Show Must Go ON

''Show Must Go ON''

Last night more than any other time I wish I was recording the Huge event of Capturing Bin Laden...or should I say the heroic act of the US Military and CIA work of ''Killing'' the most wanted man on earth. I Was watching the Celebrity Apprentice on NBC channel and all of the sudden this news reel showed up at the bottom announcing that Barrack Obama will address the nation soon in unusual and unprecedented speech. I was amazed it is nearly middle of the night in Washington DC; what on earth is this guy going to blow our mind with at this time? 

Within 5 - 10 minutes I was flicking among the US main stream media CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX or MOxnews, CNBC, and CNN etc.. all of the sudden this forensic reports on Bin Laden Death. News started flying from all around with none accurate details on where, when and who did that. It seemed pretty much a News but not that of a great important News to me, as I don't believe that this little low life collaborator ''Bin Laden'' worth anything any more as he has done his job already of damaging Islam and open the door for the vultures to hunt over middle east resources. 

It seemed that CIA and other agencies knew that the impact of this News won't be as huge as they have wanted it, therefore they were prepared to put an spectacular show and again manipulate the public feelings and brains and make them believe this is a great success and a huge achievement especially from Obama administration who is failing day by day to fulfil any of its promises or reforms internally and international. Cameras roles, correspondents are scattered across the globe to report the ....well let's say ...unreported. There were no materials or evidence or anything to talk about rather than repeating that Bin Laden is Dead, of course with a huge Oscar winning performance from most of the top Stations anchors who are happened to be all on their shifts that night. 

To add spice to the soup, CNN's Wolf Blitzer started linking the death of the Face of Evil with the revolution spring in the Middle East and how the new generations in the Arab World will benefit from that, which it doesn't make any sense what so ever. The funny thing is, an hour after that every news channel around the world is repeating the same sentence again and again and again as if the plan is to rub somehow against the new Era of change that is happening in the Middle East and involve the region into this stupid 'Shakespearean' play. 

Now back to the Stage Show directed by US Media; as all of the sudden after Barrack Obama calculated speech within seconds while the White Correspondents are reporting and commenting outside the garden; this ocean of people start swooping the perimeter of the White house chanting and cheering USA, USA , USA.

Suddenly NBC reporters was talking to the anchorman in the studio and without noticing that he slipped and said ''This is exactly what is planned for ages during Bush administration, .... As the republican had everything planned and organised for the that sort of reaction when this news comes out..... Well it is happening now and this was planned years ago!!!'' the cameras are flying over the fences and showing these waves of cheerers who gathered ''spontaneously'' to express their joy and solidarity to the US Army and the administration. This is the moment I was recording so I will not be paranoid to be called conspiracy theorist because it is a conspiracy and well plotted. The funny thing is all the crowd were absolutely young kids between 18 and 25 and happened that most of them running with the American ''Brand new'' flag wrapped around them; thanks to HD TV shows you every details better than the naked eyes; as you can see how new and fresh the signs and flags are. To prove the reporter's plot that banners where saying Bush & Cheney as the naive kids forgot that the plot planned during Bush administration but happened under Obama. Not a problem a slight mistake form the organisers just like when they have plotted brand new Quran versions and flight manuals among the WTC rubbles.

Egypt Vs Who?!!

               

I grew up on a repetitive record that ‘Egypt is targeted by enemies’, but never understood exactly who are those enemies?! To be more precise, as much as we hear this record we could not take it serious any more. Maybe because that we had a regime tried to blame most of its failure to deliver prosperity and achievements by saying that our country is always targeted and when the crisis hit the fingers turn towards the biggest boggy creature called ‘Israel’.

I have to blame ourselves for being naive for not taking this idea so serious, but I also have to blame the entire system both politicians and media to distract us and participate into a systematic propaganda which helped to drive us to lose faith and trust. I am talking here mostly on the state media and I will show you later why the private media found it a lot easier to manipulate us.

I am not going to exasperate you with the reasons of why Egypt is very important strategic country either politically or geographically, but I will try in this report to illuminate the light on how Egypt has been targeted and the plan to bring it down has been going for many years.

