today, these egyptian activists are similarly amazed by the traces of the east german stasi.these people were active in political organizations even both for the revolution in egypt. they know what is like to live under an oppressive regime. >> the similarities between eastern germany and the egyptian government are staggering to me. the kind of repression and surveillance of the people of very similar. >> the detail and scope -- the scope and detail on all the people is what surprised me. >> the guide tells the young egyptians it to terminate two years to finally pass a law regulating the handling of the stasi files. he lived in communist east germany and tries to give his egyptian visitors an impression of the difficulties that germany faced in confronting the injustices of the east german regime appeared the young egyptians see parallels -- east german regime. the young egyptians see parallels >> we want to dismantle the secret service apparatus and redefine the relationship between the people and the intelligence agencies. my citizen's initiative will push for these three

government and the statistics that they take from the egyptian government and the egyptian people. >ank you all very much for a wonderful conversation. >> thank you. >> we will be back. >>> welcome back to a special edition of "gps." i'm back in front of cairo's tahrir square, the place where everyone will agree history was made and egypt's politics took a great step forward. but have egypt's economics taken a big step backwards? one of the generals running the country presented a picture of his country's economy that made me think, what in the world? he says foreign direct investment is now down to zero. egypt's foreign reserves are fast getting depleted. then there's the tourism industry which employs 2 million people but is sitting idle with the world continuing to shun the pyramids and cruises down the nile. that's $1 billion of lost revenue every month. growth has crawled to a standstill. meanwhile, tens of thousands of workers emboldened with a new sense of freedom are staging strikes to demand better pay. confronting them would mean work stoppages. appeasing them would cost mo

and the ousting of egyptian president hosni mubarak may result in an unintended outcome so if hamas and fatah start working together is the situation for israel going from bad to worse all thanks to their closest ally. cheers commonly coming from palestinians this time coming from a group of all church and traditional jews so just because this group rejects the state of israel that mean they're traitors. it's monday may twenty third i'm christine friends now here in washington d.c. watching our team. well one brings together the president of the united states the house speaker the senate majority leader and other top lawmakers from both sides of the aisle not the debt ceiling not a state dinner but a meeting of the american israel public affairs committee the powerful pro israel lobby doug apac held its conference over the weekend here in washington this comes at a time when middle east peace negotiations are on the minds of everyone involved but aren't you going to chicken reports disagreements may keep them from getting to the table. that president obama's calls for peace and a two st

. >> and police and militant egyptians are not the only ones, assaults are coming from the egyptian army. this is a home video of a mail tear attack near a monastery near alexandria, after local police abandoned their -- to protect themselves from intruders, the army responded sending in 100 soldiers with tanks and light artillery to destroy the wall, 6 people were injured including a monk whose spleen had to be removed because of the attack. . inger we were sad because we don't know why the army attacked like this. the army's supposed to protect us, not lead us and ocher us, we are innocent and pray and try to have people, that's all we were doing. >> the ba shoi monastery is another example why they need protection from another government. they say there must be changes in their new constitution that include them. >> but the strongest political group in this time, the muslim brotherhood -- it opposed democratic changes in the constitution that would grant equal rights and allow christian and muslim women to become president. human rights advocate spends most of his time on face book sh

before that, he was head of the egyptian-american bank.works for el mix salines, which is a 200-year-old company described as one of the oldest international companies in the salt industry. the alleged assault took place at the pierre hotel. it's a very fancy hotel diagonally across from the plaza here in manhattan. according to police, the hotel housekeeper responded to a guest request to deliver a box of tissues. when she arrived and stepped inside the room, that's when the alleged assault took place with mr. omar locking the door behind her and molesting her. that's what we're learning so far. he is scheduled to be arraigned later today. more details scheduled to come out in the criminal complaint, suzanne. >> deb, unlike the other case against the former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn, this housekeeper did not report the incident immediately. do we know why or what the circumstances were around that? >> reporter: she did not. that's one of the things that is under investigation. the alleged assault took place on sunday evening. she d

