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[[File:Obama Netanyahu and Mubarak.jpg|thumb|Sept. 1, 2010, during the Middle East negotiations; The Oval Office.]]

[[File:Obama Netanyahu and Mubarak.jpg|thumb|Sept. 1, 2010, during the Middle East negotiations; The Oval Office.]]

'''Hosni Mubarak''' was the longtime president of [[Egypt]] from 1981-2011, and the fourth man to hold the office. He assumed office in October 1981 after the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]] and maintained the peace with [[Israel]] established under his predecessor at the [[Camp David Accords]]. The [[Muslim]] [[terrorist]] organization [[CAIR]] actively lobbied against Mubarak.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259409</ref>

'''Hosni Mubarak''' was the longtime president and dictator of [[Egypt]] from 1981-2011, and the fourth man to hold the office. He assumed office in October 1981 after the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]] and maintained the peace with [[Israel]] established under his predecessor at the [[Camp David Accords]]. The [[Muslim]] [[terrorist]] organization [[CAIR]] actively lobbied against Mubarak.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259409</ref>

Mubarak has been criticized for his persecution of the [[Coptic Church]], and for his government's twenty nine year state of emergency, which allows him to imprison and hold his political opponents indefinitely without trial and cancel elections.  During the presidency of [[George W. Bush]], Secretary of State [[Condoleeza Rice]] called for the state of emergency to be lifted and the Mubarak regime to commit itself to democracy.

Mubarak has been criticized for his persecution of the [[Coptic Church]], and for his government's twenty nine year state of emergency, which allows him to imprison and hold his political opponents indefinitely without trial and cancel elections.  During the presidency of [[George W. Bush]], Secretary of State [[Condoleeza Rice]] called for the state of emergency to be lifted and the Mubarak regime to commit itself to democracy.

Since [[Barack Obama]] has become president, the United States has been less willing to criticize Egypt's lack of democracy.

Since [[Barack Hussein Obama]] has become president, the United States has been less willing to criticize Egypt's lack of democracy.

==2011 Protests==

==2011 Protests==

In January 25, 2011, protests began against Mubarak's rule. [[Liberal]]s claim that [[Mohammed ElBaradei]], one of the protest leaders, is a moderate, but many experts fear that the rebellion aims to install [[Sharia]] law and a government opposed to [[Israel]] and the [[United States]]. Although the Brotherhood's terrorist military wing, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, took part in the protests, U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] gave speeches supporting the protests. <ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=261069</ref>

In January 25, 2011, protests began against Mubarak's rule. [[Liberal]]s claim that [[Mohammed ElBaradei]], one of the protest leaders, is a moderate, but many experts fear that the rebellion aims to install [[Sharia]] law and a government opposed to [[Israel]] and the [[United States]]. Although the Brotherhood's terrorist military wing, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, took part in the protests, U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] gave speeches supporting the protests. <ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=261069</ref>

[[Category:Heads of State]]

[[Category:Heads of State]]

[[Category:Egypt]]

[[Category:Egypt]]