First I have to thank and apologise to my father, eng. Mahmoud Anwar. Thank him for his help and his efforts for years and years to teach us and make us aware of the present and coming danger which is internally and externally. I apologise for not fully listening to him and to his attempts of open different window to see this equation from a different angle. But as I said before we all know that Egypt is targeted but we have lost sense of the scale of this plan as we have lost faith in a regime that used this record for many years to suppress and control us.

Let’s start from the beginning, shall we!

Years ago I have stumbled over an Egyptian talk show called ‘’Alqaheraalyoum’’ on Orbit network. I have to admit that I liked the program a lot and not because of the presenter himself but the idea that I live outside Egypt for long time and i missed to get a grasp of what is going on the ground there. I had no idea that Egyptian media has become more independent. I was amazed (Well at the beginning at least) that Egypt has got a strong programs that can criticise the government and reflect on people’s day to day problems. After a while I started to realise that there are plenty of private channels and networks in Egypt and they all got their own talk shows some are pure political some are mixtures of both Social and Political.

I watched these specific programs for months and months and everyday I can see through the internet the rates of its audience increasing dramatically. I could not put my hands exactly why I do like to watch these programs and why a lot of Egyptians across the world do as well. Maybe as my father says ‘’EL mozee3 beystazraf awo beytfalsef’’, as a lot of Egyptians, we like comedians and don’t take our problems too serious most of the time.

In November 2009 the entire Egyptian Media including Amr Adeeb program started a huge wild campaign against Algeria as a country and claimed that the Algerians football fans were killing Egyptians in Sudan, remember there was not one piece of evidence or picture to prove their claims. Months after these severe campaigns and media messages we have found out that it was all lies and false accusations. I lost faith again in the hope to have independent credible private media and I have become more aware that there two camps running the show. One camp complies and runs by the regime and the other one, which is bigger, runs by spies agencies and collaborators from inside directed by international agencies.

Now most of you will say ‘’ah! Another cliché, we have heard these ones million times’’. It is true. For instance; most of us realised how Aljazeera has strong agenda to target Egypt and destroy its role and position as a leading country in the region, but their conjuring was not going anywhere, therefore the external forces had to find another way to implement their plan to control the region, but this time internally.

The ‘Operation Change’ has to sweep the region, but it will be a lot easier to come from within as the military choices are very costly and not hundred percent effective to establish a new regime that comply with the ‘Western Interests’.

Under many different slogans from ‘’Human Rights, Democracy, Freedom, etc’’ these agencies managed to create a huge networks to spread amid the Egyptian society and especially the middle educated class.  These educated youths are easier to be attracted to these international groups because of our former regime stupidity, stubbornness and ignoring public demands for many years.

As part of the plan, those intelligent agencies will spread their spies and collaborators in every seen and heard platform to increase the feeling of frustration and anger. Their mission is to expose the worst of the worst of this country and to mobilizing people towards the unknown.

During my discussion with my friend Fadia Al Mousa, she has pointed out a very important piece of information regarding ‘Freedom house-new generation’. Haven’t heard of it?!! Well brace yourself!

New Generation Fellows Take Part in Exchange Program

Sources – http://www.freedomhouse.org

April 13, 2007

‘’As part of Freedom House's New Generation of Advocates program, seventeen fellows from North Africa have been selected to take part in a training and exchange program focusing on strengthening advocacy skills. These emerging democratic leaders, who work as lawyers, bloggers, journalists, professors and human rights activists, are currently participating in training on civic engagement in Amman, Jordan. When the training finishes next week, eleven fellows will be coming to the U.S. while seven will fly to Europe.
In Washington, D.C., and Budapest, Hungary, these activists will spend a week visiting with governmental, nongovernmental and media organizations to learn how these institutions work in a democratic environment. Afterwards, the activists will be placed in fellowships with non-profit organizations around the country and throughout Europe which work on advocacy campaigns, press freedom, torture prevention and community activism. The fellows’ final week will be spent back in Washington and Budapest, discussing their fellowships and determining how their experiences can be applied to their work at home.
The New Generation of Advocates program supports young civil society activists who are working for peaceful political change in the Middle East and North Africa, primarily through professional fellowships in the U.S. and Central and Eastern Europe’’.

