This post by Joel Roseberg may also be found here.
PLAYING WITH GASOLINE NEAR AN OPEN FLAME: WHITE HOUSE INDICATES WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS LAWLESSNESS, VIOLENCE SPREAD IN EGYPT
Posted: February 2, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized
The Obama administration is playing with gasoline near an open flame. As
lawlessness and violence continues to spread through Cairo and other cities,
senior White House and State Department officials are inexplicably indicating
that they are now interested in welcoming the Muslim Brotherhood and other
"non-secular" groups into whatever new government is created once Hosni Mubarak
leaves office, as he has indicated he is now willing to do.
Latest headlines:
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www.worldviewweekend.com - The Los Angeles Times reports, "The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government…..White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that a reformed government 'has to include a whole host of important nonsecular actors that give Egypt a strong chance to continue to be [a] stable and reliable partner.'"
- The New York Times reports: "White House staff members 'made clear that they did not rule out engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood as part of an orderly process,' according to one attendee [to a meeting of Mideast experts with three officials of the National Security Council], who like others interviewed for this article spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to talk publicly about the meeting. The Muslim group had been suppressed by Mr. Mubarak, and Bush administration officials believed it was involved in terrorist activities. It renounced violence years ago. Several times, two other attendees said, White House staff members said that Mr. Obama believed that Egyptian politics needed to encompass 'nonsecular' parties: diplomatic-speak for the Muslim Brotherhood."
- The Muslim Brotherhood's stated mission is as follows: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
- According to a blue-ribbon group of national security experts that include former CIA Director James Woolsey, former Delta Force commander Lt-Gen (ret) Jerry Boykin, and former Defense Dept. official Frank Gaffney, a group convened by the Center for Security Policy and called "Team B-II": "The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928. Its express purpose was two-fold: (1) to implement shariah worldwide, and (2) to re-establish the global Islamic State (caliphate). Therefore, al Qaeda and the MB have the same objectives. They differ only in the timing and tactics involved in realizing them."
Latest headlines:
- A scene of violent chaos in Cairo
- CNN's Anderson Cooper attacked by mob
- Mubarak's supporters charge protesters on camels as Egyptian revolution descends into violence
- Violence in Egypt as foes, supporters of Hosni Mubarak clash
- Lawlessness Could Hijack Egypt's Popular Uprising
- Muslim Brotherhood 'Against U.S. Interests,' Says Former State Dept. Official
- WikiLeaks: tension in the Middle East and Asia has 'direct potential' to lead to nuclear war
- WikiLeaks: al-Qaeda 'is planning a dirty bomb': Al-Qaeda is actively tring to secure nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build a radioactive "dirty" bomb, according to leaked diplomatic documents
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