The powerful Egyptian business tycoon-- accused of ordering the murder of a Lebanese singer--spoke out for the first time since his arrest earlier this month and vehemently denied the charges against him, press reports said Saturday. In a letter written from prison, Hisham Talaat Mustafa said he is innocent and accused "enemies" of fabricating the case against him, Egypt's pro-government newspaper Akhbar al-Youm reported.
Mustafa--a lawmaker and top ruling party member--was arrested Sept. 2 after he was accused of paying a former police officer U.S. $2 million to kill singer and former girlfriend Suzanne Tamim, who was found decapitated in her luxury home in Dubai in July. Mustafa's lawyer, Farid al-Deeb, said he will prove that plenty of people had a reason to want Tamim dead and his client has been set up, the paper quoted him in an interview as saying.
Al-Deeb also denied rumors that Tamim had stolen U.S. $30 million from Mustafa and said the alleged phone conversations recorded by Mohsen al-Sukkari, the former officer accused of killing Tamim, are false.
Mustafa also sent out a message to his family and told them to "raise their heads" and have full confidence that he is innocent, the paper added. Mustafa's trial is scheduled to open Oct. 18 in Egypt.
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As a former voting assistance officer, I can attest that the military makes a solid effort for the members of the armed forces to exercise their right to vote. It's on the other end where the obstructions occur. Notice that it was the 'absentee' [the military] vote that the Gore Campaign immediately went after to eliminate at the very beginning of their attempted Florida coup. They went into the courts to throw out any envelope not date stamped by the Post Office. Of course anyone who pulls their own mail can look and see how many pre-paid envelopes are without date stamp. This demand also included those that while date stamped as received by the local board of elections still didn't have the USPS mark. It also ignored that the absentee ballot process, which varies by state, often had the requirement of a counter signature by a duly appointed officer to testify as to the authenticity of the voter. [Something that has been lacking for local voters].
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Although my (overseas) command(s) made great efforts to ensure everyone who wanted to vote could, I was never sure that any of my absentee votes actually were counted back home. In '96, I didn't even try.
Posted by: Minister of funny walks ||
09/21/2008 14:23 Comments ||
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What exactly has Iran done about ending the Pirate's predations?
Talk?
Profit?
Not a damn thing?
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
09/21/2008 7:42 Comments ||
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Sent arms.
Posted by: ed ||
09/21/2008 7:47 Comments ||
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"Iran criticizes failure to crack down on Somali pirates"
And how exactly has I-ran used its vaunted "navy" to attack said pirates?
Put up or shut up, you whiney-assed fools. Looks like you're named "I ran" for a reason....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
09/21/2008 11:17 Comments ||
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Barbara,
They can't attack fellow Muslims.
Except of course, unless they're the wrong kind of Muslim. Or they're not pious enough. Or they have associated with infidels. Or they just feel like conquering them. Other than that, they can't attack. It' someone else's job.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
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"Except of course, unless they're the wrong kind of Muslim."
I think the Somalis are of the Sunni variance. Which is partially why the Iranians feel free to complain.
The other part is that the Iranians like to be asses at times.
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The powerful Egyptian business tycoon-- accused of ordering the murder of a Lebanese singer--spoke out for the first time since his arrest earlier this month and vehemently denied the charges against him, press reports said Saturday. In a letter written from prison, Hisham Talaat Mustafa said he is innocent and accused "enemies" of fabricating the case against him, Egypt's pro-government newspaper Akhbar al-Youm reported.
