Hosni Mubarak

In Egypt, it is darkest before dawn

2012-12-03 07:53:00

The images shown on the news media are startling: violence rages on the streets of Cairo while a divided government continues to sow seeds of discord. I have spent some time in Tahrir Square this past week and have seen a very different perspective. I...

Egypt's Morsi is Hamas' new best friend

2012-11-23 03:00:00

The chameleon is finally showing his true colors. Since taking office in June, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's not-so-new president, has been equivocating, trying to balance Egypt's longstanding diplomatic and financial relationship with the West with his true...

Out with the generals

2012-08-14 10:35:00

Egypt's nascent democracy moved a step closer to political maturity over the weekend when President Mohamed Morsi unexpectedly forced the retirement of several senior generals on the military council that has ruled the country since the fall of former...

We need another debate

2012-10-23 09:47:00

The third and final debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney included a few memorable lines — Mr. Romney's promise that in his administration, Russian President Vladimir Putin would be on the receiving end of "more backbone,"...

Romney foreign policy: Style over substance

2012-10-09 13:37:10

Mitt Romney's major speech on foreign policy at the Virginia Military Institute Monday was long on style but remarkably short on substance. On the unrest in the Middle East, Israel, Iran, Syria and relations with China, the GOP challenger was quick to...

GOP exploits extremist violence

2012-09-18 11:15:00

Letter writer Al Eisner betrayed his political bias ("Libya attack a direct result of Obama foreign policy weakness," Sept. 16) when he characterized President's Barack Obama's Middle East foreign policy as "left-wing" and "weak" — the partisan...

Should the West believe Egypt's new president?

2012-06-30 04:00:00

Throughout America's history, there have been people who denied threats from our enemies. During the Revolutionary War, significant numbers sided with the British monarchy. Enablers in politics, the media and even religion helped Communism remain in power...

A revolution betrayed

2012-06-20 09:59:00

Egyptians are expected to learn the results of their first-ever democratic presidential contest Thursday, but what should have been a watershed moment in that nation has instead turned into a sour reminder of how difficult it will be to overcome an...

George W. Bush was no war criminal

2012-06-08 04:30:00

How dare your letter writer compare President George Bush to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and to Nazi war criminals after World War II. America, before, during and after the Sept. 11 attacks on our soil, also had our U.S. Embassies, Ambassadors, our...

Egypt's hopeful road

2012-06-06 09:20:00

Last month, for the first time in their history, Egyptians voted for president in a largely free and fair election. For the second time in less than a year, a new, democratic regime is emerging from the outgrowth of the Arab awakening. In the final...

Egypt can hold Mubarak accountable for his crimes; why can't we try George Bush?

2012-06-05 10:30:00

Egypt has sought and found accountability for Hosni Mubarak's many crimes ("Life sentence against Egypt's Mubarak caps fall from war hero to convict," June 2). While this is cause for celebration in Egypt, it raises a disturbing contrast with how we...

Slouching toward democracy

2012-06-26 10:28:00

Mohamed Morsi, the first freely elected president in Egypt's history, is soon to take office under circumstances that are far from ideal. While Egypt's ruling military has conceded his victory over its preferred candidate in the presidential runoff...

At his last public appearance in a Cairo courtroom on April 13, deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared less frail and more contemptuous of the allegations that he was complicit in the deaths of hundreds of demonstrators during the "Arab Spring" uprising that ended his 30-year reign.

2013-05-02 10:07:54

Protesters hold signs during a protest against U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Cairo, in front of the Foreign Ministry in Cairo Saturday.

2013-03-04 12:06:00

Police throw stones back at protesters during clashes in Alexandria, Egypt. Youths fought Egyptian police in Cairo and Alexandria on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought the election of an Islamist president.

2013-01-25 00:00:00