The “New Generation” program is “supported by funds from the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).” It has provided Egyptian fellows the opportunity to work with Americans and “hone” skills so they can become “social and political reformers.”

This organisation and many others have been working very hard and very effectively in the Middle East for the last 6 – 7 years. It has been recruiting several ‘’bloggers & activists’’ from all over. Their apparent objectives are to help the suppressed communities in the developing countries to have their say and participate in the decision making. The hidden objectives are to use the ambitious youths and minds and manipulate their dreams to cause the chaos and the spread a blurry picture for the future, in order to drive the region on parallel directions towards so called ‘’Change’’.

One of these bloggers is ‘Esraa Abdul Fattah’, remember this name?!

Esraa worked as a human resources administrator, when she ‘co-founded’ April 6 Youth Movement Egypt in 2008, a Facebook group that was made to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, an industrial town, who were planning to strike on April 6. This group gradually became a popular political movement.

When Esraa was arrested or as the entire media love to call it disappeared, frenzy in the media to release the activist. Here appear Amr Adeeb and many more on 17^th April 2009, as part of the intelligent agencies to lead the campaign to release Esraa at once and to create a heroic (Jean De Arch) image that fights for the public

The Frenetic campaign extends to the international media to polish her image and glorify her role such as the Post Gazette and The Washington Post.

A s I have published in February 2011 on my blog SofianScoop the following Wikileaks top secret cables from the US embassy in Cairo, I will repeat part of this cable regard the New Generation and Freedom House

 http://sofianscoop.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-protests-americas-secret-backing.html  

‘’Prominent Egyptian blogger XXXXXXXXXXXXX, contacted us November 17 to report that YouTube removed from his website two videos exposing police abuses -- one of Sinai bedouin allegedly shot by police and thrown in a garbage dump during the past week's violence (ref A), and the other of a woman being tortured in a police station. XXXXXXXXXXXXX told us that YouTube is also preventing XXXXXXXXXXXX from posting new videos, and asked us for assistance in urging YouTube to re-post his removed videos and reinstate his access to uploading new material. XXXXXXXXXXXXX said XXXXXXXXXXXXXX has tried to contact Google, but has not received a response.

In December 2007, DRL and Embassy Cairo worked to convince Google to restore XXXXXXXXXXXXX' YouTube access after a similar incident. We believe that a similar Department intervention with Google representatives could help in restoring XXXXXXXXXXXXX' access again. XXXXXXXXXXXXis an influential blogger and human rights activist, and we want to do everything we can to assist him in exposing police abuse. XXXXXXXXXXXXX' post of a video showing two policemen sodomizing a bus driver was used as the main evidence to convict the officers in November 2007 (ref C).

The most interesting part of 08CAIRO2371 is perhaps this section:

(SBU) The group included bloggers, journalists, activists from secular opposition parties such as El-Ghad and the Democratic Front Party and movements such as "Kifaya" and "April 6. A lawyer for the group confirmed that a French activist was among the detainees. Some of the detainees are participants in Freedom House's "New Generation" program which provides training for young activists. One member of the group departed for Washington January 18 to participate in a Project on Middle East Democracy program. Contacts confirmed that activist and El-Ghad party member Israa Abdel Fattah was also part of the group. (Note: Abdel Fattah was the subject of headlines in April 2008 when she was arrested and detained for 17 days after her call for an April 6 general strike on Facebook attracted almost 70,000 members (ref B). Following her release, she renounced her activities in a television interview, and has remained out of public view until now. End note.’’

Again I have to stress that I am not saying that Esraa or others are particularly spies or traitors, maybe some of them are, especially those who are politically driven to gain position in the New World Order. I am pointing out that most of these youths have been used and dragged into a bigger war they have no experience in what so ever.

Again i am not defending the former regime of Mubarak as they were brutal and autocratic system to the bones.

The motives are great and the cause sounds promising; ‘’Democracy, Freedom of speech, Freedom of Journalism, Human Rights, Women Rights, Justice for all, etc’’, but the truth is, the aim is to gain absolute control by the super power.

