So, is this the same Suleiman about whom Michael Winship refers when talking about the extraordinary renditions and who was in charge of the Egyptian branch of the United States' global torture cabal?
Great!!
Winship's article: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/05-3

I doubt the protestors will buy Suleiman. They seem to have made it pretty clear that the style of government they have had to live with is what has to go. I apllaud the protestors for their continuing battle for rightness.
Read Winship: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/05-3

Finish Off the parasites and their thugs, Brothers and Sisters in Egypt!

don't hold back!

Looks as if the counter-revolution has been hard at work.

Naturally Clinton and the US government are backing Suleiman, he is the enabler of Mubarak and the henchman for the US torture program in Egypt. He's demonstrated his ability and complicity in the international crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the US and will surely do their further bidding for the usual kind of cash payments. A Fuastian deal to be sure!

Same pesticide laced veggies, same can, different label.

Form over Substance

Yes, the dictator Mubarak appoints a buddy (US/Israel ally) to eventually replace himself, and shazam, the US's call for change has been met. From the Obama's administration point of view, time to move on.

The primary reason for picking Suleiman is likely due to his previous services to the Empire in the rendition program. Here is a portrait of the role Suleiman played for Bush: "Shortly after 9/11, Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib was captured by Pakistani security forces and, under US pressure, torture by Pakistanis. He was then rendered (with an Australian diplomats watching) by CIA operatives to Egypt, a not uncommon practice. In Egypt, Habib merited Suleiman's personal attention. As related by Richard Neville, based on Habib's memoir:

Habib was interrogated by the country's Intelligence Director, General Omar Suleiman.... Suleiman took a personal interest in anyone suspected of links with Al Qaeda. As Habib had visited Afghanistan shortly before 9/11, he was under suspicion. Habib was repeatedly zapped with high-voltage electricity, immersed in water up to his nostrils, beaten, his fingers were broken and he was hung from metal hooks.

That treatment wasn't enough for Suleiman, so:

To loosen Habib's tongue, Suleiman ordered a guard to murder a gruesomely shackled Turkistan prisoner in front of Habib - and he did, with a vicious karate kick.

After Suleiman's men extracted Habib's confession, he was transferred back to US custody, where he eventually was imprisoned at Guantanamo. His 'confession' was then used as evidence in his Guantanamo trial." Stephen Soldz, "The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition", 1/30/11.

This is the kind of man favored by the Obama administration. They need someone more adept at torture to ensure support for Israel and the uninterrupted supply of energy resources. Mubarak has shown himself too old for the job, so its time for a new face.

Whatever AIPAC wants, AIPAC gets

All the bastards are still in denial. They can't believe that change/evolution is inevitable.

The time for corrupt politicians with dirty dark secrets has past. It's time for the people to seize the power. There is a huge need for networks that encourage whistle-blowers and the eradication of political & corporate corruption. The truth will set us free from the hell that they create.

It Ain't Just Mubarak -- 7 of the Worst Dictators the U.S. Is Backing to the Hilt
http://tinyurl.com/alternet7DictatorsBackedbyUSA

I said it before, I'll say it again:

Backing Omar Suleiman to succeed Mubarak is like backing The Wolfman to succeed The Mummy.

Obviously the "changing of the guard" from Mubarak to Suleiman is a sham, and Egyptian activists certainly aren't fooled by it. Even while Mubarak & Suleiman have "made major concessions" to Egyptian freedom fighters, they continue to shoot them, run over them with their tanks, and beat them PUBLICALLY, while they also continue to torture them daily and PRIVATELY in their torture chambers.

Maybe it would be wise if our Egyptian friends might learn something from Gandhi. We all know of course that he managed to evict the British from India by non-violent means. But how did he do that?

Well, he went over the heads of the British, and instead of addressing himself to them, he addressed himself to the international community through the media. He said, look, here we are, acting non-violently, making reasonable demands for the poorest of the poor in India. Now look at these British thugs: they beat us, they torture us, they reject our mildest objections. In short, Gandhi SHAMED the British in front of the entire world community. Churchill of course was furious. He suggested that Gandhi was "blackmailing" him. Damned right he was!

