Monday, March 14, 2011

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Mummies and Models in the New Middle East | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Mummies and Models in the New Middle East | TomDispatch

The Egyp
"Egyptian Marxist economist Samir Amin -- widely respected across the developing world -- suspects that, whatever the hopes of the Turks and others, including so many Egyptians, Washington has quite different ideas about Egypt’s destiny. It wants, he believes, not a Turkish model but a Pakistani one for that country: that is, the mix of an “Islamic power” with a military dictatorship. It won’t fly, Amin is convinced, because “the Egyptian people are now highly politicized.” "

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