Suskind writes,. The debate went up to [F. What happened to Libi in Egypt, while in the custody of the Egyptian intelligence service, is documented in detail in a bipartisan report released in by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. According to the report, Libi later told the C. Then they took him out, knocked him over, and punched him for fifteen minutes. In particular, the Egyptians wanted Libi to confirm that the Iraqis were in the process of giving Al Qaeda biological and chemical weapons.
In pushing this line of inquiry, the Egyptians appear to have been acting in accordance with the wishes of the U. After the Party: On Feb. That same day, Ashraf Khalil penned this article for FP exploring what would come next for Egypt following the day revolt.
Suleiman, at the time, was still a major part of that equation. Khalil characterized his initial entry into the political arena as "a complete PR disaster," as he alienated protesters by "coming off as condescending, dismissive of the [protest] movement, and reliant on antiquated regime rhetoric. In carrying out these tasks, according to U. Ambassador to Egypt Edward Walker, "he was not squeamish. Shusha was the key to the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The information was one of the primary sources used by the George W. Bush administration to justify the war in Iraq, though Al-Libi later retracted his confession. He became the country's first vice-president in 30 years on 29 January , four days after the popular uprising against Mubarak began. Two weeks later, he appeared on state television to announce the long-time president had stepped down, prompting celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square - the focus of Egypt's protest movement. After failing to win enough signatures to stand in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential vote earlier this year, he left the country, reportedly going to Abu Dhabi, then to Germany, then finally to the US for treatment.
As spy chief, Gen Suleiman helped enforce the police state that kept Mubarak in power, he says.
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