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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Featuring:
Egyptian leader seen as target of jihad
Eli Lake & Josh Rogin
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"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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Mizzou Prof Resigns After Intimidating Journalist 
So far, it's been a strange week at the university known for its school of journalism. On Monday, a group of student protesters erected tents at the University of Missouri as part of the protests that led the university's president, Tim Wolfe, to resign. Naturally, a public demonstration at a campus known for its school of journalism will draw journalists — except the demonstrators didn't want any media attention. They formed a ring around the tent city, pushing back reporters. Mark Schierbecker, a junior at the university, caught the exchange between one student-turned-national-photojournalist Tim Tai. As protesters shouted him down and pushed him, Tai stood his ground, insisting that the same First Amendment that gave students the right to protest gave him the right to photograph. In the last few seconds of the video, Schierbecker slipped through the ring of bleeding heart students and approached someone who appeared to be the adult in the room — only to prove she wasn't. That would be Dr. Melissa Click, an assistant professor at MU's Department of Communication, who just happened to have a courtesy appointment with the Missouri School of Journalism. "You need to get out, you need to get out," Click said, making a grab for the student's camera. Schierbecker, too, stood his ground. So Click started shouting, "Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here? I need some muscle over here!" The next day, Click resigned from her courtesy appointment. And for good reason: Students practiced more principled journalism than the teacher who claimed to be an expert. -The Patriot Post
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MD Closes Ineffective Gun Casing Database
Yes, the newest technological advancement can be helpful for law enforcement, but it's no savior. In fact, it can be a huge waste. In 2000, the State of Maryland started a database to collect bullet casings from every gun sold in the state. The thinking behind the program was that each gun makes a unique "fingerprint" when the bullet is fired. Maryland's law enforcement wanted to create a database that could be used to solve crime. Now 15 years, $5 million and more than 300,000 bullet casings later, the state is closing the program after it hasn't helped in solving a single case. Former Governor Parris Glendening, who originally pushed for the program, told The Baltimore Sun, "Obviously, I'm disappointed. It's a little unfortunate, in that logic and common sense suggest that it would be a good crime-fighting tool." But liberal logic didn't jive with reality. Again. Maryland joined New York, which closed its program in 2012 for similar reasons. To paraphrase law professor Glenn Reynolds, gun control advocates don't mind spending money on onerous gun regulations and the legal fees associated with prosecuting to the fullest extent any citizen who violates those regulations. In Maryland's case, it also burned the money of its citizens who collected guns, as firing a vintage gun tarnishes its value. -The Patriot Post
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The First Gay President?
Just as Bill Clinton was once touted as the "first black president," the nation's first actual (well, half) black president has become the first gay one. That is to say he's now on the cover of Out magazine as it's "Ally of the Year."
"This is the first time a sitting president has been photographed for the cover of an LGBT title," said Aaron Hicklin, Out's editor-in-chief. He added that it's "a historic moment in itself, and a statement on how much his administration has done to advance a singularly volatile issue that tarnished the reputations of both President Clinton and President Bush. A president who came to office on a wave of euphoria, appeared to lose momentum halfway through, and has since rallied, helping us secure marriage equality, among other landmark initiatives that are transforming our place in America."
It's true that nObama has "fundamentally transformed" much of America, including on this issue. For example, he made quite a show of turning the White House rainbow colors and socially engineering the military, not to mention advocating the punishment of any who dare stand for traditional marriage. But just three short years ago, nObama was an anti-same-sex marriage "bigot" just like the rest of us hillbillies. Given nObama's political calculation for everything he does it's hard to know what his conscience really tells him. Democrats in general waited until the irate, tireless minority of homosexuals and their advocates had pushed public discourse far enough Left that hopping on the bandwagon would only help them politically. Nevertheless, nObama has another ideological trophy for his case. -The Patriot Post
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Left promoting mass delusion, says Journalist
{Joseph Farah} ~ From alleged widespread racism to “Islamophobia” to “gender reassignment,” the way the American left currently portrays many of today’s top issues is not only wrong... says bestselling author David Kupelian, it is an attempt to forcibly replace reality with a series of coveted delusions – commonly called “narratives.” Kupelian, whose latest book is “The Snapping of the American Mind,” made his comments during a fast-paced drive-time interview with popular San Francisco KSFO radio talker Brian Sussman. “The statistics are simply mind-melting,” said Kupelian, referring to the astronomical levels of addiction, depression and family breakdown in today’s America, which he ties in his book to the left’s ongoing “fundamental transformation of America.” “One hundred and thirty million people are dependent on legal or illegal mind-altering substances. We’re not talking 130,000. This sounds like all the adults, almost – it’s like we're a nation of addicts!” If living in America increasingly seems to you like living in an insane asylum, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is you're right. After all, millions of your formerly sane countrymen believe Bruce Jenner is a woman and Islam is the religion of peace. The good news is, if you can see the craziness for what it is, you're probably not one of the crazy ones. That means it's your responsibility to help save the country. Here's how ... http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/left-promoting-mass-delusion-says-journalist/.
