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Egypt poll monitors ready despite obstacles

 
Monitors hopes their presence in polling stations will change Egypt’s history of vote-rigging.

 
By Simon Apiku - CAIRO

Omar Abdul Moneim, an Egyptian in his early 40s, listened carefully as the instructor summarized the purpose of the crash course, aimed at teaching students how to minimize election fraud on..

How to Win the War in Iraq
by David T. Pyne
16 November 2005

The main problem with the various plans to win the war is that they focus on bringing democracy to Iraq as an end in itself, which does nothing to further US national security interests in the region or further our prospects for victory.

 
There have been many articles published of late concerning wha..

Egypt’s Moslem Brotherhood predicts significant wins in elections

Essam Erian, spokesperson of the banned but tolerated Moslem Brotherhood, predicted to Deutsche-Presse Agentur dpa that the group’s candidates would win 34 seats out of the 164 up for grabs in the first round.

The results by the Brotherhood, which is widely considered the most popular oppositio..

Police Besiege the Count Commissions

 Before the end of the polling day of the reelection of the first phase of the parliamentary election, the riot police along with State Security officers siege count commissions.

In the districts of Cairo, Giza and Assute, the polling boxes are transferred under tight security guard. The representatives of human right orga..

Ballot-Rigging in The Four Constituencies of Asyut
 
By: Muhammad Reda

Flagrant security intervention was remarkably recorded in the four constituencies, in which the Muslim Brotherhood candidates vie for the run-off parliamentary elections. Most of the polling stations in the constituency of Asyut city were besieged and almost locked in the face of the supporters of the Mu..

Minute-By-Minute Run-off Elections 
 
- Oh Sallab! We are following you from door to door (video)
One of our correspondents has provided us with this attached video that shows vehicles transporting electors in the   constituency to vo..

The MB Achieves Sweeping Victory in Egypt’s Run-offs,

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30 out of 42 candidates of the Moslem Brotherhood win the run-off election of the first phase of the parliamentary election. Thus, the MB obtains 34 seats out of total 164 of this stage, at rate of 20.7%.

In el-Miniya governorate, the MB sweepingly leads where all its nominees, 6, win. In..

More Arabs trust Islamists

 
Poll reveals Arabs trust Islamists to abide by rules of democracy if elected to power.

 
MANAMA - More than 50 percent of Arabs believe Islamists would abide by the rules of democracy if elected to power, a US poll conducted in six countries said Wednesday.

The findings of the poll, conducted by Zogby International on beha..

Egypt: Bullying And Vote-Buying in the Run-off Elections
 
The polling stations of the Egyptian Parliamentary run-off elections have closed at 7:00 pm (Cairo timing). Many irregularities have been recorded during the run-off on the part of the NDP candidates. The irregularities included vote-buying – 500 pounds for a single vote- particularly in Naser City and Heliopolis constituenc..

Muslim Brotherhood Stuns NDP in Egypt’s Runoffs

 Elections showed the Muslim Brotherhood’s strong presence among Egyptians. (Reuters) 
  – Semi official results of the runoffs in Egypt’s first round of parliamentary elections showed the country’s opposition, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, posing a serious challenge to the dominant National Democratic Party (NDP).

Frauds in Bolaq and el-Amrania

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In the beginning of the polling day, the electoral stations, in Bolaq and el-Amrania, of Cairo, were free-problem except that of el-Konisah School where some contraventions were committed.

In the poll no. 124, all journalists and agents of candidates were dismissed. In addition, vote buying was publicly declare..

Developments in Nasser City
By Abdel Mo’z Muhammad

 The nomination of the Moslem Brotherhood for candidacy in the parliamentary election in Nasser City district, known as the president’s district, inflamed the competition. This district becomes on the spot due to many reasons. The Moslem Brotherhood appointed two candidates. Furthermore, a new fraud comes to surface; the candida..

Greate election victory for Muslim Brothers in Egypt, bloody protests

The pace of tension increased in 8 Egyptian governorates where elections were repeated in the first phase for the parliamentary elections whose results started to appear.

These results indicated that the Muslim Brothers group is proceeding to achieve an unprecedented progress with candidates of the Muslim..

Half a Million to the MB Nominee to Stand Aside

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By Monir Adeeb
Recently, it is said that an independent candidate in Ques district tries to persuade the Moslem Brotherhood nominee in the district to stand aside in return for half million. For the popularity of MB candidate sweepingly increases, a situation that pose a real threat on the independent candidate.&n..

First Round of Egyptian Parliamentary Elections 
By Judith Latham
Washington
  
The first round of Egypt’s much anticipated parliamentary elections got underway last week.  And while the voting proved inconclusive in many constituencies, Ayman Nour, the politician mounting the strongest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak in September’s presidential poll, los..

EOHR observers were deprived from watching out counting votes processes

Heads of some poll stations prevented the observers of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) from watching out the counting processes in constituencies (Manial, Al-Sahel, Old Cairo, Abdeen, Boulaq Abul Elaa, Bandar Al-Minia, Al-Haram, Mazghona, Bandar Assuit, Al-Tebeen, and Al-Saf), while others wer..

Egypt banned party support surges
Egypt’s governing National Democratic Party (NDP) has won 68% of the seats in the first round of parliamentary elections held over the past two weeks.
But independents standing on behalf of the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood have more than doubled their seats in the People’s A..

Is the Muslim Brotherhood part of Egypt’s democratic future?

Two smart Arabist diplomats disagree
By John Stuart Blackton

"If only our government relied on people who knew the language and the culture we might do better at achieving long term sustainable goals in the Middle East".
Bob Dreyfuss’ book gives us a useful in..

 INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING

Wednesday, November 15, 2005 11:00AM

The Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (ICEM), a coalition of sixteen NGOs led by the Ibn Khaldun Center is deploying a total of 5,000 observers to monitor the voting process for the Parliamentary election. ICEM is aimed at providing for the integrity and the credibility of the el..

A Message to the MB

The distinct role of the Moslem Brotherhood is very noticeable. Being distinctive reflects the inner organized structure of the movement along with its popularity in spite of the war waged on it, especially, of rumors.

Besides, there are other unique characteristics of the Moslem Brotherhood. It is a comprehensive Islamic institution; it has ca..