The outlook just keeps looking worse and worse…….
CAIRO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists have won 42 individual seats in the run-off round of the first stage of the country’s parliamentary elections, state media reported Wednesday, citing preliminary results.

The two most powerful Islamic forces in Egypt gained 80 percent of the 52 individual seats contested in the run-off, consolidating their gains in the first stage of the multi-phase polls, the Ahram newspaper said. Final results for the second round of vote will be announced Thursday. (more…)

(Haaretz) — The Muslim Brotherhood’s party appeared to be leading Egypt’s elections on Wednesday after 90 percent of the votes in a number of cities and provinces were counted, according to Al Jazeera.

Egypt’s Al Nour party, considered a radical Islamic party, appeared to be in second place behind the Muslim Brotherhood, and the centrist party is only in third place, according to Al Jazeera. (more…)

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood goes into Egypt’s first free election in living memory with a strong hand enhanced by recent unrest. Well-organized, the Islamists will be able to get out their vote, even if fears of violence hit the overall turnout.

By far the best-drilled group in the country, the Islamists were in a good position even before the latest unrest triggered by protests against the military rulers who assumed power after Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February. (more…)

Last weekend hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to Tahrir Square in what was the largest swell of protest since the Hosni Mubarak overthrow.   The radical elements within the egyptian angst are being mostly ignored and not reported by the mainstream Western media.   However, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the anticipated outcome of radical Islamists controlling the government in the upcoming election is all but certain.  The Egyptian military has been in a precarious position of trying to be the counter balance to offset the rise of al-Qadea elements.
(RT CAIRO) — There’s growing belief among some commentators that the Muslim Brotherhood may be behind the new protests in Cairo. Jerusalem Post author and correspondent Yaakov Lappin says that there is a chance that Islamists could eventually take power in Egypt.

“Unlike the first round, the first time that Egypt blew up with this kind of anti-regime violence, the Muslim Brotherhood is now leading these demonstrations, this civil unrest,” he told RT. (more…)

*BUMPED* Russia Warns Israel Not To Strike Iran – Military action against Iran would be a “very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences“, Russia’s foreign minister has warned.  (Read More)
You might have read much media chatter about a possible air strike being planned by the Israelis on Iranian nuclear facilities in an effort to stop them from finishing their design for a nuclear weapon.   Some people have speculated and queried about whether the United States would be informed of any Israeli action prior to it occurring.
However, there are more tentacles to this story than the mainstream news media is putting forth.    Today (Monday) Russia and China are meeting privately to discuss their strategic alliance and geographic interest in Pakistan and Iran.   In addition,  last week there was an event that scarcely made the news, but future historians might mark as an inflection point of change for the United States in the Middle East and Euro-Asia. (more…)

Look at the flags in this march photograph dated 10/28/11.  Is there ANY doubt what the intentions of the Benghazi rebels are?   Seriously.  
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Abdel Jalil begins implementing strict Sharia Law with the overturning of Polygamy ban and forbidding banks from charging interest.
(Telegraph) — Libya’s interim leader outlined more radical plans to introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official liberation of the country.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its “basic source”. (more…)

Posted without comment.   Really, what more is there to say….. Congratulations Obama
BENGHAZI, Libya Oct 23 (Reuters) – Libya’s National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil kneeled in prayer after taking the stand in a celebration of liberation on Sunday after 42 years of one-man rule by Muammar Gaddafi and promised to uphold Islamic law.

“We as a Muslim nation have taken Islamic sharia as the source of legislation, therefore any law that contradicts the principles of Islam is legally nullified,” he said. (more…)

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(Reuters) — Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya’s interim rulers said.
His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen. (more…)

(WorldNetDaily)…TEL AVIV – Syrian President Bashar Assad today reportedly warned he will set the Middle East on fire if NATO forces attack his country.  “If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv,” Assad reportedly said, according to Iran’s state-run Fars news agency.
Assad made the comments in a meeting today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davutoglu, reported Fars.  Fars reported Davutoglu conveyed a warning from NATO and the U.S. that Syria could face an international military campaign if Assad does not halt his violent crackdown on an insurgency targeting the Syrian president’s regime.  Assad also reiterated that Damascus will call on Hezbollah in Lebanon to launch an intensive rocket and missile attack on Israel, reported Fars.  “All these events will happen in three hours, but in the second three hours, Iran will attack the U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf and the U.S., and European interests will be targeted simultaneously,” Assad was quoted as saying.  While Assad’s remarks could not be immediately verified, Iran, which runs Fars, is a close partner of the Damascus government.
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