University of Missouri student body president Payton Head
Mizzou fraud fest: Missouri protesters' tales implode
It sure was fun while it lasted, but, alas, the revolution on the campus of the University of Missouri is fizzling out. Nothing like truth, facts and evidence (or lack thereof) to deflate the progressives' balloon. Here's the latest casualty list of exaggerations, frauds, hoaxes and outright lies... The world now knows why University of Missouri activists needed “muscle” to remove inquisitive reporters from their “safe space” on Monday: Their leaders love to run with unsubstantiated rumors. Concerned Student 1950, which helped bring down the university system’s president Timothy Wolfe, has not fared well since its protest victory. Media professor Melissa Click has resigned her courtesy appointment after threatening school photographers, Student Body President Payton Head had to apologize for a false Ku Klux Klan sighting and there appears to be no evidence a “feces swastika” was smeared in a campus dormitory bathroom. The group’s name, Concerned Student 1950, stands for the year the university enrolled its first black student. Talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh apologized to his listeners for not predicting such fabrications. “Look at all of the made-up – totally made-up – stories that not a shred of it is true on college campus,” Limbaugh said. “Honestly, folks, I am a little embarrassed that I did not voice my suspicions that this wasn’t real. I just didn’t have the confidence to do it, I will admit it. This is a great lesson on how seductive standard, everyday media reporting is. Look, I’m not alone. Everybody bought into it.” http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/mizzou-fraud-fest-kkk-alerts-poo-swastika-tales-implode/.
Conservative Professor Targeted by Offended Students
{Trey Sanchez} ~ The suspension of Professor of Law and Political Science Carol Swain is being called on through a Change.org petition that, as of this writing, is only 40 signatures away from its stated goal... These students are calling for an investigation by the university to look into allegations of "unprofessional intimidation on social media, discriminatory practices in the classroom, and unclear representation as a Public Figure with invocations of the Vanderbilt name on her Facebook page." The allegations include Swain publicly humiliating students and grading minority, LGBT, and non-Christian students unfairly. None of these allegations have proven to be true. But if the investigation reveals that they are, and these students really hope that happens, the next demand is for Vanderbilt to offer mandatory diversity training for all faculty, including Swain, and to conduct a review to see if her views could be misconstrued as speaking for the university. And until all of this has been settled to the satisfaction of students, Swain is to be suspended. The petition included links to several op-eds by Swain to highlight her "dangerous" beliefs. It is careful to state that these are just provided as a samples and is in no way "an attack on her beliefs or freedom of speech/press." http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/now-vanderbilt-conservative-professor-targeted-offended-students.
Navy Preparing 2 Separate Upgrades for Helicopter-Minehunting
{Megan Eckstein} ~ The Navy’s helicopter-based mine countermeasures fleet will receive two separate upgrades in the coming years, one to address obsolescence and reliability issues in the legacy AN/AQS-24A system and one to add volume search capability... Today’s MH-53Es tow the AN/AQS-24A side scan sonar with laser detection and identification capability during mine-hunting operations. Twenty-seven units are deployed in the fleet, Melissa Kirkendall, who oversees legacy mine warfare programs in the Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ships, said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference on Oct. 28. http://news.usni.org/2015/11/11/navy-preparing-2-separate-upgrades-for-helicopter-towed-minehunting-system?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=99ca8ccacf-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-99ca8ccacf-231491269&mc_cid=99ca8ccacf&mc_eid=3999f18767.
