Thursday, July 4, 2013

EGYPT REJECTING STRICT ISLAMIC LAW?

Submitted by: Nancy Battle

OBAMA TREADS CAREFULLY ON EGYPT AS HE FACES PROTESTS HIMSELF


President Barack Obama has found himself in an delicate position over his response to the crisis in Egypt.
In a carefully worded statement yesterday, he said he was 'deeply concerned' by the military's move to topple the government and suspend Egypt's constitution.
He also urged Egypt's military to hand back control to a democratic, civilian government without delay.
But he stopped short of calling the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi a coup.
The classification is an important one as his administration will be forced to decide whether it must suspend the $1.5 billion a year it provides to Egypt in military and economic assistance that is considered a critical U.S. national security priority. 
Under U.S. law, the government must stop foreign aid to any nation whose elected leader is ousted in a coup d'etat, opening the door to the possibility of yet more unrest.


According to the IPS news agency, U.S. officials are also very concerned about the possibility of a violent protest against the coup by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, which remains Egypt's most organised institution after the military.
Obama has also faced a wave of protests himself, with placards claiming the U.S. president 'allied himself with terrorists' and 'Obama supports terrorism' being displayed in Cairo over the last few days.
Many Egyptians are unhappy at U.S. foreign policy in their country and the fact Washington supported former dictator Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in January 2011 in a similar uprising.

The Obama administration may also now have to fend off further accusations from Republicans at home who argue that the president's handling of the Arab Spring has been a failure.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2354953/Egypt-Muslim-Brotherhood-leader-arrested-deaths-protesters-Egyptian-army-hunt-THREE-HUNDRED-followers-deposed-president-Morsi.html#ixzz2Y5g69m5DSubmitted by: Nancy Battle

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