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2014-01-25 Africa North
US citizen and Egyptian filmmaker held by state security, no charges
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Posted by Fred 2014-01-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: Arab Spring 

#1 Background info on Transparency International

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Posted by Pappy 2014-01-25 11:14||   2014-01-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The reason behind the arrest is unclear...

See #1. above.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-25 11:29||   2014-01-25 11:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Well in America, its not like they did a film reflecting negatively on Obama to get arrested. It's all nuance.
Posted by Procopius2k 2014-01-25 12:27||   2014-01-25 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Whatever the goofy political affiliations of the American, he has the right to see the American counsel. The Egyptians had better not screw that one up.
Posted by Steve White 2014-01-25 15:22||   2014-01-25 15:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve White:
Or else what? Keep in mind the names of POTUS and SecState. Everybody else does.
Posted by Richard Aubrey  2014-01-25 16:01||   2014-01-25 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 My immediate response on reading the headline was that this was something else on the Benghazi video.

State security is still holding him, no?
Posted by AlanC 2014-01-25 19:26||   2014-01-25 19:26|| Front Page Top

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