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party celebrate following the announcement of Mohammed Morsi An Islamist who has repeatedly pledged to introduce sharia law was yesterday declared Egypt’s first democratically-elected president. The Foreign Office last night described the election of Mohammed Morsi – of the once shadowy banned group,... 

CIA secretly operates on Syrian border, supplies arms to rebels

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American secret service operatives are distributing illegal assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition, the New York Times reports. But due to some rebels’ links to Al Qaeda, the CIA’s task is precarious. ­The paper reports that for weeks now, officers based in southeast Turkey have supervised the flow of illegal arms to numerous opposition factions ready... 

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court dissolves parliament

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An Egyptian protester raises his slippers at military police standing guard outside the Constitutional Court in central Cairo on June, 14, 2102. Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s parliament dissolved saying the legislative body’s election about 6 month ago was unconstitutional. The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that one third of the parliamentary... 

Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison

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An image taken from the Egyptian state TV shows ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak lying on a stretcher inside a cage in a courtroom during his verdict hearing in Cairo on June 2, 2012. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets life behind bars for murders committed during the country’s historic revolution in February 2011. In a final verdict hearing in a Cairo court on Saturday, the ex-dictator as well... 

Syria: invasion of terrorist elements sponsored by the west

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Huge pro-government rallies remain unreported Official U.S. intelligence is the true leader of the “Syrian Free Army” The Muslim Brotherhood party, is calling for military intervention…Turkey against Syria, has a militia trained by the U.S. The Egyptian newspaper al-Arabi said on Friday that a colonel in the U.S. with the last name Cleveland is overseeing the operations of training... 

Israel braces for Egyptian clash

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Egyptian demonstrators burn an Israeli flag as others try to demolish a wall recently built outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protect the building. The Israeli military is gearing up to counter future threats from Egypt as an almost certain Muslim Brotherhood election victory could potentially set the two countries on a collision course. ­While the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) remains hopeful... 

Islamist parties call for ban on Westerners drinking, wearing bikinis on Egyptian beaches

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On the way out? Tourists lap up the sunshine at Naama Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh. Islamist parties want to stop Westerners drinking alcohol and wearing skimpy beachwear Bargain holidays for Westerners looking to get a bit of sunshine and a drink by the pool in the winter could be a thing of the past on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. The Muslim Brotherhood, which won success in the first round of parliamentary... 
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