ideas, egyptian political organizations, and egyptian people, and thetend to move him in a more radicaldirection over time. >> reporter: this man, syed qutb, was an inspiration for the muslim brotherhood. he was executed in 1966 for what many believe was a trumped-up charge of attempting to overthrow the egyptian government. his book, "milestones," was must reading for jihadists and still is today. it challenges the long-accepted belief that holy war should only be waged in response to an attack. qutb justifies something new, holy war that attacks the enemy first. >> all these things are now coming together for bin laden, the islamic awakening, the fact that he's joined the muslim brotherhood, the fact that he's reading syed qutb, and these are politicizing him and giving him the idea that we need to create more perfect islamic states around the muslim world. >> reporter: 1979 would be a critical year for the islamic awakening. the ayatollah khomeni overthrew the shah of iran. americans were taken hostage at the u.s. embassy. muslim militants around the world were electrified. that same

position as a result of a lot of the egyptian revolution and. a new atmosphere created by this massive bulis movement conducted the slogans of democracy and if you're not it's pick up a seat because we can say that it's a very it was a defense of all the egyptian government decided to play on the search or for the senior cause by achieving reconsideration between fatah and the second to step of the taking peace get its position by all being. after forty years of a look at it and many years of suffering for them to see their people make a deal because it has said that that is what you think about a month in two thousand and five the clean and in front of the international public opinion withdrawal from gaza and they are clear i think this in gets monthly to see what the gaza strip but at the same time it transformed gaza as any he would gain so the i didn't even think people called last. time to end at the same time for they come with their peers and their goods. putting all of the population one and a half million and a big. imposing collective

. >> america offered a massive aid package to help support egyptian democracy.t can't yet know how democracy will change relations in the middle east. >> as a revolution society after the 25th of january, which internally has formed a society and still in the process of doing so, it had to be reflected also externally. >> welcome to a new egypt. i think it is the proper time now to find a new strategy not only for egypt, but for the whole region. >> high above a grimy cairo office block, a lonely flag. it's presence of a shameful alliance. outside, the first embassies of the jewish state in the arab world, protestors can now vent anger that they often suppressed. >> we have had dreams about coming to this embassy. we would be tortured by special security forces. so you can't even say you are supporting palin. >> we want the embassy to close here in egypt. >> forever? >> yes. >> it was president anwar sadats journey that transformed the middle east after four arab-israeli wars. peace brought egypt a huge economic dividend, including billions of dollars in america

said egypt had a right to nationalize it because it was located in egyptian territory. the only question is if they would keep an open to make it function effectively. eisenhower and shook off the effects of his surgery and for three months he and dulles made frantic efforts to keep their british and french talking. remember all the 11 years after world war ii. still shellshocked, the british and french make nasser into another hitler and by late september 1956 eisenhower allies give up on him have and any support for taking on nasser and implemented a program of blatant deception. that the earlier of a million -- american intelligence did not foresee the nationalization and mr. applauding among the british french and israelis. now the plot come on wednesday, october 24, in a villa outside paris, the french foreign minister, prime minister of israel and the deputy undersecretary of state of great britain, signed a secret protocol providing israeli troops invade the sinai peninsula on october 29. this was a plan. was the israelis and vans in britain and france addition t

it's not only me who's happy the egyptian president hosni mubarak has gone all the arab world it never had a connection with any muslim organization he had the same head is israel israelis should be worried and israelis are the reconsideration deal between better rivals hamas and fatah have signed recently in cairo took them by surprise and could never have happened if mubarak was still in power i think there was a lot of mistrust between hamas and mubarak and his regime have nuked a poor barak not. because of. the deal in his four years of division between hamas and fatah and greater prepares them for the planned to ration of palestinian statehood in september i am most afraid that hamas runs. the west bank in a kind of free legal way by the palestinian authority. sooner rather than later or they will overtake the west bank and this might be a problem not only for the palestinians it will be a problem for israel i am this is one of the many checkpoints between israel and the palestinian territories as cairo extends a hand to the palestinians security here is likely to be beefed up in

the new egyptian government. so ironically rushing to the thought it was creating a safer middle east its closest ally israel is suffering a recent poll found that fifty four percent of egyptians want to see the egyptian israeli peace treaty cancelled a statistic that has his raids terrified and missing the old order more and more police the r t and the palestinian authority. elsewhere in the middle east tensions are peaking with mounting victims from the syrian crackdown and further nato bombings in libya. more airstrikes hit central tripoli wednesday with state news reporting the north korean embassy had been damaged bombings going just hours after your viable libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared on t.v. it was his first public speech since a nato which had killed his youngest son and three grandchildren meanwhile in syria at least nineteen people have died in a government crackdown on opposition protests as tanks resume shelling residential areas across the country syria is unlikely to repeat the libyan scen

