The Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, Major General Dr Taha Al-Magdoub, wrote:
The victory of the Egyptian will power in the October 1973 war was the main factor to a possible Arab-Israeli peace.  read more »

Obituary: Field Marshal Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala (1930-2008)
One of the most respected military figures in Egypt, Field Marshal Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala disappeared from the political scene in the early 1990s. The sudden ending of what was by all accounts a brilliant career gave rise to a flurry of speculation and rumours.<!-- /thumbnail -->  read more »

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B'Tselem published footage it received of a soldier firing a rubber-coated steel bullet, from extremely short range, at a Palestinian detainee who was cuffed and blindfolded. The act occurred about two weeks ago in the presence of several security forces, among them the battalion commander, a lieutenant colonel, who held the Palestinian’s arm while the soldier fired.  read more »

Imagine your terror. You are the daughter of a minor nobleman. All you have ever known is your family's pleasant country house, which is surrounded by gardens and farms. One night you are dragged out of bed, dressed in servants' clothes, and rushed away in the old market cart. Your parents have been warned that the family is about to be arrested.  read more »

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Wednesday strongly condemned an Iranian documentary about the 1981 assassination of president Anwar Sadat, calling such works "irresponsible."
"We condemn this film in the strongest possible terms," Abul Gheit told reporters in Cairo, two days after Egypt summoned Tehran's envoy in Cairo to lodge a formal protest over the airing of the film.  read more »

Oil futures rebounded Friday as Pentagon officials said a large scale Israeli military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean early this month was intended in part as a demonstration of Jerusalem's ability to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

Prices also rose as investors reconsidered whether Thursday's sharp declines, which were based on an announced fuel price hike in China, were merited.  read more »

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is speaking out against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.  read more »

let us imagine that we draw recipes to end the wars in our planet,what are the steps?
i think the steps will be:
1- accepting the other
2-respecting the teachings of the religions
3-respecting the rights of others befor we ask our rights.
4-putting ourselves in the shoes of the others.
5-being sure that life is too short to make wars.
6- considering our enemies our brothers.  read more »