Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East December 23, 2013

The big picture in Egypt: The referendum on the draft constitution on January 14-15, and the government’s crackdown on demonstrators

What is going on in Egypt? The referendum on the draft constitution to be held on January 14-15, 2014 holds the promise of a transition…

Barack Obama, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Lebanon, Libya, NATO, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, war crimes August 25, 2013

New strategy and accompanying military action needed in Syria; Justification under International Law

President Barack Obama’s strategy for dealing with Syria has demonstrably failed. That strategy consisted mainly in looking the other way, providing fitful and ineffectual covert…

Africa, Barack Obama, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States July 1, 2013

Political Earthquake in Egypt: Military Takeover Imminent

Egypt army statement in full Following demonstrations larger than those at the peak of the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak, estimated by the Interior Ministry…

Africa, Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, human rights reports, Middle East, State Department, United States December 9, 2012

Egypt’s coming showdown: Boycott of December 15 referendum, opposition demonstrations, and the reactions of the armed forces

President Mohamed Morsi has, by his relentless pursuit of an Islamic constitution, an Islamic state, and ultimately an Islamic dictatorship guided by conservative interpretations of…

Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, elections, freedom of speech, History, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, United States December 7, 2012

Morsi’s coup in Egypt: Obama’s silence, America’s shame

See David Ignatius, “Our man in Cairo,” Washington Post, December 7, 2012 (5:01 p.m.) Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have executed a coup d’etat…

Africa, Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, State Department, U.S. Congress, United States December 6, 2012

Is Obama losing Egypt?

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, a cunning tactician in an unflenching quest to establish a Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist dictatorship in Egypt, must have grasped the…

Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Egypt, extrajudicial execution, History, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, Tunisia, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military November 28, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Coup d’Etat in Egypt; William Butler Yeats and “The Second Coming”

With the Muslim Brotherhood’s recent coup d’etat in Egypt, following on other measures it has taken in the last year, a dark pall has fallen over the…

Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, France, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Middle East, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, United States November 27, 2012

“L’État, c’est moi”—Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood launch coup d’état in Egypt

“L’Etat, c’est moi.” “I am the state.” –quote attributed to King Louis IV Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has executed a legal coup d’état through a decree…

"that spark of the divine", Afghanistan, Culture and Communication, Egypt, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Morocco, Pakistan, religious belief, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen September 19, 2012

Muslim rage and the West: The expression of regret for the protected speech of others

“Muslim Rage”, Riots, and Criminal Attacks in Response to the Film Entitled “The Innocence of Muslims” The publication on the Internet of a “trailer” for…

Barack Obama, Egypt, Germany, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, religious belief, Saudi Arabia, State Department, Sudan, syria, Tunisia, United States, Yemen September 14, 2012

President Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood express condolences for American losses in Benghazi, offer reassurances concerning defense of U.S. embassy in Cairo; Vienna Conventions require effective defense in all cases

In response to what was reported as a less than robust defense of the U.S. embassay in Cairo by Egyptian security forces on Wednesday, September…

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security