first started its program of train something of the egyptian military and working with some of the egyptians. so by his age, you know, he may not be in that age range where, you know, that program is just getting off the ground, back when he was in egypt. so no proof of that right now. >> and how do we know how al qaeda actually decided to choose this guy? it's not like they can hold a meet and hold an election or something? >> no, that's a good question. basically, it's been presumed that osama bin laden number two, talkman al zawahiri would eventually take over for him. he was a saudi. he came from the aarabian peninsula from the mecca and hadina. there may about a pushback, in terms of egyptians taking over. there's some shot that al adel is put out there to see what the reaction is going to be to an egyptian, sort of an outsider, taking over al qaeda. and if he's well received, maybe that's a message that al zawahiri could step in and take over. again, the reason why he's been chosen now, there was starting to be, you know, a little bit of a void there. some of the jihadist communities a

so ahead for this look at how the egyptian revolution back fired across the border we report on how the post mubarak state of israel by brokering a sudden reconciliation of two of palestine rival factions that's coming up. next a german court convicted a former nazi death camp guard of accessory to murder during world war two john berman york was found guilty of helping to kill thousands of jews and was sentenced to five years in prison i think alexy or jet ski reports. john demjanjuk has been released from court because his defense filed an appeal against this decision by the munich court and clearly the man can walk for now until the appeal has been revised the ninety one year old ukrainian has been on trial for the last eighteen months or so this may sound very little this this brutal crime especially given the fact that john demjanjuk association with the murder of more than twenty eight thousand jews in the sobibor was attrition in full and was was established so that this prison term of five years happens only because john demjanjuk has already spent and eight years in an israeli

a senior egyptian general says the women were telling the truth after all.er joins us from cairo. it's a disturbing development to the story now that the general, a senior general in the egyptian military, is saying, yeah, they're taking place and he's defending that they are taking place. can you hear me? okay. we do apologize for that. we seem to have lost communication. we'll try and get her back and get you more on that story. >>> meanwhile, nato says significant progress is being made in libya to loose n gadhafi's grip on power. air strikes are helping to save live misplaces like misrata which has been under repeated attack from government troops. ben wedeman reports from an opposition front line hospital where many of those wounded by gadhafi forces are being treated. >> reporter: the first wave of casualties from the front arrives at the air field hospital. there is no time here to waste. doctors and medics quickly try to stabilize the wounded. stop the bleeding. dress the injuries. their work rushed and confusing as it may seem will determine whether

the new egyptian foreign minister says the decision to close the border was shameful on saturday his promise to open buffer permanently without the israelis is coming true no more we're in agreement drawn up six years ago between the not opposed to gyptian president hosni mubarak the united states the israelis and the europeans be in place that agreement gave e.u. monitors access to the crossing and allowed television supervise and monitor security camera. from a far. points and checkpoints so that it was the same interest of both countries. the permanent opening of rougher terrifies israeli citizens especially those who live on the whole i was just eight hundred meters from the israeli gaza border ever since the kibbutz was established nearly sixty years ago it's been on the receiving end of endless rockets and snipers from gaza city to our scale then i mean it's very near the first misinforming down we have to one and take their place somewhere i said though we thought i thought port authority over the keyboard cells there for everyone in his whole area. just last month a sixteen y

egypt hosted a reconciliation between fatah and hamas out of recent poll suggests the majority of egyptians are turning their backs on the jewish nation was artie's point to some reports the u.s. backed revolution in egypt has only further isolating washington's main ally in the region. most of the o.t. is happier than he's been in a long time the political activist he used to be a member of fatah but switched to harm us because he feels betrayed dealings with israel and one who must might be considered a terrorist organization by israel and the united states only says the movement shares his goals goals that are now being furthered by a new friend. it's not only me who's happy gyptian president hosni mubarak is gone all the arab world is now barack never had a connection with any muslim organization he had the same head is israel israelis should be worried and israelis are the reconciliation deal between but her rivals hamas and fatah have signed recently in cairo took them by surprise and could never have happened before barak was still in power i think there was a lot of mistrust between