Well, maybe Egyptian activists should aim beyond Mubarak & Suleiman, who are clearly beyond shame. Maybe they should document all of the atrocities that are taking place NOW even as these master torturers pretend to withdraw and "negotiate." They should throw all of this clear evidence of the hypocrisy of Mubarak & Suleiman in the faces of Obama & Clinton & Biden.

I don't know whether these three are capable of being SHAMED, but this looks like a good opportunity to find out.

Let us just keep on throwing the evidence in their faces. The whole world will be watching. And then we all will know whether they themselves are capable of shame. How could the slogan "audacity of hope" have any credibility at all if Obama does not withdraw support from these awful thugs, after all the evidence of what they have done to their own people is laid before Obama, et al., & to the whole world?

prolly the egyptian people have gotten as far as they could with a peaceful protest.

now, all bets are off. whatever works.

Obama's throwing Mubarak under the bus like he did to so many of his former allies, Rev Wright, Van Jones, Anita Dunn, Shirley Sherrod, etc. Like the US did to so many dictators, Saddam, Noriega, Somoza, etc.

But Murarak refuses to go quietly. Get the popcorn. Hilarious also to see Hillary keep a straight face on national tv and proclaim her support for henchman Omar Suleiman, a well known torturer and sadist.

WHat's wrong with the Muslim Brotherhood?

Is what every one should be throwing out to the leader and his spokes people.

I figure a lot of people are afraid to ask it but I don't care.

I want to know why Palin views their ascension as the proof of the death of Obama's prez potential, singling out the brotherhood by name.

I remember this from Palestine a few years ago...remember?

Remember what happened next?

:(

A friend pointed out this article that appeared in a magazine called Business Insider.

http://www.businessinsider.com/senior-us-marine-says-multiple-platoons-are-headed-to-egypt-2011-2

I do not know much about the reputation of this magazine, but the issue is worth watching.

Joe

I heard some mouthpiece British politician on the ABC Australian radio news. It seems that they are admitting what they really fear is the Muslim Brotherhood taking power.

If this is what the US alliance fears, then this is the very best thing that could happen. Only by properly realising and facing fears, can a proper perspective of reality be seen. This result must be better than the current Brotherhood of US backed dictators.

An update: Revealed: US envoy's business link to Egypt

Frank Wisner, President Barack Obama's envoy to Cairo who infuriated the White House this weekend by urging Hosni Mubarak to remain President of Egypt, works for a New York and Washington law firm which works for the dictator's own Egyptian government.

Mr Wisner's astonishing remarks – "President Mubarak's continued leadership is critical: it's his opportunity to write his own legacy" – shocked the democratic opposition in Egypt and called into question Mr Obama's judgement, as well as that of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The US State Department and Mr Wisner himself have now both claimed that his remarks were made in a "personal capacity". But there is nothing "personal" about Mr Wisner's connections with the litigation firm Patton Boggs, which openly boasts that it advises "the Egyptian military, the Egyptian Economic Development Agency, and has handled arbitrations and litigation on the [Mubarak] government's behalf in Europe and the US". Oddly, not a single journalist raised this extraordinary connection with US government officials – nor the blatant conflict of interest it appears to represent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/revealed-us-envoys-business-link-to-egypt-2206329.html

Here's my assessment of the situation:

