| Dialogue will fix the problem. It aways does, especially if the participants wear top hats and those marvelous striped pants with their morning coats. ...What? No, I do not think there is an aspect of the cargo cultish to my previous statement. The very idea! |
[An Nahar] Egypt's national defense council headed by President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday appealed for calm and called for a national dialogue as deadly festivities raged.In a statement read out on state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
by Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsud, the council called for dialogue with "independent national figures" to settle political differences and agree on a mechanism for an upcoming parliamentary election.
It also condemned violence that has left nearly 40 people dead in two days of festivities in several parts of the country, calling on political forces "to maintain the peaceful nature of expression".
Nine people were killed on Friday as Egyptians erupted into the streets to demand change on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
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