Whether you agree or disagree with certain move is not the problem. The problem is that we have become divided into two camps either with ‘Tahrir Sq.’ or with the former regime. I think this is the dilemma that the majority of us have fallen for due the lack of or none political experience. We have become as exactly as George Bush tyranny regime did when they were threaten the entire world; ‘’you either with us or against us’’. This The US that is calling for democracy and freedom. Is the same U.S. who is funding freedom programs throughout the Middle East and train its youths how to run a revolution or in another word create a havoc and atrocity.

SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK

Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4

1. (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal’s advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gamal offered that the best way to defeat Iranian ambitions in the region is to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Unfortunately, Qatar is playing “spoiler” in order to get “a seat at the table.” Gamal, a former international banker, opined that the U.S. needed to “shock” its financial system back to health, and said that Egypt -- which had so far escaped much of the pain of the global economic crisis -- was preparing to face tough economic times ahead. The Ambassador, Senator Lieberman’s foreign policy adviser, and the ECPO MinCouns as note taker were also present.

Gaza

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2. (C) After welcoming Senator Lieberman, Gamal began by criticizing the Israeli government’s “last minute” decision not to move forward on the Gaza ceasefire without the release of Corporal Shalit. This complicates several aspects of the Israel Palestinian conflict, Gamal explained, not simply the situation in Gaza. The various Palestinian factions are due to begin reconciliation talks in Cairo “in about 10 days” and this development will make those discussions more difficult. It makes Egypt look bad, and strengthens Hamas.

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Iranian Exploitation of Arab Divisions

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3. (C) Another complicating factor, Gamal explained, is the current split within Arab ranks between “moderates” (Egypt and Saudi Arabia) and “radicals” (Syria and Qatar). This polarization, he opined, has “paralyzed the peace process.” Iran has skillfully exploited -- using Hamas -- the lack of movement towards peace. As long as there was a viable peace process, Gamal averred, “there was no place for Iran.” The best way to thwart Iranian ambitions in the region, according to Gamal, is to reinvigorate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. What is also needed, he continued, is a unified Palestinian government. “The Palestinians need elections, both presidential and parliamentary.”

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U.S. Re-engagement with Tehran?

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4. (C) Senator Lieberman asked Gamal if he thought the United States should re-engage with Iran. “As long as Ahmedinejad is there, I am skeptical,” Gamal responded. Senator Lieberman said he shared that skepticism, but explained that the new administration believes the U.S. should try to engage the Iranians, but no clear strategy has yet emerged in Washington; Dennis Ross has been tasked with “reviewing” the situation. The one thing that is clear, Gamal stressed, is that by removing Saddam, the U.S. opened the door for Iran to flex its muscles and spread its influence throughout the region. “Like it or not, Saddam was a stumbling block to Iranian aspirations. His fall led directly to an increase in Iranian influence on the region.” Now, it is all the more important not to send a message of weakness to the Iranians, Gamal said, “neither from the U.S., nor from the moderates in the region.” We cannot “concede to their policy of aggression.”

5. (C) There are many in the region, Gamal explained, who believe that the U.S. was weakened by its actions in Iraq, and that Iran was strengthened. Furthermore, there is a perception that the U.S. has been hurt by the economic crisis and that it will be more inward looking for the next few years. Therefore, the Americans, it is said, will deal with problems in the region in a “less confrontational” fashion, and “may be willing to compromise. Iran is working hard to convince others that this is the case.” This creates a very dangerous situation for moderate states like Egypt, Gamal stressed. Noting that there was some truth in this analysis, particularly concerning the economic straits the U.S. is in, Senator Lieberman said that the U.S. will nonetheless engage in an even more aggressive Middle East foreign policy than previously, as evidenced by President Obama’s choice of

Secretary Clinton and Special Envoy Mitchell. Gamal welcomed this reassurance, noting that the GCC states in particular are “terrified” of Iran. Just the previous week, he said, an Iranian general had said publicly that Bahrain “has always been part of Iran,” as well as the Tunb Islands.

Qatar

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6. (C) Senator Lieberman then asked Gamal for his assessment of Qatari behavior. They are coordinating closely with Syria and Iran, Gamal said, “in an orchestrated attack on Egypt and other moderate Arab states.” Qatar has enabled Hamas to hamper every effort we have made to cement a ceasefire in Gaza. For some reason, Qatar seems to want to play the role of spoiler, Gamal surmised. “Even regarding the March 2nd Gaza conference we are hosting, they have called for another Arab only meeting in Doha just two days before.” In response to Senator Lieberman’s question as to Qatari motives, Gamal responded, “They just want a place at the table, no matter what.”

