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2012-01-18 Africa North

Defense lawyer portrays Mubarak as 'clean' leader

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Posted by Steve White 2012-01-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 He's definitely was a lot better than his countrymen deserve.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-18 01:33|| 2012-01-18 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Hosni's health was just fine until he was arrested...

Johnson, quick, we need a new name for a 'syndrome' that strikes down powerful and influential politicians when facing justice rendering them unable to appear in court.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-01-18 07:39|| 2012-01-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I think Mubarak was a Good Guy. Everything following him will be worse. His reign will be seen retroactively as a "Golden Age". But only when it's too late to do anything about it.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2012-01-18 10:49|| 2012-01-18 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 FWIW Mubarak's poor health and refusal to retire was a topic of discussion back in 2009.

As al-Guardian noted, his attempt to secure succession for his son stirred up a lot of opposition that year.

Posted by lotp 2012-01-18 10:57|| 2012-01-18 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 "Clean" is relative, especially in the Arab world. Ottoman satraps were expected to make up part of their salary by squeezing those beneath them (baksheesh) and kicking a portion of the proceeds upwards.

Kinda like the Mafia.

Posted by mojo 2012-01-18 13:56|| 2012-01-18 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 No kinda about this, mojo. Remember where Mafia comes from.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-18 14:11|| 2012-01-18 14:11|| Front Page Top

#7 In fact, just this morning we were going to dip him in boiling water so that he may be clean for court, but his babblings about bank account numbers or something lasted so long we had to break, so that he would not be late for court.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-01-18 17:17|| 2012-01-18 17:17|| Front Page Top

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