U.S. Met With Egypt Islamists: U.S. Diplomat

Reuters ^ | 2 Oct 2011 | Edmund Blair

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(Reuters) - U.S. officials have met members of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, a U.S. diplomat said, after Washington announced it would have direct contacts with Egypt's biggest Islamist group whose role has grown since U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

[gleeaikin]

Hey, cynicism has its place. Unfortunately, this Synagogue will not be resurrected so easily. However, the Jewish man came back to Libya this summer and fought with the rebels in the Nafusa mountains. This is a strongly Berber (non Arab) area, and I read elsewhere that the Berbers were supportive of Jewish rights. Time will tell.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/04/libyan-jew-blocked-tripoli-synagogue

I was unable to read this article as I kept getting an error message on it. I quickly grabbed the URL so I could post it before it was blocked, so I hope you can read it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8803153/Colonel-Gaddafi-And-to-think-we-once-found-this-ferocious-tyrant-funny.html

[no-to-illegals]

Thanks, updates and insight is appreciated.