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Last year, the area around Baghdad's Haifa Street was so thick with
terrorists it had earned the nickname Purple Heart Boulevard. Then
Iraqi forces took responsibility for this dangerous neighborhood, and
attacks are now down.
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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Egyptian police clash with voters, killing one
Some polling stations closed after Islamic party fares better than
expected
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:28 a.m. ET Dec. 1, 2005
SANDOUB, Egypt - Riot police clashed Thursday with would-be voters,
killing one person, and they closed off polling stations in several
Muslim Brotherhood and opposition strongholds as Egypt entered the
final round of its troubled legislative elections.
Police fired into a crowd in the Balteem district of Kafr el-Sheik,
killing Gomaa el-Zeftawi, a fisherman, and wounding 60 other people,
said Mohammed el-Ashqar, a campaign worker for a Nasserite opposition
candidate.
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They know that as freedom takes root in Iraq, it will inspire millions
across the Middle East to claim their liberty as well. And when the
Middle East grows in democracy, prosperity, and hope, the terrorists
will lose their sponsors, lose their recruits, and lose their hopes for
turning that region into a base for attacks on America and our allies
around the world.
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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Interior Ministry spokesman Gen. Ibrahim Hamad confirmed the killing of
el-Zeftawi, but did not give a figure for the wounded. Minutes earlier,
Hamad had issued a statement saying that polling had "unfolded in a
smooth and peaceful manner."
In one village, men and women determined to vote resorted to sneaking
into the polling station, putting up ladders to climb over back walls
- out of sight of police barring the entrance - and slipping
through bathroom windows to get in.
Voting proceeded normally in some towns, but in two villages visited by
an Associated Press reporter - one the hometown of a Muslim
Brotherhood candidate, the other of an independent candidate - police
were blocking voters. In some southern towns, voters were intimidated
by lines of police outside stations.
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Advancing the cause of freedom and democracy in the Middle East begins
with ensuring the success of a "free" Iraq. Freedom's victory in that
country will inspire democratic reformers from Damascus to Tehran and
spread hope [secularization, consumerism] across a(n) [already]
troubled region, and lift a terrible threat [for] the lives of our
citizens.
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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"I'm calling on his excellency, the president, to appoint the
members of parliament because no one has been allowed to vote. ... It
would save the money wasted on elections," Sameer Fikri, a would-be
voter in the village of Sandoub, said sarcastically.
Brotherhood gains spur clampdown
Under U.S. pressure to bring democratic reforms, President Hosni
Mubarak's government gave the banned Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's
largest Islamic movement, considerable leeway to campaign in the early
stages of the three-part elections.
But police interference has intensified in the later rounds, after the
Brotherhood scored unexpectedly large gains, increasing its
representation in parliament more than fivefold.
Hundreds of people lined up in front of a school used as a polling
station in Sandoub, 75 miles north of Cairo - the hometown of
Brotherhood candidate Saber Zakher - but they were prevented from
approaching by lines of riot police, armed with sticks, rifles and tear
gas.
A police lieutenant said "I don't know" when asked why both
polling stations in the village had been cordoned off. An AP reporter
was barred from entering to ask the judges in the polling stations.
In the nearby town of Bussat, the smell of tear gas hung in the air as
angry would-be voters shouted at police blocking the station. "There
are no human rights here, only war and destruction," said resident
Mustafa Mohammed. Behind the polling station, men and women clambered
up ladders over the wall.
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Today in the Middle East, [selective democracy] is once again
contending with an ideology that seeks to sow anger and hatred and
despair.
And like fascism and communism before, the hateful ideologies that use
terror will be [supported by the hypocritical power of selective
democracy]. And as [this] spreads in the Middle East, these [secular
regimes] will become [fearful] in the cause of [their survival].
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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An independent candidate not connected to the Brotherhood, Faisal
Ibrahim Hassanein, is running against a candidate from the ruling
National Democratic Party in the Bussat area.
More than 10 million Egyptians were eligible to vote in Thursday's
third and final round, where the last 136 of parliament's 454 seats
were being contested. Runoff elections will be held Dec. 7 in districts
where no candidate gets at least 50 percent of the vote.
Earlier rounds
In the two earlier rounds of polling last month, Brotherhood candidates
won 76 seats, up from 15 in the outgoing assembly. The NDP has won 201
seats, and other independent or opposition candidates have taken 25.
The Brotherhood, which has campaigned under the slogan "Islam is the
solution," has been banned since 1954, but it has long been somewhat
tolerated. Its candidates run as independents, although their
allegiance to the Brotherhood is known to voters.
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And on the economic side, we're helping the Iraqis rebuild their
infrastructure, reform their economy, and build the [dependence on
consumerism] that will give all Iraqis a stake in a free and peaceful
Iraq [until unequal {oil} wealth distribution destroys it].
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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The first-round vote and runoff saw little violence, but after the
Brotherhood's strong showing, there was a crackdown in the second
round and a runoff, with police and government supporters blocking or
assaulting Brotherhood loyalists from some polling stations. At least
one person was been killed.
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In the short run, we're going to bring justice to our enemies. In the
long run, the best way to ensure the security of our own citizens is to
spread the hope of [secularized] freedom across the broader Middle
East.
Bush, Naval Academy Speech, Nov. 30, 2005
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The Paris-based press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has
condemned government-inspired violence and harassment, and Amnesty
International has expressed concern over the second-round violence.
Hundreds arrested
More than 500 Brotherhood supporters were arrested earlier this week,
police said. About 1,300 Brotherhood loyalists are believed to have
been arrested since polling began on Nov. 9. Many have been released,
but hundreds are still in custody.
On Thursday, voting was light but unhindered in the Nile Delta city of
Zagazig. Voters walked into adjacent schools turned into polling
stations - one for men, one for women - in a district where
outspoken Muslim Brotherhood legislator Mohammed Morsi is seeking
re-election.
Morsi, the leader of the Brotherhood-backed candidates in the outgoing
parliament, has been a thorn in the government's side for the past
five years. But the NDP appeared not to have made a large effort to
mobilize voters, as it did in Cairo constituencies where significant
Brotherhood candidates ran last month.
In Tahta, 280 miles south of Cairo, 500 police were on roads leading to
the polling station. Voters were not denied access, but some said they
were afraid to cross the police ranks.
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"It may seem confusing why we're in Iraq; it's not to me. I'm here
helping these people so [we can tell them to] live the way we live, not
to have to worry about "tyrants or vicious dictators" [or anyone else
we don't want them to support]. Others have died for [this hypocrisy];
now this is my mark."
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"I heard that the police have arrested so many people, especially
those who vote for Brotherhood," said voter Ahmed Mohammed Abdel
Salam, who supported the Muslim Brotherhood.
In nearby Shatoura, large numbers of police were also outside the
town's lone polling station. Police said they were there to prevent
violence.
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And on the economic side, we're helping the Iraqis rebuild their
infrastructure, reform their economy, and build the [dependence on
consumerism] that will give all Iraqis a stake in a free and peaceful
Iraq.
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