Egypt:Muslim Brotherhood Takes Elections by Storm

[Danno 1,228]

Muslim Brotherhood Takes Elections by Storm

Islamist parties are expected to control Cairo's parliament by the spring with the Muslim Brotherhood projected to be in the driver's seat.

Judges overseeing the vote count in Egypt's parliamentary elections say Islamist parties have won a majority of the contested seats in the first round. The judges spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are expected to be released later Thursday.

They say the Muslim Brotherhood could take 45 percent of the seats up for grabs. The liberal Egyptian bloc coalition and the ultra-fundamentalist Nour party are competing for second place.

Together, Islamist parties are expected to control a majority of parliamentary seats by March. This week's vote was the first of six stages of parliamentary elections that will last until then.

Continued success by Islamists will allow them to give Cairo's government and constitution a decidedly Islamist character. It could also lead Cairo to shift away from the West towards the Iranian axis.

It will also diminish the influence of Cairo’s caretaker junta, which has sought to maintain the Mubarak-era status quo and keep US foreign aid dollars – running into the billions per annum – flowing.

Analysts say Islamists may also seek to annul the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, which could prompt Israel to seize the Sinai Peninsula for the fourth time in its history to create a strategic buffer zone.

After reaching the Suez Canal in 1967 and controlling the Sinai for twelve years,, Israel ceded Sinai to Egypt under the 1979 treaty on condition it remains demilitarized.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which birthed the virulently anti-Israel Hamas terror militia, might also seek to effectively annex Gaza. Should Hamas be triumphant in future PA elections, they would also gain a foothold in Judea and Samaria.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150311#.TtgqjWDFnZi

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Muslim Brotherhood Takes Elections by Storm

Islamist parties are expected to control Cairo's parliament by the spring with the Muslim Brotherhood projected to be in the driver's seat.

Judges overseeing the vote count in Egypt's parliamentary elections say Islamist parties have won a majority of the contested seats in the first round. The judges spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are expected to be released later Thursday.

They say the Muslim Brotherhood could take 45 percent of the seats up for grabs. The liberal Egyptian bloc coalition and the ultra-fundamentalist Nour party are competing for second place.

Together, Islamist parties are expected to control a majority of parliamentary seats by March. This week's vote was the first of six stages of parliamentary elections that will last until then.

Continued success by Islamists will allow them to give Cairo's government and constitution a decidedly Islamist character. It could also lead Cairo to shift away from the West towards the Iranian axis.

It will also diminish the influence of Cairo’s caretaker junta, which has sought to maintain the Mubarak-era status quo and keep US foreign aid dollars – running into the billions per annum – flowing.

Analysts say Islamists may also seek to annul the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, which could prompt Israel to seize the Sinai Peninsula for the fourth time in its history to create a strategic buffer zone.

After reaching the Suez Canal in 1967 and controlling the Sinai for twelve years,, Israel ceded Sinai to Egypt under the 1979 treaty on condition it remains demilitarized.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which birthed the virulently anti-Israel Hamas terror militia, might also seek to effectively annex Gaza. Should Hamas be triumphant in future PA elections, they would also gain a foothold in Judea and Samaria.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150311#.TtgqjWDFnZi

lol at blaming Obama....

[slim 1,530]

lol at the subtitle of this thread. CHANGE leaders and then HOPE for the best. Classic!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

lol at blaming Obama....

Yeah pretty stupid. Obama had about -0- to do with this and about -0- when Mubarak got un-@ssed.

I am not too pleased with the results of their "freedom" so far, but then, I don't have to be. I can only hope we continue to have -0- to do with this.

[Danno 1,228]

lol at blaming Obama....

When mobs are in the street and the leader of the most powerful nation tells Mubarak to "step down"...... don't tell me his fingerprints aren't on what comes of it.

[slim 1,530]

When mobs are in the street and the leader of the most powerful nation tells Mubarak to "step down"...... don't tell me his fingerprints aren't on what comes of it.

If it turns out OK, he'll take credit. If it goes to the dawgs... it was Bush's fault.