the egyptian revolution backfires across the border with israel now worried by a sudden reconciliation of palestine's to rival factions which the post mubarak state brokered. crime with no expiration date a german court finds a ninety one year old former nazi death camp guard guilty of accessory to murder and says it sentences him to five years in jail. the expansion of surveillance cameras in the u.s. sparks people's fears their peace bide on instead of being looked after. four pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the revolution in egypt may be over but the shift in brought about in the region's geopolitics continues the ousting of president mubarak made it possible for the country to broker a historic reconciliation deal between two palestinian factions fatah and hamas this is proving worrisome for israel as archy's policy reports that there's irony how western backed revolution has backfired for the u.s. as a longtime ally. most of the o.t. is happier than he's been in a long time a political activist used to be a member of fatah but switched

want to see the egyptian israeli peace treaty cancelled a statistic that has his ratings terrified and missing the old. policy our teeth in the palestinian authority. or elsewhere in the middle east tensions are growing with new nato airstrikes over libya mounting victims from the government crackdown in syria as the u.s. and e.u. are tightening screws in the region for further sanctions and escalating military involvement political analyst says antonini says such tactics only end up hurting the people. then syria it is different from the needy and scenario it is all the course possible that we'll get there sometime but so long as the zero points of the regime are not lured into using force into use into carrying arms then hopefully we will not end up with another leader because in libya it started becoming catastrophic when evolution turned into an armed conflict we've seen the model in libya foreign intervention has only complicated things their intervention has not held settle the problem in media and i don't think it will help settle the problem in syria and we've seen sanctions th

there's a lot of organizing that went into the egyptian uprising. it didn't just happen all of a sudden. a lot of, like, weeks and months, actually years. you can look back at the labor movement was laying the seed for this, or at least strong elements of it, for years. the same thing in iran. i would just like to quote -- actually, it's too bad gary couldn't be with us tonight, he's also on the faculty here at columbia, he, actually, there are so many metaphors and images of what is the green movement, is it a movement, is it a network, what kind of structure is it? he actually uses the image of the gangly on. he says rather than a hierarchy flowing down from one or more individuals at the top or even the classic cell structure of a clandestine organization, the iranian opposition most resembles a ganglion, a tangled bundle of nerve cells where each part of the system is constantly and instantly in touch with all other parts. i thought that was an evocative image. we'll take one -- let's take one more question. i think there was something -- yes, y

against everyone who is egyptian. quote, even soccer games pit egyptians against persian gulf arabs. al qaeda soccer. they can't do shirts versus skins, modesty. so it's everyone in shirts versus all the egyptian guys in shirts. why is being an egyptian a strike against you in al qaeda? i do not know. apparently it is. with an egyptian guy as the apparent next al qaeda boss, that sounds like cause for disunity in al qaeda which is great news for the rest of the world. also in a foest post-9/11 world of a fragmented al qaeda, the work of trying to consolidate power the way bin laden did, there's never been another leader. it will fall to not so mr. charismatic. already being on the run. even from on the run, mr. not so charismatic has been able to put out statements in the past few years, they have mostly served to annoy other radicals or unsuccessfully hitch al qaeda's wagon to other unrelated movements that don't want anything to do with him. "the new york times" reporting today mr. not so charismatic issued five rec

or in cairo we can speak with egyptians as one of them. in brussels we can speak as a european. in... again in brussels we speak as a member of nato. and these are not conflicting. therefore the potential of communication of turkey with many actors at the same time in an efficient manner is really unique for turkey. >> rose: we continue exparticular ration of turkey with four keen an oners, ian bremmer, henri barkey of lehigh unersity, steven cook of the council on foreign relations and joining us from istanbul by phone, journalist and author andrew finkel. >> what we see unfolding in the middle east, particularly as they pertain to turkish relations with libya and turkey's relatns with syria is that the turks are as befuddled and confused as many others when it comes to the ab spring and that their vision of themselves as leaders of the region, of having influence, of playing a constructive role has come up against their interests. >> rose: more about turkey when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >>

