By Tee Morris
Special Guest Contributor
On the week of September 11, 2012, we watched a textbook example of what happens when you enter a situation unprepared. I speak of the address presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered in the waning …
Tag Archives | Egypt
Protesters Scale U.S. Embassy Walls in Cairo
By William Tucker
In a preplanned protest, members of the more radical factions of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo. The protesters removed the U.S. flag and returned to the outside of the …
Egypt Increases Military Assets in Sinai
By William Tucker
Officials in Egypt petitioned the Israeli government to ease restrictions the Camp David Accords impose on military activity in the Sinai peninsula. Israel has approved the measure, thus allowing Egypt to increase its military footprint in the …
Trouble in the Sinai
By apushlsecurity on August 7, 2012 in Commentary and Analysis, Intelligence, Politics & Government, Terrorism & Threats
By William Tucker
The Arab Spring is often celebrated by reciting the roll call of overthrown autocrats. But revolutions, in the end, will be judged primarily by what they build, not what they destroy. And in this respect, a year …
After 31 years, Egypt’s State of Emergency Ends
By William Tucker
A few hours ago the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Egypt’s interim ruling government, followed through on its promise to lift the state of emergency that has been in place since the 1981 assassination of …
An Assassination Attempt and Israel’s Shifting Strategic Picture
By apushlsecurity on May 29, 2012 in Al-Qaeda, Commentary and Analysis, Intelligence, Iran, Terrorism & Threats
By William Tucker
Analyzing the words spoken by political officials can be tricky business, and for the most part, they mean very little without some form of action taking place. That is, rhetoric is just rhetoric until it manifests into …