Egypt’s former spy chief and Mubarak aide, dies

July 19th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

He returned to the public sphere in April, alarming the mostly young
revolutionaries who led the January 2011 uprising by bidding for the
presidency.

He promised to restore security and end the political turmoil sparked by
Mubarak’s overthrow and took a policy cue from the anti-Islamist policies of
his former boss.

“Many people felt that the state is going to the Muslim Brotherhood – in
parliament, in government and now the presidency,” Suleiman told
Reuters during the election race.

He was disqualified when he failed to win the required backing. The election
was won by Mohamed Mursi, the candidate of Mubarak’s chief Islamist
adversary the Muslim Brotherhood.

Suleiman left the country after his failed presidency bid, travelling to Abu
Dhabi with relatives, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A senior Egyptian intelligence official, who did not want to be named, said he
spoke to Suleiman’s son-in-law who told him of the death. It was confirmed
by Egypt’s state news agency MENA.

Suleiman headed the Egyptian General Intelligence Services (EGIS) from 1993,
taking a prominent diplomatic role in Egypt’s relations with Israel,
Palestinian factions and aid donor and ally the United States.

He was quietly touted as a possible successor to Mubarak. although many
Egyptians believed the president would serve for life or try to hand power
to his son.

“He was a strong man in the Mubarak regime. Now he is in the hands of God
so we cannot judge him,” said Achraf Chazly, a 35-year-old lawyer.

Egypt’s interim government paid tribute to Suleiman, calling him a “patriotic,
honest figure” in a statement carried by state news website Al-Ahram.

Others disagreed, saying Suleiman was part of a ruling elite that imprisoned
and brutally abused anyone who opposed it.

“There is sorrow for all those that hoped for his punishment on earth, to
see him a convicted criminal in the prisons where he put them for so long,”
said Facebook user Ibrahim el-Houdaiby.

Source: Reuters