Former Egyptian President Will Face Trial for Murder and Corruption
- Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:49pm by
Billy Hallowell
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The future isn’t looking so bright for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Not only did the defunct dictator lose his grip on power earlier this year, but his health is on the decline and he will soon stand trial on murder and corruption charges.
If you’ll recall, Mubarak (allegedly) slaughtered innocent citizens during the now infamous Egyptian protests. As per The New York Times:
Egypt’s top prosecutor on Tuesday ordered former President Hosni Mubarak to stand trial in connection with the killing of unarmed protesters during the 18-day-revolt that forced him from power, yielding to one of the revolution’s top demands just days before many of its organizers had vowed to return to Tahrir Square for another day of protest.
In a statement, Egyptian prosecutor Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid said he would also charge Mr. Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, with corruption and self-dealing. The prosecutor also plans to file charges against a businessman close to the family, Hussein Salem. Among other ventures, Mr. Salem was part owner of a company involved in an Egyptian government deal to sell natural gas to Israel that is now under investigation.
If Mr. Mubarak is convicted on the accusations, he could potentially face the death penalty.
This is a welcome development for Egyptian citizens who began calling for legal retribution back in April. Earlier today, CNN reported that the trial will likely take place in June. Watch below for more:
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Comments (58)
SamIamTwo
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 8:26am“In a statement, Egyptian prosecutor Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid said he would also charge Mr. Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, with corruption and self-dealing. The prosecutor also plans to file charges against a businessman close to the family, Hussein Salem. Among other ventures, Mr. Salem was part owner of a company involved in an Egyptian government deal to sell natural gas to Israel that is now under investigation.
If Mr. Mubarak is convicted on the accusations, he could potentially face the death penalty.”
Really, death for that? If and could must be a typo. The last sentence should read “When…, he will…strike out potentially…WILL…penalty.”
Obama would approve of this. I’m certain both will get a fair trial…and what does the grand international folks want to add to this broken process?
Report Post »headbanger
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 7:48amIf Mubarak can be tried in this manner then so can odumbo in the states. Just like the liberal idiots who screamed for Bush to be tried on war crimes so then should the current occupier of the WH, not to mention the BILLIONS he is stealing from the American people.
Report Post »attleboro
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 11:27amDoes that now make you a conservative idiot? By your OWN logic…
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:26pmI do have to admit. “ Liberal idiot ” is kinda redundant
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 7:07amThat trial should not take too long. It is just a formality. I am sure all other countries that have supported the USA will take note. Their new best friend will be China.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 6:10amThis will have the eyes and ears of the Egyptian people, while the muslin brotherhood take control of the their new democratic(Islamic) state. Deflection and deception.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 5:04amMubarack: If they move your trial to New York, I’d say, “Look for a liberal Jewish lawyer.” I wouldn’t wait more than a year though. I suspect the Lib Jews will be scarce as muzlims in a Saint Patty’s day parade by then.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:54amObama and Hillary are getting their wish….
They sent a bouquet of black Egyptian lilies to Google as a thank you.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 4:00amActually, Obama and Hillary merely forwarded this bouquet….
which they themselves had received from the Muslim Brotherhood.
The attached note said, “Thank you.”
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:04amYES SADDAM WAS A PHYCO KILLER AND Mubarak a dictaitor but I cant help believe thats what it takes to rule over religious extreamist, and all obama’s done is worsen this situtaion!
Report Post »quaddafi would be nuts to give up he’d be next if not dead! Nothing to lose ! Same with Bashar!
Just like this past weekend in Cairo Amer emb ,Mob out side holding free blind shak( 1ST WTC )bomming !i’VE READ ABOUT 6 BOOKS ABOUT al-QUEADA These Egyiptian’s MUS BRO hood !
IS REALLY WHERE THEIR IDEAOLOGY CAME FROM !
babylonvi
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:50amSeeing this, Assad should have no reason to give in to protesters. In such a position, any despot would use all the force at his disposal no matter how many thousands were killed. Either that or immediately flee the country.
Report Post »Table Crumb
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:35amCheck out Lindsey Williams. This might be old news to some, but I think it’s worth taking a look at.
Google the name: Lindsey Williams, Ken Fromm, the book “The Energy Non-Crisis”, Tie it in with current events.
