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Analysis: Arab rulers use sticks, carrots to stem discontent


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Vice President Omar Suleiman said that al Qaeda operatives and fighters from “other armed Islamic organizations” escaped from prisons during riots last week. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah are also known to have escaped.



Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Army remain aloof from protests

Editor’s note: Steven Sotloff is a Yemen-based Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who is currently reporting from Cairo. Ever since protests broke out in Egypt on Jan. 25 calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, much speculation has focused on two groups: the military and the Muslim Brotherhood. Both have […]


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Tribesmen in Jordan issue urgent call for political reform




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Egypt moves towards transition by opening talks with Muslim fundamentalist faction




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Vice President Omar Suleiman met with the Muslim Brotherhood to discuss the group’s “legitimate and just demands.” The Muslim Brotherhood insists President Mubarak must step down.


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Former Egyptian military chief says foreign Islamic militants are adding to unrest




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Egypt – Pipeline fire erupts, disrupting gas flow to Jordan and sending warning to Israel


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Iran sees ‘Islamic awakening’ in Arab world uprisings





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Egypt – Unrest could trigger economic collapse says former UN secretary general


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Hezbollah confirmed that Sami Chehab, a cell leader who was arrested by Egyptian security forces, was among thousands of inmates who escaped from jails in the country. Twenty-one other Hezbollah operatives are said to have escaped Egyptian prisons.







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Egypt – Regime seeks to appease after days of violence




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Sharia law in Egypt if a majority ‘allows it’ – former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman