An already tense, sorrowful situation in North Africa has turned, well, a bit awkward.
From Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
The Muslim Brotherhood’s official English-language Twitter account @Ikwanweb reposted a message from the group’s deputy head, Khairat El-Shater, saying he was “relieved none of @USembassycairo staff was hurt” and expressing his desire that relations withstand the “turbulence” of events.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo wrote back: “Thanks. By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too,” referring to the contradiction between the Brotherhood’s Arabic and English postings.
The Brotherhood’s Arabic feed included messages that praised the protests, such as “Egyptians revolt for the Prophet’s victory in front of U.S. embassy.”
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The Brotherhood replied: ‘’We understand you’re under a lot of stress, but it will be more helpful if you point out exactly the Arabic feed of concern.’’
Yep, awkward. Not exactly the best time for any leadership in Egypt to play coy. The Egyptian president’s lack of condemnation over the volatile protests, combined with President Obama’s quote that Egypt is being considered neither an enemy nor an ally just adds to the tension.
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This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2012.
If you can’t figure out by now which side egypt is on, I can’t help you.
If you all are going to help the world go to garbage… dont complain about it!!! We need to get off this human rights idea around the world. If countries will not live or inforce these ways of life, stop helping them!!! It causes drain on the helping economy and stress between the nations!!! If someone chooses to live beyond decency then treat them accordingly!!!!
Islam has been a cancer on the planet since Muhammad(spelling depends on the text of the Quran you have) crawled out from under the pile of goat dung he was born under. Read the real translation not the one scrubbed for westerners and you will see the truth behind the movement. There is no peace there, no love, only hate and slavery for women and non-believers. I have been in Muslim countries and seen them up close and it is not what this administration would have you believe.