Updates from Joel Rosenthal are really informative…mid east crisis and how it relates to Israel and our faith as Christians. I am so grateful that we have an intelligent, principled, spiritual analyst on the inside giving us on the outside an “informed analysis such as this man, Joel Rosenthal. Pay attention… History is filled with causes and effects.
Report Post »conrad_carter
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:25amGimme a break.
Report Post »Sham trials make ******* feel better.
the hawk
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:12amsOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE MADE A DEAL WITH THE dEVIL !
Report Post »mingfurecon
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:09amAfter our dear leader had his hat handed to him by the honorable gentleman from Israel, it will be most curious to see how he navigates the next foray into the events unfolding in Egypt and elsewhere. He has certainly stepped in it and has his drones working over time, but the fiasco in Ireland was further embarrassment and with Libya becoming a disaster, It is going to get pretty brutal.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:09amMUBARAK kept the christians safe as did sadam hussain! FACK !
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:25amWell, both did that effectively, but only by keeping the whole place a police state. You could as easily praise a prison warden who keeps the Crips from murdering bloods in the maximum security wing.
That said, I have to admit I was impressed travelling through the Suez Canal; the pilot (an Egyptian ship’s officer navigating us through the canal) pointed out to us the president’s summer residence along the banks. If I recall correct, right next to it, or nearby, were both a mosque and a church on adjoining properties.
Bottom line though, Mubarrak was nowhere near the tyrant that Hussein was. (And when I say “Hussein” I mean Saddam. Naturally.) Yes, Mubarrak ruled with a heavy hand, but that was to keep the radical Mohammadans in check. Hussein gas-bombed Kurds for no particular reason other than that they were Kurds (a people who I believe have never had their own homeland.) Until recently at least, Egypt had its own native brewery and you could buy beer without worrying about getting your head cut off. Ya think the Brotherhood is going to stand for that?
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 4:12amBoth held Iran at bay.
Report Post »Rached Madcow SHOW
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:44pmBill Clinton’s heart probably skipped a beat……He sees a similar headline in a recurring nightmare. Then to be safe, he makes a phone call to verify all 75 cases are still ruled “suicide”.
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:52amSo glad someone still remembers that. Don’t forget Ron Brown and a plane load of assistants and whoevers, who had no business going to bosnia. Of course Vince, and o yea, Al Gore had some associates kill themselves as well. One dude shot himself, twice, in the head, with a different caliber bullet than the gun they found. Same as Vince Foster.
Please remember the innocent murdered in Idaho and Waco as well. Was Wesley Clarke or the other Janet ever brought up on charges?
Lastly, Oaklama City bomging. Bill Clinton makes the first Patriot Act by Exec. order. They new it had to be made concrete in Congress and you got, 911.
I don’t believe in coincidences. I’m not a huge Ales Jones fan, but he has been more correct than a lot of the tards who have their perverbial heads up their a$$,
Type in Q33NYC, highlight it and make the font wingding just for fun. That program was written early to mid-ninties.
There has always been a plan folks and those that obey, can get away with bloody murder. Those that rock the boat die in plane crashes or are shot. JFK wasn’t a conspiracy either? Was it you freak’n Ostridges?
Wake up and see or die!
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:41pmLet he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:40pmI‘ll bet there won’t be a word out of Hillary or Obama, who did all they could to cheer on the Arab Spring. I also doubt that the lamestream media will give the story much coverage either.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:38pmSwell. Islamic Jihadist terrorist murderers are going to try Mubarak for murder!
If every member of the Muslim Brotherhood dropped dead, the world would be better for it.
Report Post »Ogotstogo
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:29pmGreat website I found
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nomercy63
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:27pmIt’s kind of the kettle calling the pot black!
Report Post »caprica
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:13pmAmerican will began investigation after November 2012 election ! this govenment and obama and obama czars and some members of congress should be investigated …….
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:16pmGet the rope
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:02amwe dont do that in America. that is we dont investigate previous administrations looking to jail them. this is not some banana republic. at least that is the way it was before the radicals took over.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:18amthetreyman
Report Post »we dont do that in America. that is we dont investigate previous administrations looking to jail them.
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Thats why Hussein-Trumka -SoreA$$ feel so emboldened and powerful
vennoye
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:40amI’m afraid we have a long, hard road between now and the 2012 elections!! Obama is trying to grab more and more power everyday. Too many people I know are not only oblivious, they think I am crazy. Too much bother to quit watching Oprah and Dancing with the Stars!
