Arab Media Reports: Mubarak Seriously Ill

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Jerusalem Post

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seriously ill, according to sources quoted by Palestinian news agency Ma'ain on Sunday.



Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=208020

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First article I found in English that was semi-reputable.

Edit Update - NBC is reporting this as rumor.. so far.

[EFerrari]

1. Carrying moneybags into the limo can be exhausting. n/t

[Barack_America]

2. Forgive my skepticism.

I suspect this has more to do with Germany saving face for taking him in. Although I suppose the news of his assets being frozen by multiple countries must have been a shock.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. You may be right.. I found the orignal sources..

The Bahrain-based newspaper Al-Wasat reported Saturday that Mubarak had fallen into a coma, quoting sources close to the deposed leader.

The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm said Sunday that Mubarak was in Baden, Germany for medical treatment.

[Tx4obama]

8. Sounds like propaganda to me.

Bahrain folks are planning a protest next week.

Could be that the Bahrain newspaper is putting out a false story to lead people there to think that Murbarak really didn't step down but that he is just ill. :shrug:

And how can he be in Germany when this morning there was a reporter outside where Murbarak is staying in Sharm el-Sheikh?

[bloomington-lib]

4. Faking your death would be a good way of getting out and starting a

new life with billions of stolen dollars. The money is probably in an account with his new identity.

[DCKit]

5. It worked for Ken Lay. nt

[Bozita]

10. Makes me wonder as to the number of doubles in Mubarak's employ

There might be one less soon.

[bongbong]

13. It worked for the Shah of Iran

:mad:

[Scruffy1]

6. Dead men tell no tales

I wouldn't be surprised if he died before he could be forced to testify in any kind of civil or criminal investigation. I am sure that there are a lot of prominent people worldwide who were accomplices in his crimes.

[sabrina 1]

7. There were. Like the U.S. government, for the past 30 years.

[L. Coyote]

11. Dead men leave sucessors in office and inheritances in pockets.

Mubarak's death would be very convenient on multiple fronts, and his utility has certainly expired.

[patrice]

28. Nailed it. No one still around to pitch a flaming bitch about how it all went down. nt

[Marnie]

9. America's failed puppet dictators tend to not

have a good survival rate.

They know too much dirt about the CIA and the Gov/military's illegal activities.

[L. Coyote]

12. Just got an e-mail from Gamal

I need your help extracting 70 billion dollars from a bank in Nigeria :rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Funny!!!!

[Crowman1979]

14. I hope his death is slow and painful.

[Arctic Dave]

15. First the saudi king then hosni? Suspicious indded.

Did Obama give him an ear full also?

[Dover]

16. News from last summer - Egyptian leader’s health on radar of U.S.

Sunday, July 18, 2010


...Mr. Mubarak on Sunday held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; President Obama‘s special envoy to the Middle East conflict, George J. Mitchell; and the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.

Nonetheless, the 82-year-old Egyptian leader is thought by most Western intelligence agencies to be dying from terminal cancer affecting his stomach and pancreas.

Earlier this month, several Arab and Hebrew newspapers reported that Mr. Mubarak recently sought treatment for his ailment at a hospital in France. A senior Egyptian government official interviewed for this article said those reports were “without any factual basis whatsoever.”

There are, however, other indications that Mr. Mubarak‘s health is failing. In March, the Egyptian leader traveled to Germany for what at the time was said to be gallbladder surgery, a treatment that took him out of action for six weeks, according to a special report on Egypt in the current issue of the Economist...cont'd


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/18/egyptian-leaders-health-on-radar-of-us/

[Catherina]

18. I'd be ill too if I had to explain how I saved $70Billion on a $808 a month salary

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/13/AR2011021302092.html

[JackRiddler]

19. This is transparently part of a strategy to move his wealth (also helps to avoid charges).

[Poll_Blind]

30. That's another likely possibility. +1

PB

[kpete]

20. Unconfirmed report: Mubarak in coma

Source: Guardian UK

Unconfirmed report: Mubarak in coma
Published: Feb. 14, 2011 at 8:45 AM

CAIRO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Egypt's army told protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square to leave or be arrested and an unconfirmed report said ousted President Hosni Mubarak was in a coma.

Al-Masry al-Youm quoted "well-informed sources" as saying Mubarak, 82, had fallen into a coma in his Sharm el-Sheik residence.

But RIA Novosti reported that the pro-government daily al-Gomhuria, citing sources, said Mubarak was in a "severe psychological condition" but not in a coma.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/02/14/Uncomfirmed-report-Mubarak-in-coma/UPI-87591297670400/

[NOLALady]

21. Maybe

he was put into a "coma" before he left the building.

[cowcommander]

22. Must've been one hell of a breakdown

From reports, it seems like he was really out of touch with reality and never really understood how much he was hated by the Egyptian people.

[ret5hd]

23. Ahhh, the ole' "Ken Lay" method of avoiding prosecution!

[CountAllVotes]

24. will he ever wake-up?

After all, he's been in a half-baked coma for years! :silly:

:kick:

[dipsydoodle]

25. A comma

or a full stop ?

[juajen]

32. Nah, dipsy, I think it was a question mark? NT

[rocktivity]

26. It the report is unconfirmed

WHY ARE YOU REPORTING IT?

:banghead:
rocktivity

[musette_sf]

27. the Bill Casey coma

[Poll_Blind]

29. I was just thinking that and was looking over the thread to see if anyone had...

...thought it was well. Indeed!

PB

[juajen]

31. I didn't know Germany was taking him in! Crikes! NT