Mubarak to Share Cage in Courtroom With His Sons as Trial Begins

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Source: The National

Mubarak to share cage in courtroom with his sons as trial begins

Youssef Hamza (Foreign Correspondent)
Aug 3, 2011 

CAIRO // Not long ago, a confident Hosni Mubarak announced to the world that he would rule Egypt until his last breath.

In a biting and perhaps poignant reminder of just how far Egypt's ruler has fallen, Mr Mubarak will share a cage with his two sons when he goes on trial today in a makeshift courtroom on charges of stealing millions of dollars from the state and ordering the use of lethal force against protesters during the uprising that toppled his 29-year regime.

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Mr Mubarak's trial will signal a significant triumph for the protesters, who have been demanding since their uprising began in January that he, along with the stalwarts of his regime, be put on a public trial.

Lately, that demand became the centrepiece of a controversial sit-in protest at Cairo's Tahrir Square by several hundred hard-core protesters. The demonstrations caused tensions between revolutionary youth groups and the generals who have ruled Egypt since Mr Mubarak's ouster.

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[Mimosa]

1. CIA backed coups always end like this

I guess they'll taunt Mubarak when they hang the old man. This is meant to scare Kadhaffi, is it not?

[iandhr]

3. What are you on?

First a person who has been our ally for 30 years we would try to dispose in a coup? I have seen some pretty far fetch stuff here but this is at the top.

[snooper2]

4. ROFL

out there man, out there...

[lunatica]

2. Karmic adjustment in progress