[The_Dude 1,142]

lol at blaming Obama....

To be fair, how many liberals blamed bush for Hamas coming to power? It's an institutional problem that pervades political party.

If it turns out OK, he'll take credit. If it goes to the dawgs... it was Bush's fault.

That's politics in general. Would you expect anything less?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

If it turns out OK, he'll take credit. If it goes to the dawgs... it was Bush's fault.

Kind of, yes. Obama ran to a camera when he saw which way the crowd was headed, junped in front and claimed to be the leader.

Now, one could say he should run to a camera now and say "er......" But he won't. He really had nothing to do with Mubarak and nothing to do with this event (unless there is something clandestine we do not know about)

[Golden Gate 530]

"While many commentators mocked the likes of Bachmann and Gingrich for being so out of touch with international and US public opinion as to paint an ominous portrait of the Arab Spring, the Republican candidates are right to raise concerns about these revolutionary movements. For those who envision an imperialistic United States continuing to protect its interests in the Middle East at the expense of indigenous populations, the possibility of struggles for liberation from dictatorship and foreign hegemony pose a troubling prospect.

Where right-wing politicians go wrong is in placing the blame for these popular revolutions at Obama’s feet. Mitt Romney, another Republican presidential contender, complained, “we’re facing an Arab Spring which is out of control in some respects because the president was not as strong as he needed to be in encouraging our friends to move toward representative forms of government”. In fact, at no point during his time in office has Obama wavered from the longstanding commitment by successive US administrations to defend America’s primary interests in the region: securing unfettered access to oil, protecting Israel from regional foes and international condemnation, and projecting US military strength against would-be contenders, whether they be global superpowers such as the former Soviet Union or regional competitors such as Iran.

In order to safeguard these strategic goals, the US government – irrespective of the political party in office – has actively bolstered the position of authoritarian governments across the Arab world. From 1987, the year that Zine el Abidine Ben Ali took power in Tunisia, until he was forced out in January 2011, the United States provided his government with more than $600m worth of weapons sales and military aid, nearly half of which came under the Obama administration. In fact, just a few months before the Tunisian people launched their popular revolt against Ben Ali, a Pentagon official justified the latest weapons deal, arguing that “[it] will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the US by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an important force for economic and military progress in North Africa”...

...Beyond providing words of reassurance, the Obama administration has also taken concrete steps to ensure that, even in the aftermath of widespread popular revolts, the regional order in which it had invested so much would not be jeopardised. It dispatched Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to Tunisia just days after the fall of Ben Ali, to reassure the world that there was no threat of similar revolutions in neighbouring countries.

...Just one week later, Obama proved to be behind the curve yet again, directing lobbyist Frank Wisner to Egypt to assist Mubarak in averting a popular revolution that would completely overthrow his regime. Wisner stated that, “President Mubarak’s continued leadership is critical”, a position the Obama administration only disavowed once it became clear that nothing short of Mubarak’s total removal from power would satisfy the protesters..."

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[The_Dude 1,142]

Kind of, yes. Obama ran to a camera when he saw which way the crowd was headed, junped in front and claimed to be the leader.

Now, one could say he should run to a camera now and say "er......" But he won't. He really had nothing to do with Mubarak and nothing to do with this event (unless there is something clandestine we do not know about)

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[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Muslim Brotherhood Takes Elections by Storm

Islamist parties are expected to control Cairo's parliament by the spring with the Muslim Brotherhood projected to be in the driver's seat.

Judges overseeing the vote count in Egypt's parliamentary elections say Islamist parties have won a majority of the contested seats in the first round. The judges spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are expected to be released later Thursday.

They say the Muslim Brotherhood could take 45 percent of the seats up for grabs. The liberal Egyptian bloc coalition and the ultra-fundamentalist Nour party are competing for second place.

Together, Islamist parties are expected to control a majority of parliamentary seats by March. This week's vote was the first of six stages of parliamentary elections that will last until then.

Continued success by Islamists will allow them to give Cairo's government and constitution a decidedly Islamist character. It could also lead Cairo to shift away from the West towards the Iranian axis.

