Monday, January 31, 2011

Special M/E Update - All about Egypt: 

Red Alert: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood - (Stratfor)

Egypt riots are an intelligence chief's nightmare - Amos Harel (Haaretz)
If the Egyptian regime falls in the end, a possibility that seemed unbelievable only two or three days ago, the riots could easily spill over to Jordan and threaten the Hashemite regime.

For those who like percentages and statistics  - (Sheila Raviv's blog)
The Moslem Brotherhood is the strongest opposition bloc which presents greater problem since there is no charismatic leader to take over from Mubarak leaving these fundamental extremists waiting in the wings. Recent polls of the Egyptian population suggest that-
            30 % are pro HezbAllah
            49 % are pro Hamas
            20 % are pro al-Qaeeda.
            82 % want stoning for those who commit adultery;
            77 % want to see whipping and hands cut off for robbery or theft;
            84 % favour the death penalty for any Moslem who changes his religion.
            27 % support modernisation while 59 % want traditional or fundamental Islam:
            That means that a popular revolution is unlikely to bring democracy -

Dispatch: Regime Change in Egypt and a Radicalizing Region - Kamran Bokhari (Stratfor) - VIDEO Analysis

How the U.S. Should Handle Egypt - (New York Magazine) a compilation of theories