Islamist Leads Egypt Vote; Investors on Edge

CNBC ^ | May 19, 2012 | Yousef Gamal El-Din

[C19fan]

A preliminary count of votes for Egyptians living abroad has put Islamist candidate Abdul-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh in the lead, followed by left-leaning Hamdeen Sabahi . The online statement by the State Information Service (SIS) on Saturday added that the figures "confirmed a sharp competition" for third between Amr Moussa and Mohamed Mursi.

[C19fan]

Wait wait... Didn't Bush the Younger write an Op-Ed for the WSH talking about how Arabs will embrace democracy and freedom?

[Righting]

No worries... they are the "moderate" Islamists (coined in the wake of the Christian Winter / AKA "Arab Spring"), they only want non Muslims oppressed or eliminated. Everything is fine.

[freeangel]

“Didn’t Bush the Younger write an Op-Ed for the WSH talking about how Arabs will embrace democracy and freedom?”

LOL you must be mistaken. Surely he said ERASE democracy and freedom.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan.

Egypt Military Intercepts Shipment of 50 Surface-to-Air Missiles
By Ahmed El-Sayed and Tarek El-Tablawy - 2012-05-21T16:07:53Z
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-21/egypt-military-intercepts-shipment-of-50-surface-to-air-missiles.html

[SJackson]

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