1) before these revolutions in north africa it was difficult for the american gov't to assess the now perceived secular majority. they probably feared a muslim brotherhood takeover of the country considering there is no other organized group. the only reason this group managed to organize is through the safety of the mosque.
2) the u.s. gov't still fears the brotherhood even with the secular protests and would rather have a secular dictator ally who they can control than have the slim chance of a brotherhood gov't outside of their control.
3) they can't just tell the military leadership to step down unless the u.s. wants to go to war over this. the gy
4)the only negotiating power the u.s. has is with the $2 billion it sends to egypt every year. the only bargain they would be able to strike up with egypt is to keep the military leadership mostly as it is in its current state but to make some small changes at the top and promises of some kind of transition process. otherwise the egyptian military will give the U.S. the finger and say, have a nice day and we'll have another tiananmen square on our hands.
5) the transition process is good for the u.s. gov't because they can stop it at any time if they perceive the strengthing of the brotherhood (unlikely). its also good for the egyptian military because they get to keep their jobs. (they weren't going to ever give it up without a fight anyway)
6) this the only possible outcome of events unless there is a coup d'etat from a group inside the military, itself.

the headline should read: U.S. MAINTAINS POWER IN EGYPT BY BACKING ISRAEL SUPPORTING, "NOT SQUEAMISH" ABOUT TORTURE, DEPUTY.

IMHO, the US thinking under Obama has certainly evolved into a higher form of demonaic possession under severe pressure from zionists. It's gone from supporting a dictator with a name akin to Barack (moo-Barak) to supporting now an acommplished torturer named Suleiman, which is Arabic for Solomon,religious icon for you know who. I think the "end times" are near.

Who do the protesters want to replace Mubarak? One woman interviewed was asked that and she said she did not know but anyone would be better than Mubarak. Americans think that every time we replace a leader we will get a better one. But if most of the leaders get elected because corporate money pays millions of dollars to get them elected and they are beholding to these people who have the gold who rule behind the scenes, we the working class people will never get justice anywhere in the world. Maybe one might throw a few more crumbs under the table for us but the Egyptians should not expect too much from democracy in a world where rich people are worshiped like saviors.

It's time for the Egyptian people to meet their new dictator who is the same (or worse) as their old dictator.

And from Tel Aviv to Washington, all is well in the land of milk and honey having averted one more potential crisis:

A U.S. accepted by the Arab world is good for Israel

After two years of letting the Middle East down, U.S. President Barack Obama finally appeared this past week in all his glory.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/a-u-s-accepted-by-the-arab-world-is-good-for-israel-1.341500

The above piece by none other than Gideon Levy. That's how done a deal this is that even Levy, usually a voice of dissent among that rot, is clamoring victory.

And this was the mood just a short week or so ago. What a difference another dictator makes!

"Obama will go down in history as the president who lost Egypt"

The street revolts in Tunisia and Egypt show that the United States can do very little to save its friends from the wrath of their citizens.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/obama-will-go-down-in-history-as-the-president-who-lost-egypt-1.340057

In its own way, the U.S. government is as out of touch with its people as is Egypt's. And it certainly is oblivious to the concerns of the Anti-Mubarak protesters. Let Suleiman
the Least lead a transitional government to the point where the demonstrators' demands are met? Sure-- a guy with a specialty in secret police and extraordinary rendition and the siege of Gaza is going to be SO trustworthy in the eyes
of Egypt's revolutionaries.....

Suleiman, CIA enabler in Egypt and beyond, puppet of the War on Terror, formed at Fort Bragg, is merely Mubarak #2: see today's Democracy Now! broadcast, which will give you a very clear description of Suleiman's "achievements."

The broadcast also exposes the dark history of Frank Wisner and his personal interests in the Mubarak regime: Wisner is Obama's present envoy to Egypt, and he has just stated publicly that Mubarak should stay in office.

Obama, Wisner, and Suleiman are preparing the "orderly transition" to the next term of the Mubarak regime.

To say that Mubarak's power fades is nothing but an equivocation on what the word 'Mubarak' may mean in political discourse. It may be that Mubarak the individual's power is waning, but the Mubarak regime's power has yet to show signs of fading. As long as Suleiman is allowed to machinate, along with operators such as Wisner, and the Egyptian Constitution is not annulled and replaced by a temporary constitutional framework while a new constitution is being drafted and proper elections are being prepared (which must include granting voting powers to the 6 million Egyptians who have been denied such by the Mubarak junta for years), the Mubarak regime will be in place and conducting business as usual.