A Gordian Knot in Egypt

It was a good verdict for the Brotherhood. Not only was Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s despised ex-dictator, sentenced to life in prison, bribery charges against his equally loathed sons were dropped while a handful of regime trigger-men, facing murder counts, walked away with a slap on the wrist. The result was a torrent of outrage against anything associated with the old government, including Ahmed Shafik, a Mubarak crony and the rival candidate in this month’s presidential ballot to senior...

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