Hilly Clinton and the fact-checkers
{Peter J. Wallison} ~ While the media fact-checkers and reporters are busily hacking away at whether Ben Carson was actually awarded a scholarship to attend West Point 40 years ago... an outright falsehood in a Hilly Clinton speech last month has received no attention at all. In announcing her “Wall Street reform plan,” the leading Democratic candidate for president said, “Before the crisis hit, as a senator from New York, I was alarmed by this gathering storm, and called for addressing the risks of derivatives, cracking down on abusive subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress largely ignored calls for reform.” Mrs. Clinton has conveniently forgotten that in July 2005 the Senate Banking Committee, then under the control of the Republicans, voted out comprehensive legislation to reform the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — then and still today the dominant players in the housing finance system. The bill would have created a tough new regulator for Fannie and Freddie, authorized the agency to set risk-based capital requirements commensurate with their risks, required them to report on fraudulent loans, established a system of prompt corrective action when their capital levels declined, required dismissal of board members and executives who were in office 180 days before the company became undercapitalized, and provided for civil and criminal penalties, among many other provisions..
Media Frenzy Over ISIS Video Execution of 200 ‘Children’
{clarionproject.org} ~ Numerous media outlets are reporting on a “new” Islamic State video purported to show the mass execution of 200 children... However, experts, including those at Clarion Project believe the film to be older, with some suggesting it is a 2014 clip showing the shooting of Syrian soldiers. Either way the video is extremely disturbing and shows the barbarity of ISIS, which has produced a series of gruesome videos in recent days. Stripped to their underwear, the victims are already lying face down as the video opens. One gunman opens fire with shots to the head before being joined by around a dozen terrorists who fire along the line.Video: at the site
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Paul Ryan Cleaning House, To Dump Committee Chairs
{Loren Gutentag} ~ Paul Ryan took on the role of Speaker of the House last month promising to rework the House Republican Steering Committee before Thanksgiving and is doing just that taking steps to restructure the panel and dump committee chairs, Politico reports... In what will be the biggest restructuring of internal GOP policy so far in his tenure, Ryan kick-started the changes by impaneling eight lawmakers. And although plans are not finalized, lawmakers have discussed a two-part plan to in an effort to change the membership of the committee. http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ryan-cleaning-house-chairmen/2015/11/12/id/701772/?AID=7236
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New Book Reminds Us Why We Don't Want Clintons Back in WH
{Steve Byas} ~ Roger Stone and Robert Morrow’s new book, The Clintons' War on Women, is a timely reminder of why all decent Americans, and especially conservatives, found Bill and Hilly Clinton's actions so repellent... After President nObama’s myriad unconstitutional actions — amnesty schemes, the Fast and Furious undercover operation that sent thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels, the IRS scandal, drone murders without trials, “pen and phone” executive actions, NSA spying, and much more — many constitutionalists have forgotten just how damaging the Clinton presidency was as well The title of Stone and Morrow's book doesn't convey the full scope of its contents. More than half the volume covers topics having little to do with Bill and Hilly's maltreatment of the women used — and then disposed of — by Bill, though that topic is well covered. Perhaps the most unsettling of the title stories was the one told by Juanita Broaddrick, a county coordinator in Bill Clinton's first run for governor of Arkansas in 1978. According to Broaddrick, Clinton — then the attorney general of Arkansas — raped her twice, once biting her lip so hard “he almost severed it.” As he left the room after that brutal sexual assault, he noted her swollen lip and callously quipped, “You better get some ice on that.”.
