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| France Describes Egypt's Death Sentences as 'Slaughter' |
| 2014-05-01 |
| [An Nahar] French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Wednesday criticized Egypt for imposing death sentences on nearly 700 suspected Islamists. "These sort of slaughter sentences are absolutely unacceptable," Fabius told French politicians. "One does not build peace through mass executions. One builds peace through reconciliation, and that is true for Egypt and for all nations in the world," he said. An Egyptian court on Monday imposed death sentences on 683 people, including Moslem Brüderbund leader Mohammed Badie, amid a crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 How that little peace-keeping affair in the Central African Republic doing, Monsieur Fabius? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-01 21:10 |
| #4 In business news, the Republic of France offers for sale a well-used guillotine... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-05-01 19:39 |
| #3 Considering the death toll the MusBros would ring up in their attempt to bring 'democracy' to Egypt, this only seems fair. And personally, I'd dispense with the head-shaving and proceed directly to Step 2. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-05-01 18:43 |
| #2 He meant "shave their heads and shoot 'em behind the barns quietly." |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-01 18:04 |
| #1 Supposing it would prevent the type of slaughter underway in Syria? Preventative action is generally more effective than corrective action. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-05-01 12:50 |