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    October 14, 2011

Washington Abuzz Over Egypt's Democracy, Military's Intentions

   Todd Grosshans

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   The on-going and very fluid situation in Egypt was the subject of
   intense discussion by a number of scholars, academics and political
   experts who met recently in Washington DC. Overflow crowds packed two
   rooms - one at the George Washington University and the other at the
   Aspen Institute - to hear what these experts had to say as, once again,
   Egyptians were taking to the streets to protest what they called is a
   lack of progress in Egypt since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

   Egypt's Army won the people's support when it refused to fire on
   demonstrators during early protests. But today, many Egyptians are
   angry at the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which is now running
   the country. They say the Council is merely a group of high ranking
   'retreads' who owe their careers to the Mubarak regime. And they worry
   that the Council intends to remain in charge. Matters reached a crisis
   by mid-October, when the security forces killed 26 protesters during a
   mainly Coptic Christian protest.

   The two two panels of experts who met in Washington agreed on one
   thing: The Egyptian revolution is not over yet....far from it.
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