China Bids for Sheraton/Westin Hotels; TPP Will Help Beijing Buyouts
{William F. Jasper} ~ Three of communist China’s big state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are part of a bidding war underway for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, the parent group that owns iconic high-end hotel brands Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis, and W Hotels... According to various business news reports, the Hyatt hotel chain is a front-runner in the buyout competition, but if deeper pockets prevail the sale could go to China Investment Corporation (CIC), a sovereign wealth fund of China’s communist government. Also bidding for the prestige hotel acquisition are the giant Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group Co, Ltd. and HNA Group, the parent company of the state-owned Hainan Airlines. The purchase of Starwood, which has a reported market cap of $12.7 billion, would be the largest acquisition to date of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm. The China Investment Monitor (CIM), a website of the Rhodium Group, tracks China Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) deals in the United States that involve half a million dollars or more. Rhodium’s CIM has tabulated 1,117 Chinese deals in the United States worth $54 billion, from 2000 through the second quarter of 2015. http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/markets/item/21939-china-bids-for-sheraton-westin-hotels-tpp-will-help-beijing-buyouts?utm_content=Rudy%20Tirre&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=China%20Bids%20for%20Sheraton%2FWestin%20Hotels%3B%20TPP%20Will%20Help%20Beijing%20Buyouts&utm_campaign=Judge%20Calls%20NSA%20Phone%20Data%20Collection%20Unconstitutionalcontent.
Judge Calls NSA Phone Data Collection Unconstitutional
{Warren Mass} ~ Judge Richard J. Leon of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, delivering a ruling on November 9, blocked the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program that collects Americans’ domestic phone records in bulk... It was the second ruling that Leon had delivered pertaining to the case of Klayman, et al v. Obama, et al — his first being on December 16, 2013. At the beginning of his opinion, Leon summarized the subject matter of the case. He noted that the plaintiffs, Larry Klayman (the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch) and Charles and Mary Ann Strange (parents of Michael Strange, a Navy officer killed in Afghanistan), filed the original motion back in 2013 seeking to prevent the NSA “from collecting and querying their telephone metadata pursuant to the NSA’s classified bulk telephony metadata collection program ... under which the NSA indiscriminately collects the telephone call records of millions of Americans.” http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/21934-judge-calls-nsa-phone-data-collection-unconstitutional?utm_content=Rudy%20Tirre&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Judge%20Calls%20NSA%20Phone%20Data%20Collection%20Unconstitutional&utm_campaign=Judge%20Calls%20NSA%20Phone%20Data%20Collection%20Unconstitutionalcontent.
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Egyptian leader seen as target of jihad
Eli Lake & Josh Rogin
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Speaking Thursday to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Vin Weber, a former Republican member of Congress and the co-chairman of the think tank's task force on Egypt policy, said Israeli officials and others with whom he had spoken are concerned el-Sisi's government will fall.
Speaking Thursday to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Vin Weber, a former Republican member of Congress and the co-chairman of the think tank's task force on Egypt policy, said Israeli officials and others with whom he had spoken are concerned el-Sisi's government will fall.
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"We encountered a lot of people in Israel and elsewhere that don't think that he is going to survive his term," Weber said. Israeli government representatives declined to comment for this column. One Israeli official disputed Weber's assessment but did not elaborate. Weber's task force met with senior Israeli security officials and diplomats, according to the group's report released this week.
"We encountered a lot of people in Israel and elsewhere that don't think that he is going to survive his term," Weber said. Israeli government representatives declined to comment for this column. One Israeli official disputed Weber's assessment but did not elaborate. Weber's task force met with senior Israeli security officials and diplomats, according to the group's report released this week.
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"He is under constant death threats," Weber said. "Many people said we're not sure where he sleeps every night. And I think there is that question mark in the minds of the Israelis about whether or not the government can succeed."
"He is under constant death threats," Weber said. "Many people said we're not sure where he sleeps every night. And I think there is that question mark in the minds of the Israelis about whether or not the government can succeed."
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Questions about el-Sisi's ability to stay in power and run Egypt are newly urgent this week. The U.S. and U.K. governments say there is evidence that the Islamic State placed a bomb aboard a Russian commercial jet that exploded this week over the Sinai. It took off from the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el- Sheikh. On Friday, Russia canceled all flights to Egypt.
Questions about el-Sisi's ability to stay in power and run Egypt are newly urgent this week. The U.S. and U.K. governments say there is evidence that the Islamic State placed a bomb aboard a Russian commercial jet that exploded this week over the Sinai. It took off from the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el- Sheikh. On Friday, Russia canceled all flights to Egypt.