you had to arrest all the egyptian people. wonderful for a revolution. not good for running an election. that's where we really need to weigh in. leading egyptian figures, you interviewed mohamed elbaradei, amir moussa have come out to generals to postpone the elections so everybody has a chance to get organized. i think quietly, subtly, we need to let the generals know that that is where we are going to be. i have a motto about the middle east, when it comes to elections. the arab world has had so few fair and free elections is that when they have one, everybody wants to vote. not just the people in that country. you can bet people in saudi arabia will want to vote with their donations and qatar and uae. a lot of those will go to the muslim brotherhood. all i say is we need to vote, too. >> there is a powerful role for the united states. this is one of those crises we were talking about earlier which was unexpected. but this is going to be a very important defining moment for obama's foreign policy. >> yeah. you know, i've had a chance to cover many sec

egyptian passports real. passport fraud, which this is, is an extraditable offense under the mutual legal assistance treaty that exist today between egypt and the united states. false passports by definition are used to commit crimes in other countries, just as in this case. fourth, this is child abuse. the u.s. supreme court and other international bodies to both child abduction and parental alienation child abuse. this is not debatable. the fact that she was found to be a long-term addict of schedule to narcotics, and incapable of anticipating the voice needs, is yet another level of child abuse, which in perils the boys today. lastly, this is a state-sponsored crime. the egyptian government issued false passports that indirectly only airline ignored all the obvious lies by letting her kidnapped these boys to egypt using egypt air. and they provided her security to the egyptian state security agency, an agency which is now defunct. after the revolution for being corrupt. the egyptian government shutdown str

the egyptian government issued false passports.the indirectly only airline that ignored ought of these flags by letting her to get the boys to egypt and they provided security through the egyptian state security agency, the agency which is now defunct after the revolution for being corrupt. the egyptian government shut down streets for her to travel, something they don't do for the highest level politicians. there are many things we can do immediately to protect our children and the sick human rights. because times limit on the wing to five, the first and most obvious given current defense before receiving the 2 billion-dollar defacto package announced last week egypt must demonstrate through action its commitment to human rights. even the people of egypt who will either benefit or suffer from this aid have spoken about the need to make sure that this money doesn't simply continue the power structure that existed under the now defunct mubarak regime. by definition, my children's rights are and have been abused for 21 months now. i

it was brokered by the new egyptian leadership. however, israel opposes the deal because hamas has not renounced violence. our correspondent is in kuathe area. >> the events in the arab world are important, having repercussions across the region. mubarak accused hamas as an ally of the muslim brotherhood, who are now a successful party in egypt, but regarded by him as an enemy. all has changed. hamas is much more comfortable dealing with the current egyptian government. hamas is very nervous about what is happening in the region, particularly the hamas leadership in damascus. and their own people have been pushing hard for this deal. the whole environment has changed. but for egypt this is a big feather in the capit. in just three months the new government has a deal. >> how much bitterness will they have to overcome if this is really going to work? >> it goes back four years. life has been lost and blood has been spilled. i spoke with a woman yesterday. her husband was killed. he was a is a , supporter killed in prison. she allege

want to see the egyptian israeli peace treaty cancelled a statistic that has his ratings terrified and missing the old order more and more police the r.t. and the palestinian authority. elsewhere in the middle east tensions are mounting victims from the syrian crackdown and further nato bombings in libya. now these poor air strikes hit central tripoli wednesday with street news reporting the north korean embassy had been damaged bombings came just hours after embattled libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared on television it was his first public speech since i made a what killed his youngest son and three grandchildren meanwhile in syria at least nineteen people have died in a government crackdown on opposition protests as tanks resume shelling residential areas across the country syria is unlikely to repeat the libyan scenario of lies and high regime activists take up arms according to political analyst to me. then syria it is different from the levy and it is on course possible that we'll get there some time not so long as the zero points of the region are not into using force into us

