Mubarak dead, or maybe not

[Alexander's Horse]

stroke

[Dinner]

This should be in the death pool thread.

[Uncle Sparky]

He's hooked up to machines in a military hospital. With the Mubarak appointed court dissolving parliament, and the generals pointing out they will be writing the laws, not any elected officials, 'spring' is dead.

[Alexander's Horse]

there would be an argument he has in fact been dead for several years

[dannubis]

He's hooked up to machines in a military hospital. With the Mubarak appointed court dissolving parliament, and the generals pointing out they will be writing the laws, not any elected officials, 'spring' is dead.

There was never a spring to begin with...

Both preseidential candidates are claiming victory. Let' see how long before this turns into a bloodbath.

[Dr Strangelove]

Hey! Don't look over at Egypt! Look what's happening in Syria! Pay no attention to what's happening in Egypt! Egypt is yesterday, Syria is today! PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!!!!

[OneFootInTheGrave]

or Iraq

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/20-Jun-2012/turkish-troops-pkk-clashes-kill-26

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 26 combatants killed in fighting at three army outposts in the southeast, officials and security sources said. Up to 100 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) launched simultaneous dawn attacks on three military observation points in Hakkari province near Turkey's mountainous border with Iraq, killing eight soldiers and wounding 19, the sources said. In subsequent clashes, Turkish troops killed 18 PKK fighters, the prime minister's office said.

or Libya

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/10-Jun-2012/23-killed-in-two-days-of-south-libya-clashes-sources

Members of Libya's Toubou minority and government forces fought for a second consecutive day on Sunday, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens wounded since the clashes erupted, sources said. Doctor Taher Wehli said 20 members of the Toubu community, including women and children, were killed since fighting erupted in Kufra on Saturday. Wissam Ben Hmid, commander of the Libya Shield Brigade which is stationed in the southern oasis city, said he had lost three of his men.

but... Syria people?!? unfriendly dictators need to be removed.

[Dr Strangelove]

unfriendly dictators need to be removed.

...... and replaced with friendly military juntas. Yes, the Middle East is the new South America.