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From: benali@alcor.concordia.ca ( ILYESS B. BDIRA )
Subject: Egypt cuts phone lines with Independent Muslim states
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clarinews@clarinet.com (BAHAA ELKOUSSY) writes:

>	CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) -- Despite reports and evidence to the contrary a
>Foreign Ministry spokesman Wednesday denied knowledge of any measures
>taken by Egyptian authorities to restrict telephone contacts with states
>linked to Muslim militants.

Any state that the CIA does not control is called "state that is linked
to terrorism/militants/fundamentalists etc.."
Meanwhile Even Egyptian "experts" who hate The Islamic movement admit
that what is happening in Egypt is spontaneous and most of the time a
reaction to what the government does.

>	Reports, such as one by Israeli Radio and the Iranian official news
>agency, IRNA, said this week Cairo has disconnected telephone lines with
>Iran, Sudan, Pakistan and Afhganistan.
...
>	When asked if the telephone communication restrictions represented a
>new measure by Egyptian authorities Ibrahim agreed.

Can anybody see any contradiction between the above and the first
paragraph? 
Does anybody know what the UPI original article's title was?

When it comes to Egypt, all human rights, ethics, principles can
be ignored by the western media. I wonder why?
