Facing tenacious uprisings, the leaders of Syria, Libya and Yemen must have thought of their own possible fates when they saw their one-time peer Hosni Mubarak in a defendants cage, on trial for charges that could carry a death sentence.
For the three authoritarian Arab leaders, the choices are limited: Cling to power at any cost, negotiate immunity or find a foreign haven.
All those options make it harder to resolve their countries’ turmoil peacefully.
(For more on this, please see: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Analysis/2011/Aug-05/Mubarak-moral-to-Arab-rulers-Fight-hard.ashx#ixzz1UL0xUiBJ)
Last Updated: Sun Aug 07, 2011 13:43 pm (KSA) 10:43 am (GMT)
From the Daily Star Lebanon: Mubarak moral to Arab rulers: Fight hard
Sunday, 07 August 2011
Alaa (L) and Gamal Mubarak (R) stand either side of their father, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, during their trial at the Police Academy in Cairo. (File Photo)
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