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3DHS / Re: Murbarak show trial to begin this week.....
« on: August 03, 2011, 01:42:52 PM »
Mubarak's Trial Begins in Egypt
Video in English here: http://www.youtube.com/v/o2BL_sEsVZM&hl=en_US (didn't there used to be a way to embed these?)
The long-awaited trial of Hosni Mubarak has started in Cairo, with the former Egyptian president appearing in court with his sons Alaa and Gamal, and hated former Interior Minister, Habib al-Adly.
It had been feared that Mubarak?s trial would be delayed, especially with pressure coming from Gulf states who are worried about the consequences of a former Arab leader being so humiliated. The ruling military council themselves are generally seen to prefer to not put Mubarak on trial, Tantawi and his men fearing the revelations that may come out in the trial.
However, it seems that the will of the people was too great to ignore, and on the 3rd of August 2011 the Arab world saw its first dictator put on trial by his own people.
In true Ramadan style, the Egyptians put on a great show.
Hosni Mubarak entered the court room on a hospital bed, helpfully referred to by the Egyptian state television pundit as a ?trolley?. He picked his nose. The judge, lawyers, public gallery and the media all screamed at each other. Mubarak?s defence lawyer asked for permission to bring over 1000 witnesses, a delaying tactic previously used by such luminaries as Slobadan Milosevic.
Another lawyer said that Hosni Mubarak had in fact died in 2004, and that the man in the courtroom was in fact a clone, demanding that the court sanction DNA tests. He probably missed the finer details of the science of cloning. You could not make it up.
However, despite the farce, this is a great step forward. Yes, there are still many, many problems, and the Egyptian revolution is far from over, but seeing Hosni Mubarak put on trial has been met with great joy by the average Egyptian.
Seeing Mubarak, along with his sons and his crony, in that black cage, acknowledging their presence in the court, was a truly historic moment. Egyptians were glued to their TV sets, and so was the rest of the Arab world ? wondering, maybe, it was their dictator?s turn next.
http://www.kabobfest.com/2011/08/mubarak-trial-starts-egypt.html
Video in English here: http://www.youtube.com/v/o2BL_sEsVZM&hl=en_US (didn't there used to be a way to embed these?)
The long-awaited trial of Hosni Mubarak has started in Cairo, with the former Egyptian president appearing in court with his sons Alaa and Gamal, and hated former Interior Minister, Habib al-Adly.
It had been feared that Mubarak?s trial would be delayed, especially with pressure coming from Gulf states who are worried about the consequences of a former Arab leader being so humiliated. The ruling military council themselves are generally seen to prefer to not put Mubarak on trial, Tantawi and his men fearing the revelations that may come out in the trial.
However, it seems that the will of the people was too great to ignore, and on the 3rd of August 2011 the Arab world saw its first dictator put on trial by his own people.
In true Ramadan style, the Egyptians put on a great show.
Hosni Mubarak entered the court room on a hospital bed, helpfully referred to by the Egyptian state television pundit as a ?trolley?. He picked his nose. The judge, lawyers, public gallery and the media all screamed at each other. Mubarak?s defence lawyer asked for permission to bring over 1000 witnesses, a delaying tactic previously used by such luminaries as Slobadan Milosevic.
Another lawyer said that Hosni Mubarak had in fact died in 2004, and that the man in the courtroom was in fact a clone, demanding that the court sanction DNA tests. He probably missed the finer details of the science of cloning. You could not make it up.
However, despite the farce, this is a great step forward. Yes, there are still many, many problems, and the Egyptian revolution is far from over, but seeing Hosni Mubarak put on trial has been met with great joy by the average Egyptian.
Seeing Mubarak, along with his sons and his crony, in that black cage, acknowledging their presence in the court, was a truly historic moment. Egyptians were glued to their TV sets, and so was the rest of the Arab world ? wondering, maybe, it was their dictator?s turn next.
http://www.kabobfest.com/2011/08/mubarak-trial-starts-egypt.html