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:11pmIt‘s amazing that they selectively determine who should be tried and who shouldn’t be tried. Maybe they should try Iran’s Ahmadinejad (the head of the snake), Syria’s Assad, Libya’s Gadhafi, the Hezbollah leaders, the Hamas leaders, and all the rest of the thug-leaders in the Middle East as well, while they are at it.
Hey, there’s no dearth of thug-leaders housed in the corrupt U.N. So maybe they should go after them as well. The corrupt U.N. has been aiding and abetting corrupt leaders for years!
Report Post »NormanDeArmond
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08pmNow we can expect the rest of the tinpots to fight brutally to the last man to retain power. He was our friend and the author of peace and his fat cat feeding of corrupt accomplices was billins compared with Obama’s trillion$. Is Obama indicted by the Hague yet for Kenyan war crimes solicitation and conspiraccy?? Will O baby fight to the last man?
Report Post »i want the truth
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:06pmHey Obama isn’t this what you wanted? You are such a disgrace to America!! IF only we had some well minded Liberals that actually cared for this country. I think all of them want to destroy it!! Open your Eyes and see what is happeining!!!
Report Post »God Please get rid of the Evil in America.
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:00pmWhat?! Amazing. Maybe peace IS possible in the Middle East.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:14pmHow’s changing one single despot for a large organized group of radical islamic tyrants better? Hey go over there for about a year, work for acorn and let us know how it turns out.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:21pm@RLTW – Stunning that you seem to know what all the future catalysts for change will be.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:38amHey, I’ve only spent four of the last ten years all over the Middle East, I know the people are born and bred with a slave mentality both religiously and socially frozen in time. I also know that the true path to freedom is done individually not collectively, but hey I’m sure you know better with your vast experience.
Report Post »American Saint
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:55pmWow! Mubarek is gone and in walks the Muslim Brotherhood! Sheesh.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:00pmAll helped by Hillery and BO…
Report Post »mattsanz
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:04pmSome people say Government isn’t evil, its the men and women who serve that are corrupt..All the angels serve the King of Kings, all we have are men and women. Govt is power and force w/ no angels, thats why the Founders made it a limited Govt and not an all powerfull one. It needs to be limited again.
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Oil_Robb
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:05pmBy the time this has played out, this guy will seem like sister Tereasa compared to the Muslim Brotherhood backed by Iran….carefull what you wish for
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:07pmHow do they determine what punishment Arab Dictators get?
Hosni– Death
Report Post »K-Dog – Possible Exile
Bashar- A Stern Look
Akmydinnerjacket- Nothing
King Faud- a new yacht
Elena2010
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08pmWanna bet the brotherhood won’t let him live to see his day in court?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:15pm“corruption and self-dealing” sounds like someone I know
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:16pmA terrible man all around… deserves whatever he gets…
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CatB
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:16pmWhen does Obama’s trial begin?
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:54pmthey will kill all of them for making a deal with israel. i kinda knew this would happen. he had to know this would happen. makes you wonder why he didnt go down swinging or leave the country. smell those flowers growing?
Report Post »on another note. any bets on when the 1st anti-semitic comment will come to this thread.
cheezwhiz
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:14amWill Barack Hussain be tried for deaths of Libyan civilians?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:15amIt’s funny that he has been there for 30 years and now – all of a sudden he’s a bad guy.
I smell a fish.
I smell a stinky smelly fish.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 4:19amAll Outrageous: The departure of Mubarak, his arrest, and
now the rule by Muslim Brotherhood, which spawned Hamas and Al Qaida!
How many leaders has Obama told to “step down…now!” ?
Report Post »Four….or is it five?
Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 10:04amSo…when does GW Bush and Barack Obama face trial for MURDER and COIRRUPTION?!?!?!
AFTER WE ARREST THEM??!?!?
WELL, START THE DEPOSING!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Report Post »BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 11:25amSo Mubarik will be murdered at the order of Obumma, the head Mufti. Who’s next, George Bush? Throw him OUT. Joint the TEA PARTY REVOLUTION, led by Peter Fonda, train your grandkids to use that long rifle. Here’s our theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvRDmM5Zx4
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