GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Tunisia legalizes Islamist group Ennahda

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: BBC

01March2011 6:39pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Tunisia's interim government has legalised Ennahda, the moderate Islamist group banned under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

The move paves the way for Ennahda to form a political party to stand in elections expected later this year.

Meanwhile, two more ministers have quit the government - meaning five senior figures have walked out this week.

Rights group Amnesty has called on ministers to investigate deaths during the protests that toppled Mr Ben Ali.

More than 200 people are thought to have been killed during the unrest, and Amnesty says the interim government must hold those responsible to account. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood seeks political party status

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SOURCE: CNN

16February2011 8:08amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Cairo, Egypt -- Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood will apply to become a political party, it announced Tuesday.

The Brotherhood "envisions the establishment of a democratic, civil state that draws on universal measures of freedom and justice, with central Islamic values serving all Egyptians regardless of colour, creed, political trend or religion," it said in the statement.

Although officially illegal, the Muslim Brotherhood is regarded as one of the most organized groups in Egypt. (read full report)

 

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Egypt nears military coup. USS warships in Suez Canal

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: DEBKAfile

09February2011 8:53amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A fresh surge of popular anti-Mubarak protest ripping across Egypt Tuesday, Feb. 8 has brought the country closer to a military coup to stem the anarchy than at any time since the street caught fire on Jan. 25.

Vice President Omar Suleiman warned a group of Egyptian news editors that the only choice is between a descent into further lawlessness and a military takeover in Cairo. The distinguished political pundit of the 1960s and 1970s Hasnin Heikal saw no other way out of the crisis but a government ruling by the army's bayonets.

The arrival of US naval, marine and air forces in the Suez Canal's Greater Bitter Lake indicated that the crisis was quickly swerving out of control. (read full report)

 

 

 

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