the frontline interview: madawi al-rasheed

And I could name so many dictators in the Arab world that had the full support of Western government: from Zene El Eabidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, all the Gulf sheikdoms, emirs, kings, sultans — you name them, they all had the support of the West. . ..

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Mursi promised a moderate Islamist agenda to steer Egypt into a new democratic era in which autocracy would be replaced by transparent government that respected human rights and revived the fortunes of the Arab state. ..

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