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The group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, which pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in November 2014, initially claimed credit for destroying the Russian Metrojet plane. Despite a new Egyptian military campaign this summer against insurgents in the Sinai, Islamic State-linked jihadis there launched a wave of terror, killing scores of Egyptian soldiers and assassinating the country's chief prosecutor. Last year El-Sisi himself acknowledged there had been two attempts on his life in 2013.
The group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, which pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in November 2014, initially claimed credit for destroying the Russian Metrojet plane. Despite a new Egyptian military campaign this summer against insurgents in the Sinai, Islamic State-linked jihadis there launched a wave of terror, killing scores of Egyptian soldiers and assassinating the country's chief prosecutor. Last year El-Sisi himself acknowledged there had been two attempts on his life in 2013.
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Greg Craig, a former top lawyer in the nObama White House and the co-chairman of the institute's task force, said Egypt's military was working more closely with the Israeli intelligence community -- particularly in Sinai -- than they ever had before. Nonetheless, Craig said one Israeli military analyst gave the Egyptian campaign in the Sinai very low marks.
Greg Craig, a former top lawyer in the nObama White House and the co-chairman of the institute's task force, said Egypt's military was working more closely with the Israeli intelligence community -- particularly in Sinai -- than they ever had before. Nonetheless, Craig said one Israeli military analyst gave the Egyptian campaign in the Sinai very low marks.
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"We did spend some time with Israeli national security folks. One of the smartest persons I've ever met in terms of analytical capacity was talking about the Egyptian proclivity to do all the wrong things when it comes to counter-insurgency," Craig said. "If you had a list of boxes you checked of things not to do, the Egyptian military has checked every one of those boxes."
"We did spend some time with Israeli national security folks. One of the smartest persons I've ever met in terms of analytical capacity was talking about the Egyptian proclivity to do all the wrong things when it comes to counter-insurgency," Craig said. "If you had a list of boxes you checked of things not to do, the Egyptian military has checked every one of those boxes."
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The Israeli government has enjoyed unprecedented cooperation with el-Sisi's government, particularly in the Sinai where Egypt has worked to destroy the smuggling tunnels operated by Hamas in Gaza. If el-Sisi's government fell and Islamists took over, Israel would face a hostile neighbor on its southern border.
The Israeli government has enjoyed unprecedented cooperation with el-Sisi's government, particularly in the Sinai where Egypt has worked to destroy the smuggling tunnels operated by Hamas in Gaza. If el-Sisi's government fell and Islamists took over, Israel would face a hostile neighbor on its southern border.
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Coups and assassinations are common in recent Egyptian history. El-Sisi seized power in 2013 as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the elected president, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Jihadis in 1981 murdered Anwar al-Sadat, the Egyptian president who signed a peace treaty with Israel, at a military parade in Cairo. Islamists tried to kill Sadat's successor, Hosni Mubarak, in 1995 on a state visit to Ethiopia.
Coups and assassinations are common in recent Egyptian history. El-Sisi seized power in 2013 as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the elected president, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Jihadis in 1981 murdered Anwar al-Sadat, the Egyptian president who signed a peace treaty with Israel, at a military parade in Cairo. Islamists tried to kill Sadat's successor, Hosni Mubarak, in 1995 on a state visit to Ethiopia.
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Like past Egyptian leaders, el-Sisi also faces threats from within the military. In August an Egyptian court sentenced 26 Egyptian military officers for plotting a coup against the Egyptian president. A retired Egyptian general, Sameh Seif Elyazal, told Foreign Policy last year that 2 million to 3 million Egyptians hate el-Sisi: "Everybody knows that he is a target."
Like past Egyptian leaders, el-Sisi also faces threats from within the military. In August an Egyptian court sentenced 26 Egyptian military officers for plotting a coup against the Egyptian president. A retired Egyptian general, Sameh Seif Elyazal, told Foreign Policy last year that 2 million to 3 million Egyptians hate el-Sisi: "Everybody knows that he is a target."
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Other U.S. officials and outside experts have told us they too worry that el-Sisi's heavy-handed approach could end up bringing down his own government.
