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Middle East

Alamuti Lotus

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1. Sabbahi's strong performance is being really underreported

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 06:24 PM

May 2012

given how much money the Gulf dictators were throwing at this thing, I was a little surprised to see a really and truly decent candidate make such a strong showing. He even trounced the Brotherhood in the Delta and in Cairo slums that used to be "Islamic militant" strongholds in the time of the US/Israel pharaoh.

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Sabbahi's strong performance is being really underreported Alamuti Lotus May 2012 #1