Democracy Now 6

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From: Cynthia Davila <cynthiadav95@mail.fresnostate.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014
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Democracy now 6

Cynthia Davila 

3-27-14

This week the 2 topics I learned about were talking about an Egyptian general that was resigned to clear run for presidency and the other was about bin laden's son-in-law who was confirmed in terrorism trial. 

Starting with the Egyptian General who was resigned, he stepped down to pave the way of his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led the coup that was first democratically elected president. Mohamed Morsi had overseen the crackdown that left hundreds of people dead and thousands of people behind bars. Sisi had a very strong base of support and was already expected to win. Yesterday, one person was killed near Egypt's Cairo University in an ongoing protest against the sentencing of over 500 Muslim Brotherhood members to death. 900 additional Brotherhood members were then ordered to stand trial on charges of terrorism and murder. Personally I don't really understand the reasoning for all of the 900 behind bars and the others that lost their lives but I find it very interesting that it was all through protests. 

The other topic I learned about was about the son-in-law of Osama. He was convicted on charges of conspiring to kill Americans. During testimony, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, described the meeting with bin laden inside a cave in Afghanistan just hours after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He denied having prior knowledge though and Ghaith's court-appointed lawyers and said his appearance in videos were threatening the US but doesn't prove his involvement in actual plots. Lastly, during the trial, the court had rejected the testimony from alleged 9/11 plotted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that Abu Ghaith had no role in al-Qaeda's violent operations. He now faces a sentence of up to life in prison. No matter what I completely support and agree that he should be in jail not only because he is related to Osama but because he could cause harm to the US when his father-in-law had no problem doing so.