Other U.S. officials and outside experts have told us they too worry that el-Sisi's heavy-handed approach could end up bringing down his own government.
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"The policy that el-Sisi has pursued has created a large number of enemies in the country," said Michele Dunne, the director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. "The fact that one of those enemies would lash out at him whether through violence or a coup, that possibility is there. These are things notoriously difficult to predict."
"The policy that el-Sisi has pursued has created a large number of enemies in the country," said Michele Dunne, the director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. "The fact that one of those enemies would lash out at him whether through violence or a coup, that possibility is there. These are things notoriously difficult to predict."
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Representative Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told us he was less concerned about the potential for an assassination than he was about the broader issue of stability in Egypt. "It's stating the obvious that all those leaders in the region are under constant death threats, but that's not what concerns me," he said. Nunes, who visited with el-Sisi and toured the Sinai this year, said he was more worried about the broader economic instability in Egypt and a young population that is increasingly falling under the sway of the Muslim Brotherhood and radical jihadi groups.
Representative Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told us he was less concerned about the potential for an assassination than he was about the broader issue of stability in Egypt. "It's stating the obvious that all those leaders in the region are under constant death threats, but that's not what concerns me," he said. Nunes, who visited with el-Sisi and toured the Sinai this year, said he was more worried about the broader economic instability in Egypt and a young population that is increasingly falling under the sway of the Muslim Brotherhood and radical jihadi groups.
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"I hope el-Sisi can keep the country together," Nunes said. "Furthermore the Sinai is completely unstable where jihadis are roaming all over, and on the other side of Egypt you have Libya where we have no plan. This could potentially set Egypt into chaos."
"I hope el-Sisi can keep the country together," Nunes said. "Furthermore the Sinai is completely unstable where jihadis are roaming all over, and on the other side of Egypt you have Libya where we have no plan. This could potentially set Egypt into chaos."
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Since el-Sisi took power, the U.S. government has struggled internally over whether to embrace what most analysts called a military coup. Although the U.S. government decided not to legally determine whether a coup had taken place, U.S. military sales of large weapons systems were suspended after Sisi took power.
Since el-Sisi took power, the U.S. government has struggled internally over whether to embrace what most analysts called a military coup. Although the U.S. government decided not to legally determine whether a coup had taken place, U.S. military sales of large weapons systems were suspended after Sisi took power.
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Secretary of State hanoi-John Kerry led the camp pushing for a resumption of normal relations with Egypt, despite Sisi's brutal crackdown on political opposition, civil society and the press. (El-Sisi won a barely contested election in 2014 to the presidency.) By early 2015, the U.S. had fully lifted its suspension of U.S. arms sales to Egypt.
Secretary of State hanoi-John Kerry led the camp pushing for a resumption of normal relations with Egypt, despite Sisi's brutal crackdown on political opposition, civil society and the press. (El-Sisi won a barely contested election in 2014 to the presidency.) By early 2015, the U.S. had fully lifted its suspension of U.S. arms sales to Egypt.
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Sisi himself called on the international community to support his campaign against jihadis, in a speech Oct. 30 at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue. He urged world powers to let him consolidate power without criticism and international intervention.
Sisi himself called on the international community to support his campaign against jihadis, in a speech Oct. 30 at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue. He urged world powers to let him consolidate power without criticism and international intervention.
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"National security in the Arab world is so threatened that it now requires -- demands -- the protection of what remains of the states and their institutions," he said. "We in Egypt are ready to work together with regional and international powers who understand the importance of the Arab world and believe that it is important not to interfere in Arab affairs, as supporting specific groups detracts from the role of the state."
"National security in the Arab world is so threatened that it now requires -- demands -- the protection of what remains of the states and their institutions," he said. "We in Egypt are ready to work together with regional and international powers who understand the importance of the Arab world and believe that it is important not to interfere in Arab affairs, as supporting specific groups detracts from the role of the state."
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But many of El-Sisi's allies fear the biggest threat to his rule is not international meddling, but Egyptians who have been radicalized by his campaign to consolidate his own power.
But many of El-Sisi's allies fear the biggest threat to his rule is not international meddling, but Egyptians who have been radicalized by his campaign to consolidate his own power.
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