at that spot, a group of egyptian women were camped out. >> logan: and i... i almost fell into the lap of this woman on the ground who was head to toe in black-- just her eyes, i remember just her eyes, i could see. >> pelley: wearing a chador. >> logan: yes. and she put her arms around me. and oh, my god, i can't tell you what that moment was like for me. i wasn't safe yet, because the mob was still trying to get at me. but now, it wasn't just about me anymore; it was about their women, and that was what saved me, i think. the women kind of closed ranks around me. and i remember one or two, maybe three men standing with them and throwing... the women were throwing water in the crowd. and they were pouring water over me, because i... i couldn't breathe. you know, i was rasping. >> pelley: by this time, her team had convinced a group of soldiers to go in after her. >> logan: finally, finally, some soldiers fought their way through the crowd with batons, beating the mob back, and that was the moment i thought, "i have a chance to get out of here alive." and i g

we spoke with the egyptian finance minister. he asked how much pressure on the finances are under. >> you have to remind me of that? it is very difficult. the budget deficit that out is about 8.5% of gdp. for the next year, i am counting on 9%, even 10%, but i cannot go beyond that. my experts and out -- my efforts and the government's efforts is to seek outside resources to help ease the pressure on the budget, from the imf. they're coming next week. and the world bank, we have concluded an agreement with the world bank. the african development banks. about how much are you looking for? >> until the end of this fiscal year, the next two months, i am looking for $2 billion. next year, i am looking for $10 billion. >> one of the things that happened as a result of the revolution, there has been a huge rise in expectations. everybody expects to be much better off as a result of the revolution, particularly poor workers. how much difficulty is that for you? >> tremendous, especially for the minister of finance. it all boils down to

. >> he is an egyptian. >> he is an egyptian. we have other individuals, an american in yemen. we have competing power centers from different areas of the arab world. >> when you have the arabs spring, when you have young muslims basically saying that we want democracy and self- determination, doesn't that mean that the wind has been taken out of the narratives of osama bin laden's crusade even before he died? >> i don't think so. this is an open question. the man who could now be the number 1 has pushed out at least five messages to the egyptian people. he realizes there is some segment of the population that might be receptive. >> this is not work against al qaeda. >> not necessarily, a lot depends on what happens. >> what should happen? >> what we need is strong governments that are competent and providing law and order and delivering services. good governance. >> good governance. we shall wait and see. thank you. >> thank you. >> you are watching bbc world news. he inherited the hunt for osama bin laden, now that the hunt is over, how will the cause of barack obama's reside

. >> he is an egyptian. >> he is an egyptian. we have other individuals, an american in yemen. we have competing power centers from different areas of the arab world. >> when you have the arabs spring, when you have young muslims basically saying that we want democracy and self- determination, doesn't that mean that the wind has been taken out of the narratives of osama bin laden's crusade even before he died? >> i don't think so. this is an open question. the man who could now be the number 1 has pushed out at least five messages to the egyptian people. he realizes there is some segment of the population that might be receptive. >> this is not work against al qaeda. >> not necessarily, a lot depends on what happens. >> what should happen? >> what we need is strong governments that are competent and providing law and order and delivering services. good governance. >> good governance. we shall wait and see. thank you. >> thank you. >> you are watching bbc world news. he inherited the hunt for osama bin laden, now that the hunt is over, how will the cause of barack obama's reside

they were like, this dvd with spreading it it among the egyptians. so they were like beating and mugging and arresting foreigners all over egypt. not only in cairo. >> did you stay off the streets for a while? >> no. i went there the next day. i couldn't stay away. i know the city very well so i can move around and avoid the dangers places, but it was fate that i got arrested twice in one day bad day. >> i also want to point out we will be taking questions from the state department website. people are able to watch these events streaming live there. my colleague at ap will be taking those as they come in and relaying them to us. now, i want to revisit the iranian revolution, revolution that never really took off. what happened as far as you know to all of those people who were posting those videos, who were tweeting online? how was that writing government able to shut them down a? >> well, first of all, i don't think the 2009 sort of uprising was about having another revolution. i think that's one thing that writing people can say the majority becaus

you're not going to get another egyptian election. this is really important. >> tom friedman, a pleasure, as always. >> thank you. >>> and we will be back. >>> time now for "what in the world" segment. what caught my eye this week was a classic flip-flop. no, newt gingrich hasn't changed his mind about the ryan plan once more. once upon a time, as repeatly as a year ago, there was a country desperate to have membership in an organization formed by its neighbors. the country's president said that his country needed to be included without delay. today, one year later, the tune is very different. a top official from that country saying this week there's no reason to join. can you guess the country and the group? it is poland and the euro zone. it seems that warsaw no longer wants to exchange for euros. there's surely no greater sign of the euro's plummeting reputation. just a few years ago countries like britain and denmark that had chosen to keep their own currency rather than adopting the new euro were seen as old fashioned, parochial,