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Egypt’s Economy

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7. (C) Turning to the impact of the global financial crisis on Egypt, Gamal -- a former international banker -- said that while Egypt has so far escaped the worst effects of the crisis, “we are bound to feel the brunt of it eventually.” Because Egypt’s banking sector was thoroughly overhauled about five years ago, he explained, it is in much better shape than it night have been. Nonetheless, Egypt expects to see significantly lower GDP figures in 2009; “the most recent quarterly numbers are already way down.” The one ray of good news, Gamal said, is that inflation also is down; “nonetheless, we know we are in for a rough ride.” Egypt will be watching the United States very closely, Gamal said. Senator Lieberman asked for his advice as an experienced international financier. “Your banking system needs a shock,” Gamal offered. “You need a dramatic fix. Unless you get the banking sector revived, nothing else will come around.” However, Gamal continued, a piecemeal approach to the problem will not be enough; you need to inject even more money into the system than you have, and you need to get as much of the bad debt as possible out of it; “you must remove the toxic assets from the books” and restore the confidence of investors and consumers. Senator Lieberman agreed on the need for bold measures to restore confidence.

This cable was cleared by Senator Lieberman.

Confidential: EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS

P 221329Z DEC 09 FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4520 INFO RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0159

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 CAIRO 002348    NOFORN    E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2019  TAGS: AORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY UN SUBJECT: EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS    REF: CAIRO 1176    Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Do nald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
1. (C/NF) Main Points: -- Egypt's first commercial scale reactor is officially slated to come on line in 2020, with three more to be in operation by 2025. The GOE is expected to announce in January 2010 that El Daba on the Mediterranean Coast will be the site of the first plant. -- Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Chairman Yassin Ibrahim, however, expressed serious doubts about official GOE timelines and expectations for Egypt's nuclear power program. He believes Egypt lacks the human capacity required to manage the complexities of nuclear safety and development. -- Given Egyptian lack of expertise and predicted delays, nuclear power will be "irrelevant" in meeting Egypt's energy needs for "at least" the next 15 years, according to Ibrahim. Nuclear Energy Policy ---------------------  
2.(SBU) In a recent discussion with Econoff, NPPA Chairman Ibrahim said Egypt's current nuclear development posture is a function of a "national energy debate" that President Mubarak, as head of the Supreme Energy Council (SEC), initiated in 2006 and which targeted nuclear and alternative fuels for larger roles as fossil fuel reserves and production wane in the medium and long-term.  
3. (C/NF) As a result of this process, the SEC, according to Ibrahim, set a target date of 2020 for Egypt's first commercial scale reactor to come on line, with three more to be in operation by 2025. He indicated that a contract for the first plant is to be put out for bid in 2011, and all contracts scheduled to be signed by 2013, with ground breaking by 2015. First Plant Site ---------------- 
 
