Egypt Activist Detained Amid U.S. F-16 Sales to Egypt
July 1st, 2009 by Blake
Amid doubts as to whether President Obama’s outreach to the Middle East will be a break with past U.S. policy, the Arabist argues that so far Obama has pursued an Egypt policy that reinforces the military establishment. The Arabist claims that the sale of F-16 fighters to Egypt–which were denied by President Bush over concerns about human rights and democracy–undercuts the values Obama promoted during his speech in Cairo last month.
On the ground in Egypt, Wael Abbas, a blogger and human rights activist, was detained when attempting to re-enter the country yesterday. Abbas has previously documented police abuse, and he told the Los Angeles Times that he was concerned about being framed and arrested on false charges as other Egypt-born journalists have been.
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July 28th, 2009 at 11:54 am
No real patriot ever objects against the procurement of modern weapons by his own country and nation .
Such objections are only made by those who are agents for other nations .
I’ve read many of Wael Abbass words on the net and they are totally untrue and full of lies .
And it’s better for such individuals to keep on living abroad .