against everyone who is egyptian.r games put egyptians against arabs. soccer. they can't do shirts versus skins so it's everyone in shirts versus the egyptian guys in shirts. why is being an egyptian a strike against you in al qaeda? i do not know, but it is. it sounds like cause for disunity in al qaeda. it's great news for the rest of the world. also in a post 9/11 world of an already fragmented al qaeda, the work of power and authority the way bin laden did, there's never been another leader. it will fall to mr. not so charismatic, mr. egypt and being on the run. from on the run, when he's been able to put out statements in the past few years, they have served to annoy other radicals to hitch al qaeda's wagon to other unrelated movements that want nothing to do with him. "the new york times" says he issued five recordings with precisely zero success. it's probably why he tried five times to do it. he apologized for being behind the curve on developments in the arab world. a result of being on the run, he said. or m

he's an egyptian named saif al-adel.een told he's been appointed interim chief of al qaeda because the community has grown restless about the lack of a formal announcement about bin laden's successor. fran townsend is here. both the department of homeland security and the cia. and with us from washington, peter bergen. you studied al qaeda for some time. why now, and why not the number two, al-zawahiri, but this man? >> well, according to the source of this story, a long time associate of both bin laden and zawahiri. they were getting restless about the lack of a normal announcement about somebody to replace bin laden. they tapped saif al adel, who has been involved in anti-american activity since 1993. been involved in jihadist activities to be the de facto leader of al qaeda while they seek the formal announcement of perhaps what will turn out to be zawahiri. that hasn't happened. >> fran townsend, take us through files. when you were in the bush files, did saif al-adel come to your attention? >> absolutely. saif al-ad

an egyptian general now admitting they underwent virg virginity checks.us from london. this sounds so disturbing. why do they do this? >> reporter: they can call it so-called virginity tests, carol, but it is sexual assault. these women, there were 17 of them. they were demonstrating in tahrir square around march the 9th, and they were dragged off by the egyptian military. here's what the women say happened to them. they say they were beaten. they were given electric shocks. they were threatened with prostitution charges. and then they were given these so-called virginity tests after being strip searched as well. listen to what woman had to say, carol. >> translator: they made us sign statements declaring whether or not we were virgins. during the test, no one was standing except for a woman and a male doctor. six soldiers were standing behind us and watching the back side of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. >> reporter: the outrage too is over the warpd logic the army is giving here. they're saying they basically did these so-called virg

previously unified on the sleeve square through a common enemy barak's resignation so egyptian muslims and christians turn on each other. we want justice we want equal rights. in institutions in businesses police and army and in politics. for centuries the coptic christian minority has felt discriminated in a country dominated by eighteen million muslims the revolutionary euphoria has brought in a desire for change. people have to sit freedom and they like it now we are kind of fed up with the situation. tensions in the past month have left us and skewed schools injured and several churches burned his muslim woman and her entire family have been welcoming liberation and to her twenty four year old son was. killed in the street by a greek thrown during sectarian clashes in nevada and northern flashpoint as the use of simmering religious tension boil over. we know mubarak was a dictator maybe he was corrupt with the police who have been able to sleep and our children were alive we never saw the before we couldn't have even imagine something like this happening yes from this point of view

the program with me kevin oh in a revolution unrest hosni mubarak's regime may have gone but are egyptians really rejoicing in life after post revolution we try and assess and find out if britain can resist the strong scottish calls for freedom. in georgia riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protests the opposition have rallied for a second day now in the capital tbilisi about a president saakashvili steps opposition leaders say hundreds of people have so far been arrested one of georgia's opposition parties called the twenty fifth of may a day of rage designed to force the government to resign saturday thousands marched from georgian cities to say they've been robbed of their freedoms and presence in the whole region. according to opposition groups thirteen people were injured and several detained this police raided one of their offices in the middle of the night opposition leader you know budget now this is the government's prison on actions the revolt in motion. evolution is building on we've got and it's not like the government began with a cha