4.(C) Ibrahim advised that he will recommend to "national authorities" by the end of 2009 a site and construction design type for the nuclear power plant, based on advice from Australian consulting firm Worley Parsons, which the GOE retained in June 2009 (reftel). Ibrahim identified four other possible sites but said the El Daba site on the Mediterranean coast, some thirty miles west of WWII's El Alamein battlefield, is the most likely to be chosen from among five competing sites.  ¶
5. (C/NF) Ibrahim said the main opposition to the El Daba coastal site comes from Egyptian businessmen interested in touristic development of the prime beachfront location. Ibrahim said the site announcement has been delayed as he has had to educate senior officials and others on the operational importance of a nuclear plant being next to a water source, for cooling purposes, rather than in inland desert locations less attractive for real estate development. He said the orientation of the El Daba site to local currents and surf patterns would maximize the cooling effect of the water, an operational advantage that makes El Daba the clear front-runner. Reactor Design --------------  
6. (C/NF) Ibrahim said he would recommend only "proven" reactor designs, with operational histories of five or more years and exclude all "generation 3" reactors. He added that the choice of design would be made by the SEC, and with the personal involvement of President Mubarak. Ibrahim said the SEC design choice may be a type that includes "a heavy water feature." The choice will in any case be made in early 2010, according to Ibrahim. Obstacles To Force Delays -------------------------  
7. (C/NF) Ibrahim said he expects the pace of civilian nuclear power development to be much slower than most GOE officials estimate. He anticipates delays in meeting the 2020 production date for the first plant and believes that the second or third scheduled plants are likely to be delayed "for several years at least" due to logistical, financial, political and other factors. .  ¶8. (C/NF) Ibrahim explained that Egypt is at an especially large disadvantage with regard to "human capacity," lacking in trained professionals "at every level" and in "all sectors" related "even indirectly" to a nuclear power program. Ibrahim stated that Egypt's higher educational system is not capable of closing this capacity gap quickly.  9.(C/NF) Ibrahim thus reasoned that the first three nuclear plants Egypt will need to be turn-key projects, i.e., with design and construction provided wholly by foreign expertise. He added that there would need to be a delay of two to three years between projects so as to permit consolidation of human and physical infrastructure. The net effect, in Ibrahim's view, is that nuclear power will be "irrelevant" to Egypt's energy needs for "at least" the next 15 years, with non-nuclear sources, primarily wind, becoming available "well before" before nuclear. Scobey

Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising

The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

Here is the secret document sent from the US Embassy in Cairo to Washington disclosing the extent of American support for the protesters behind the Egypt uprising.

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 CAIRO 002572 SIPDIS FOR NEA/ELA, R, S/P

AND H NSC FOR PASCUAL AND KUTCHA-HELBLING E.O. 12958: DECL:

12/30/2028 TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, KDEM, EG SUBJECT: APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS

U.S. VISIT AND REGIME CHANGE IN EGYPT REF: A. CAIRO 2462 B.

CAIRO 2454 C. CAIRO 2431 Classified By: ECPO A/Mincouns

Catherine Hill-Herndon for reason 1.4 (d ). 1. (C) Summary and

comment: On December 23, April 6 activist xxxxxxxxxxxx expressed

satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 \"Alliance of

Youth Movements Summit,\" and with his subsequent meetings with USG

officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how

State Security (SSIS) detained him at the Cairo airport upon his

return and confiscated his notes for his summit presentation calling

for democratic change in Egypt, and his schedule for his Congressional

meetings. xxxxxxxxxxxx contended that the GOE will never undertake

significant reform, and therefore, Egyptians need to replace the

current regime with a parliamentary democracy. He alleged that

several opposition parties and movements have accepted an unwritten

plan for democratic transition by 2011; we are doubtful of this claim.

xxxxxxxxxxxx said that although SSIS recently released two April 6

activists, it also arrested three additional group members. We have

pressed the MFA for the release of these April 6 activists. April 6's

stated goal of replacing the current regime with a parliamentary

democracy prior to the 2011 presidential elections is highly

unrealistic, and is not supported by the mainstream opposition. End

summary and comment.

Satisfaction with the Summit 2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx expressed satisfaction with the December 3 5 \"Alliance of Youth Movements Summit\" in New York, noting that he was able to meet activists from other countries and outline his movement's goals for democratic change in Egypt. He told us that the other activists at the summit were very supportive, and that some even offered to hold public demonstrations in support of Egyptian democracy in their countries, with xxxxxxxxxxxx as an invited guest. xxxxxxxxxxxx said he discussed with the other

activists how April 6 members could more effectively evade harassment

and surveillance from SSIS with technical upgrades, such as

consistently alternating computer \"simcards.\" However, xxxxxxxxxxxx

lamented to us that because most April 6 members do not own computers,

this tactic would be impossible to implement. xxxxxxxxxxxx was

appreciative of the successful efforts by the Department and the

summit organizers to protect his identity at the summit, and told us

that his name was never mentioned publicly. ------------------- A Cold Welcome Home ------------------- 3. (S) xxxxxxxxxxxx told us that SSIS detained and searched him at the Cairo Airport on December 18 upon his return from the U.S.

