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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Mubarak on Trial

However justified the desire of many Egyptians for vengeance, the sight of a sick old man in a hospital bed being hauled into a courtroom does not accord with most people's idea of justice. The proceedings have been delayed, but the opening scenes will, I suspect, merely convince the Qadhafis and Asads of the world that they must cling to power to the bitter end.

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