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Surprising many moderate Egyptians with his grasp of modern culture and
liberalism, newly elected Islamic fundamentalist Egyptian president Morsi
hosted a flash mob dance party to the delight of the general public in
Tahrir square today. Dressed snappily in his usual suit-sans-tie
combination he and his security detail "The Brother's Brothers" rocked out
to Nikki Minaj's recent hit Starships complete with hands in the air.

In a nod to the more conservative elements of the Brotherhood they did
broadcast the radio edit over the public address system and with
occasional mosque call to prayer samples periodically resonating in the
background.

When asked about the musical selection, Morsi's secretary said that they
felt Starships evoked the kind of intergalactic message of hope and
exhilaration they all feel with this change in leadership and that they
will embrace the world with their new vision. They did not comment on
rumors that Pitbull was planned for the next event "International Love".

now the Sockpuppet wants to free the Blind Sheik!

Morsi Promises to Free 'Blind Sheik' from U.S. Prison




By MATT BRADLEY

Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi made a nod to his base in a speech on Friday when he pledged to seek the release of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman from U.S. custody.

Sheik Abdel-Rahman, who is better known as the "blind sheik" is serving a life sentence at a federal penitentiary in North Carolina for his role in planning the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.




His detention has become a cause célèbre among hard-line Salafi Islamists whom Mr. Morsi counted on in his runoff against ex-regime loyalist Ahmed Shafiq.

Dozens of bearded Abdel-Rahman supporters, many in religious vestments, have slept outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in a sit-in that has lasted the better part of a year. A full city block of downtown Cairo is festooned with banners bearing the blind sheik's image—bearded, capped with a red tarboosh and 1960s-era wayfarer sunglasses.

When Egyptian authorities charged seven U.S. citizens, including the son of a cabinet secretary, with violating laws on foreign funding for nongovernmental organizations in the spring, Sheik Abdel-Rahman's supporters lined up outside the courthouse calling for a prisoner swap.

For die-hard devotees, Mr. Morsi has taken up a cause that proves his revolutionary credentials: ousted President Hosni Mubarak did nothing to seek the sheik's release.

"It's wonderful. He did very good mentioning Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman," said Hesham el Ashry, a sheik supporter and a preacher. 'If America wants to be a real friend of the new Egyptian regime, they have to respond to the request of Morsi and release Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman."

But for liberal-leaning revolutionaries who cast ballots for Mr. Morsi only to block Mr. Shafiq's bid for the presidency, the promise—spoken in the same breath as a vow to work for the release of 12,000 Egyptians tried by military tribunals since February 2011—made them recoil.

"He gave a certain message: Our people like Omar Abdel-Rahman are our first priority, then the youth," said Hala Mustafa, a spokeswoman for the secular-minded liberal Egyptian Social Democratic Party.

Sheik Abdel-Rahman was one of the primary leaders of the Egyptian militant group Al Gama'a al Islamiyya. Though the group was accused of masterminding the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Sheik Abdel-Rahman avoided blame and moved to Afghanistan, where he made close associations with Osama bin Laden, the late leader of the militant group al Qaeda.

In 1990, the blind sheik, who lost his eyesight as a result of a childhood illness, moved to New York. He traveled the nation peddling anti-American propaganda to Arab audiences before his conviction in 1995 on charges of "seditious conspiracy" in connection with the Trade Center bombing.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577497053026356034.html

Wonder how long,until they start kidnapping US-Citizens and holding them on trumped up Charges to effect a Prisoner-Swap?

'If America wants to be a real friend of the new Egyptian regime, they have to respond to the request of Morsi and release Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman."

It is hard to imagine a nicer, more friendly way for the new
Egyptian president to reach out to the U.S. like that. This
Rahman move should extend the feelings of goodwill and cooperation
significantly!

Diplomacy, MB style. Looks like Egypt's tourism industry is about to go into a slump.

Guess he is a "small picture" kind of guy...just what Egypt needs...

"Bush League?"

Well, he's no Babe Ruth is that's what you're asking.....

Maybe he too will dance with Ellen Degeneres. That would be nice.