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Tag Archives: Hosni Mubarak
The Poisoning Of A Shrink’s Mind
Dennis Prager writes: If your sister were among the nearly 3,000 people murdered in the World Trade Center on 9/11, how would you react to Osama Bin Laden’s death? More specifically, if you were to write an opinion piece on … Continue reading →
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Tagged abhorrence, american imperialism, Dennis Prager, emotional satisfaction, Hosni Mubarak, sister karen
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Lara Logan: ‘They Raped Me With Their Hands’
In February, CBS, after learning that other media were asking questions about the incident, said that its correspondent Lara Logan “suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating” in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The New York Times reports: Lara Logan … Continue reading →
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Tagged cairo ms, cbs news, celebratory mood, Hosni Mubarak, Lara Logan, tahrir square
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Did CBS Coverup The Lara Logan News?
Michael Graham writes: “[60 Minutes] correspondent Lara Logan was repeatedly sexually assaulted by thugs yelling, ‘Jew! Jew!’ as she covered the chaotic fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s main square Friday.” Powerful reporting on an important story. Two … Continue reading →
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Tagged cbs coverup, egyptian president hosni mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Lara Logan, logan news, president hosni mubarak
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Lara Logan Sexually Assaulted In Cairo The Day Hosni Mubarak Resigned
Lara Logan’s employer broke this news with her permission. Then it ended with a plea for privacy for Lara and an announcement that Lara and CBS News would have nothing further to say about the story. But how would Lara … Continue reading →
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Tagged cbs news, cbs team, columbia journalism review, committee to protect journalists, egyptian president hosni mubarak, esquire magazine, Hosni Mubarak, howard kurtz, Lara Logan, new york post, president hosni mubarak
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Egyptians Want To Be Free!
Dictator Hosni Mubarak has stepped down in Egypt. It appears the military is taking over. The military can be expected to retain the peace deal with Israel and to stay an ally of the United States. I feel like that … Continue reading →
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Tagged Charles Krauthammer, dictatorial rule, Hosni Mubarak, internal governance, muslim brotherhood, peaceful transfer
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Yisroel Pensack: ‘Class Warfare’ Erupts in Egypt Over Rich-Poor Divide
The popular uprising against the regime of Egypt’s dictator President Hosni Mubarak has given way to “class warfare” in some areas of that nation, according to a New York Times report by David D. Kirkpatrick and Mona El-Naggar: CAIRO — … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cairo, class warfare, egypt, gated communities, Hosni Mubarak, rich and poor
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Yisroel Pensack: Barack and Mubarak Were on Top of the World Trade Center; Mubarak Fell Off — Who Was Left?
In an article on the Egyptian crisis headlined “Obama Presses for Change but Not a New Face at the Top,” David E. Sanger and Helene Cooper of The New York Times report: WASHINGTON — President Obama’s decision to stop short, … Continue reading →
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Tagged american foreign policy, Anwar el-Sadat, carter administration, egypt, Ferdinand Marcos, Hosni Mubarak, Iran's shah, muslim brotherhood, peace treaty, Philippines, power vacuum, Robert M. Gates, World Trade Center
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