Egypt's former spy chief to run for president

In case you missed it: With USA Changing the Horse - Egypt has second thoughts on Muslim Brotherhood.

A congressional delegation traveling in Egypt raised a few eyebrows Monday when it met with Khayrat el-Shater, the Muslim Brotherhood ’s new presidential candidate in the country’s 2012 presidential race. A delegation from the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) began its first official visit to the United States on Monday April 2 for one week.....

They met  with working-level [national security staff].

But the USA never payed on one horse.

Today, "Muslim" Stupidhood got a painful slap on the ass.

The USA launched its real horse. 

The USA, used the "Muslim" Stupidhood to hijack and divide the "revoultion" thus paving the way for it real candidate, the angle of death. The USA used the other horse, Amr Musa, to pave the way for the "humanitarian intervention" in Libya.

I am not sure there would be elections, but if it happened, most likely he would be the winner, he would disove the Islamist's Parlament, and Smart Hairat may return to prison. The Ultimate Loser would be Hamas, betting on their stupid brothers, they lost Syria.  

"In the final days of January, Mubarak appointed Omar Suleiman to the office of Vice-President. One of the first steps taken by Suleiman since that appointment was to convey that, in addition to President Mubarak vowing to step aside as leader of Egypt, Mubarak’s son Gamal would not be appointed to the Presidency." 

Egypt's former spy chief to run for president

Published Friday, April 6, 2012

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Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman has decided to contest next month's presidential election, the official MENA news agency reported on Friday, two days after ruling himself out of the race.

His change of mind came after a group of demonstrators gathered in a Cairo district to urge Suleiman, who served as Hosni Mubarak's vice president before the strongman's overthrow last year, to run.

"I was very moved by your strong stand," Abdullah said in a statement carried by MENA.

"The call you issued today was an order, and I am a soldier who has never in my life disobeyed an order...I cannot but reply to the call and join the race despite the obstacles and difficulties," he said.

Inside Mubarak regime there is a fight between two wings
The first wing supports the inheritance of Gamal Moubarak, 
The other wing support Omar Suleiman

The former military man who took over as intelligence chief in 1991 vowed to "make every effort...to achieve the expected changes and complete the aims of the revolution, and live up to the hopes of the Egyptian people."

Suleiman had said on Wednesday that he would sit out the May 23-24 election because the nomination procedures were too tough.

"I tried until yesterday morning to overcome the obstacles related to the current situation and the administrative, financial and organizational demands of candidacy, but I found that was beyond my capability," he said.

Candidates bidding for the presidency need 30,000 signatures from people or the support of a party in parliament.

The military says it will hand power to the winner by the end of June. The front runners include Khairat el-Shater, a leader of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, and former foreign minister and Arab League chief Amr Mussa.

Many in Egypt regard Suleiman as having formed part of the inner circle of Mubarak, who shortly before his fall named the intelligence supremo as vice president.

Under Mubarak, Suleiman served as a negotiating partner for the United States, Israel and the Palestinians, orchestrating a series of short-lived truces.

(AFP, Al-Akhbar)

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