person:gamal mubarak

In #Egypt, #corruption cases had an American root - The Washington Post
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-egypt-corruption-had-an-american-root/2011/10/07/gIQAApWoyL_story.html

Formed with a $10 million endowment from the U.S. Agency for International Development (#USAID), the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies gathered captains of industry in a small circle — with the president’s son Gamal Mubarak at the center. Over time, members of the group would assume top roles in Egypt’s ruling party and government.
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“It became a crony capitalism,” Magda Kandil, the think tank’s new executive director, said of the privatization program advocated by its founders.
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The privatization saga is a cautionary tale about the power and perils of U.S. foreign aid — most notably the nearly $8 billion that the United States has provided to Egypt since the 1990s to push the country toward economic reforms.

#etats-unis #égypte

Report : Mubarak’s son benefited from deal with Israel - Ynetnews
►http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4065715,00.html

Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egypt’s ousted president, is suspected of taking a 5% share of the earnings of the country’s gas deal with Israel, Egyptian newspaper al-Masri al-Yaum reported Saturday.
 
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According to the report, investigators suspects that an unnamed Egyptian businessman also took 5% of the earnings, while another Mubarak son, Alaa, took 2.5% of the proceeds.
 
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Prosecutors suspect that the gas was sold to Israel at a low price, while cutting the supply to local consumers, with mediators in the deal taking proceeds into their own pockets.

Voilà un point très important de la révolution égyptienne. Vous n’en entendrez donc jamais parler dans les médias français.

#égypte #israël #gaz

Omar Suleiman, maître tortionnaire. #Cablegate, #Égypte, mai 2009 :
http://213.251.145.96/cable/2009/05/09CAIRO874.html

EGIS Chief Omar Soliman and Interior Minister al-Adly keep the domestic beasts at bay, and Mubarak is not one to lose sleep over their tactics.

The most likely contender is presidential son Gamal Mubarak (whose profile is ever-increasing at the ruling party); some suggest that intelligence chief Omar Soliman might seek the office, or dark horse Arab League Secretary-General Amre Moussa might run. Mubarak’s ideal of a strong but fair leader would seem to discount Gamal Mubarak to some degree, given Gamal’s lack of military experience, and may explain Mubarak’s hands off approach to the succession question. Indeed, he seems to be trusting to God and the ubiquitous military and civilian security services to ensure an orderly transition.