Well, now isn’t this an interesting development? Via Reuters: Greece opened its first purpose-built detention centre for illegal migrants on Sunday in Athens, a week before a national election where illegal immigration has emerged as a key issue. About 130,000 immigrants cross the country’s porous sea and land borders every year, the vast majority via […]
Archive | April 30, 2012
2004 Video: Egyptian Presidential candidate supported Armed Resistance in Iraq
Regular readers of our blog know about Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh. He is a finalist in the race for president of Egypt. In 2004, he said he fully supported the armed resistance against the United States in Iraq “100%.” In the video below from 2004, he said that he would take up arms himself against […]
Race for Egyptian Presidency down to Two
We’ve been following the race for president of Egypt for some time now and gave our take on the candidates here. That field, as we suspected, has winnowed down to a two person race between Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh and Amr Moussa. Via the Chicago Tribune: Egypt enters the last stage of its first democratic […]