http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42676 Stunner. Islamists Squeeze Out Youth Groups in Egypt Who could have seen this coming? by Jim Hoft 04/01/2011 If you thought the Muslim Brotherhood would sit back and watch this golden opportunity in Egypt pass them by you were horribly mistaken. The disciplined and organized Islamist groups are already stealing the revolution from the youth groups. <http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tahrir.jpg > An Egyptian protester shouts slogans at Tahrir Square in Cairo April 1, 2011. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square calling for the demands of the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak from power to be met. (REUTERS <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo/110401/ids_photos_wl/r1925885 840.jpg/> /Mohamed Abd El-Ghany) Today thousands of protesters rallied in Tahrir Square in Cairo. But it may be too late. CNN <http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/01/egypt.protests/index.html?eref=ig oogledmn_topstories> reported: Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Cairo's famous Tahrir Square on Friday, as part of an effort by liberal activists to revive their movement after a series of perceived political set-backs. Dubbed the "Friday to Save the Revolution," the rally is an effort to show opposition to a recent proposed law which would criminalize protests. It is also an effort to re-assert the youth movement which drove former president Hosni Mubarak from power. Many liberal activists fear they have been side-lined since Mubarak's February 11 overthrow by Egypt's ruling military council and by more politically-experienced Islamist groups, well disciplined after operating for decades in secret while facing harsh persecution. "We want to ensure that our revolution is not stolen from us," The group denounced a recent raid by soldiers to break up a sit-in at Cairo University. It also demanded the prosecution of several former allies of Mubarak and the removal of Mubarak supporters from top positions at Egyptian television stations and newspapers. In a recent interview with CNN, a spokesman for the Youth Coalition conceded that liberal groups were scrambling to catch up with better-established political organizations like the 83-year old Muslim Brotherhood ahead of parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place in September. "We are in a competition with time," said Mohamed Taman, an artist who suffered a bullet wound to the eye from security forces during the protests that began on January 25th. "For the next parliament elections we are sure that we will not be able to be ready." Unfortunately, Obama Administration officials won't be much help to these Egyptian freedom fighters. They're too busy fighting a kinetic military operation in Libya to notice that Egypt is being lost to the Islamists. Good luck kids. <http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42676> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