It will also diminish the influence of Cairo’s caretaker junta, which has sought to maintain the Mubarak-era status quo and keep US foreign aid dollars – running into the billions per annum – flowing.

Analysts say Islamists may also seek to annul the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, which could prompt Israel to seize the Sinai Peninsula for the fourth time in its history to create a strategic buffer zone.

After reaching the Suez Canal in 1967 and controlling the Sinai for twelve years,, Israel ceded Sinai to Egypt under the 1979 treaty on condition it remains demilitarized.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which birthed the virulently anti-Israel Hamas terror militia, might also seek to effectively annex Gaza. Should Hamas be triumphant in future PA elections, they would also gain a foothold in Judea and Samaria.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150311#.TtgqjWDFnZi

Arutz Sheva, eh ? LOL

Apart from the usual attempts at hysteria-mongering over the latest "Muslim developments," the article tries to peddle the "buffer zone" horsesh!t again. Never mind the fact that the very first thing the Israeli government does after it invades and occupies its neighbor's territory is to start moving its settlers in.

Then of course Israel will need further "buffer zones" between this newly occupied land with its settlers and the foreign states, which must be then taken by force as well from the neighboring states, and then populated with more Israeli settlers so that even more "buffer zones" may be demanded. Wash, rinse, repeat.

And the sheeple keep buying this #######.

[Pooky 3,828]

Arutz Sheva, eh ? LOL

Apart from the usual attempts at hysteria-mongering over the latest "Muslim developments," the article tries to peddle the "buffer zone" horsesh!t again. Never mind the fact that the very first thing the Israeli government does after it invades and occupies its neighbor's territory is to start moving its settlers in.

Then of course Israel will need further "buffer zones" between this newly occupied land with its settlers and the foreign states, which must be then taken by force as well from the neighboring states, and then populated with more Israeli settlers so that even more "buffer zones" may be demanded. Wash, rinse, repeat.

And the sheeple keep buying this #######.

Then maybe the threat from Israel may encourage any nascent Egyptian government from seeking to annul the 1979 Treaty.

If I recall correctly, Israel never sought to build settlements in the Sinai when it was occupied previously. As Egypt was seen as the biggest military threat, the Sinai was primarily seen as buffer zone, to give the Israeli army time to mobilize in the case of any surprise Egyptian military offensive.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Arutz Sheva, eh ? LOL

Apart from the usual attempts at hysteria-mongering over the latest "Muslim developments," the article tries to peddle the "buffer zone" horsesh!t again. Never mind the fact that the very first thing the Israeli government does after it invades and occupies its neighbor's territory is to start moving its settlers in.

Then of course Israel will need further "buffer zones" between this newly occupied land with its settlers and the foreign states, which must be then taken by force as well from the neighboring states, and then populated with more Israeli settlers so that even more "buffer zones" may be demanded. Wash, rinse, repeat.

And the sheeple keep buying this #######.

Despite what you may think, when a group who is dedicated to the eradication of a nation, who is our ally (despite what you many think of them) is a threat to the U.S. It is always a concern when terrorist groups like this and Hamas assume legitimate power in a nation. I would think that was basic information, despite the propaganda that you seem to believe. Even in this thread, which is about Egypt and the election results, which will thrust a questionable group into power, you take the opportunity to take a swipe at Israel. You are a hyperpartisan, just like I accuse Danno and Paul of being, no different.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Then maybe the threat from Israel may encourage any nascent Egyptian government from seeking to annul the 1979 Treaty.

So you think that Israel is threatening to invade Egypt unless Egypt continues to abide by its part of the 1979 treaty... even though Israel has not upheld its own obligations for decades ? Interesting.

If I recall correctly, Israel never sought to build settlements in the Sinai when it was occupied previously. As Egypt was seen as the biggest military threat, the Sinai was primarily seen as buffer zone, to give the Israeli army time to mobilize in the case of any surprise Egyptian military offensive.

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[The_Dude 1,142]

God, I hope Egypt tries to annex Gazza and the West Bank, then Israel can stop worrying about the palestinian terrorists an get on with their lives.