Crackdown in Egypt Fans U.S. Fears
July 29 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftWhere is all that “respect” the world was going to show the US after Obama started ‘the dialog’? Now the administration “doesn’t understand…”?
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By ADAM ENTOUSWASHINGTON—The Obama administration increasingly fears that Egypt’s military, ignoring American appeals, is deepening a crackdown that could spark a sustained period of instability and lead members of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood to take up arms.
In a series of private messages in recent days, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other American officials warned Egyptian military leader Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi that his clampdown on the Brotherhood risked driving the Islamist group back underground, say U.S. officials involved in the discussions.
Despite those exhortations, Gen. Sisi called for massive demonstrations ….
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