(AFP)- "CAIRO — Egypt's de facto leader, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, who heads a military council that has pledged to bring democracy to Egypt, is "not a reformer", a Western official said on Thursday. "He's not a reformer. He's a man who is committed to protecting the Egyptian people," the official told reporters in Cairo on condition of anonymity. "There is a streak of decency in him that you see because he simply identifies with the Egyptian people and he would never knowingly, I think, allow his troops to harm them," the official said....
The same cable described Tantawi as while "charming and courtly," also "aged and change-resistant." The army was hailed as a saviour ..... On Wednesday, Amnesty International slammed the army over the "shocking" treatment of women protesters, who were subjected to torture and forced "virginity tests."..."
Friday 25 March 2011
Western Official: "Tantawi is not a reformer"... but he is nice..
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Egyptian revolution,
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Tantawi
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