According to xxxxxxxxxxxx, SSIS found and confiscated two documents in his luggage: notes for his presentation at the summit that described April 6's demands for democratic transition in Egypt, and a schedule of his Capitol Hill meetings. xxxxxxxxxxxx described how the SSIS officer told him that State Security is compiling a file on him, and that the officer's

superiors instructed him to file a report on xxxxxxxxxxxx most recent

activities. --------------------------------------------- ----------

Washington Meetings and April 6 Ideas for Regime Change 4. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx described his Washington appointments as positive, saying that on the Hill he met with xxxxxxxxxxxx, a variety of House staff members, including from the offices of xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxx), and with two Senate staffers. xxxxxxxxxxxx also noted that he met with several think tank members. xxxxxxxxxxxx said that xxxxxxxxxxxx's office invited him to speak at a late January Congressional hearing on House Resolution 1303 regarding religious and political freedom in Egypt.

xxxxxxxxxxxx told us he is interested in attending, but

conceded he is unsure whether he will have the funds to make the trip.
He indicated to us that he has not been focusing on his work as a
\"fixer\" for journalists, due to his preoccupation with his U.S.

trip. 5. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx described how he tried to convince his
Washington interlocutors that the USG should pressure the GOE to
implement significant reforms by threatening to reveal CAIRO 00002572
002 OF 002 information about GOE officials' alleged \"illegal\"
off-shore bank accounts. He hoped that the U.S. and the international
community would freeze these bank accounts, like the accounts of
Zimbabwean President Mugabe's confidantes. xxxxxxxxxxxx said he wants
to convince the USG that Mubarak is worse than Mugabe and that the GOE
will never accept democratic reform. xxxxxxxxxxxx asserted that
Mubarak derives his legitimacy from U.S. support, and therefore
charged the U.S. with \"being responsible\" for Mubarak's \"crimes.\"
He accused NGOs working on political and economic reform of living in
a \"fantasy world,\" and not recognizing that Mubarak -- \"the head of
the snake\" -- must step aside to enable democracy to take root. 6.
(C) xxxxxxxxxxxx claimed that several opposition forces -- including
the Wafd, Nasserite, Karama and Tagammu parties, and the Muslim
Brotherhood, Kifaya, and Revolutionary Socialist movements -- have
agreed to support an unwritten plan for a transition to a
parliamentary democracy, involving a weakened presidency and an
empowered prime minister and parliament, before the scheduled 2011
presidential elections (ref C).

According to xxxxxxxxxxxx, the opposition is interested in receiving support from the army and the police for a transitional government prior to the 2011 elections.
xxxxxxxxxxxx asserted that this plan is so sensitive it cannot be
written down. (Comment: We have no information to corroborate that
these parties and movements have agreed to the unrealistic plan
xxxxxxxxxxxx has outlined. Per ref C, xxxxxxxxxxxx previously told us
that this plan was publicly available on the internet. End comment.)
7. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx said that the GOE has recently been cracking down
on the April 6 movement by arresting its members. xxxxxxxxxxxx noted
that although SSIS had released xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxx \"in the
past few days,\" it had arrested three other members.



(Note: On December 14, we pressed the MFA for the release of xxxxxxxxxxxx and
xxxxxxxxxxxx, and on December 28 we asked the MFA for the GOE to
release the additional three activists. End note.) xxxxxxxxxxxx
conceded that April 6 has no feasible plans for future activities.
The group would like to call for another strike on April 6, 2009, but
realizes this would be \"impossible\" due to SSIS interference,
xxxxxxxxxxxx said. He lamented that the GOE has driven the group's
leadership underground, and that one of its leaders, xxxxxxxxxxxx, has
been in hiding for the past week. 8. (C) Comment: xxxxxxxxxxxx
offered no roadmap of concrete steps toward April 6's highly
unrealistic goal of replacing the current regime with a parliamentary
democracy prior to the 2011 presidential elections. Most opposition
parties and independent NGOs work toward achieving tangible,
incremental reform within the current political context, even if they
may be pessimistic about their chances of success. xxxxxxxxxxxx
wholesale rejection of such an approach places him outside this
mainstream of opposition politicians and activists.

SCOBEY02008-12-307386PGOV,PHUM,KDEM,EGAPRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S.
VISIT AND REGIME CHANGE IN EGYPT