Egypt court tosses charges against Mubarak

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Source: LA Times

An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, who had been accused in connection with the killings of hundreds of demonstrators against his rule.

The 86-year-old ex-dictator was forced from office in a 2011 popular uprising that was a landmark of the so-called Arab Spring revolts, galvanizing regionwide demands for the toppling of old regimes.

Wearing dark glasses and a dark jacket, Mubarak listened expressionlessly as the lengthy ruling was read out, occasionally nodding. At its conclusion, the courtroom erupted in scenes of jubilation, with aides and lawyers hugging one another.

Mubarak’s former interior minister, Habib Adly, and other top aides were also acquitted Saturday in connection with the deaths of about 900 protesters. And the former president, his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, and an Egyptian tycoon were acquitted on corruption charges stemming from a business deal.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-court-mubarak-20141129-story.html

[Scootaloo]

1. Well, slaughtering protestors is legal under the new egypt regime

[mazzarro]

2. Now the whole thing has come full circle -- n/t

[Igel]

4. Next up

Embracing the finding that Bashar Assad is a humanitarian worker and progressive, with reparations and apologies for what's been done by the evil Salafist Muslim henchmen of the capitalist running sharks of Western imperial mercantilist oppression.

In compensation, Iraq and eastern Lebanon will be ceded to Syria by NATO and Russia.

[JCMach1]

3. Meet the new boss... same as the old boss...

What a waste...

[DeSwiss]

5. ....

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Of course it does. Long live pharoah.

[question everything]

7. He is 86 and is poor health

Just leave him alone.

[Comrade Grumpy]

8. Poor old killer dictator.

[Comrade Grumpy]

9. This is some unhappiness on the streets of Cairo about this.

Let's see where it goes.

[kelliekat44]

10. Who would have guessed that the Ferguson Grand Jury also handled Mubarak's murder case in Egypt!

Posted by a poster at HP.

[happyslug]

11. Notice that Grand Jury was not given Morsi's case...

Morsi is scheduled to be executed, but Egypt wants to get that done formally.

Please note, Foreign Countries know American Holidays, thus this dismissal was made to hit American during the Thanksgiving day Holiday. The present Rulers of Egypt want US support, but they know the US will not support them if they is MASSIVE resistance to that support (The US government wants to support the present government, but it is clear Muburak had been a tyrant, thus most Americans who know Egypt want him jailed, this dismissal of all charges being done NOW means by the time most American learn about this decision it is already old news).

Thus the release of the Grand Jury decision during Thanksgiving. That the dismissal was being done this week probably was decided months ago. The same with the Grand Jury out of Furguson, it was released so that it be overwhelmed by news regarding Thanksgiving AND Black Friday.

Release of such bad news during holidays is a well known tactic, up there with releasing bad information when something bad happens (i.e, Disaster anyplace takes front page news, so people release information that has to be released, but they view as bad for the people releasing that information hoping the new of the Diaster pushes the bad news they are releasing to the back pages.