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>>>>Egypt's current parliament is dominated by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted on Friday after 18 days of mass protests.
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>>>>A statement was read out on state TV on Sunday from the higher military council, saying it would suspend the constitution and set up a committee to draft a new one, before submitting it to a popular referendum.
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>>>>The current constitution has prevented many parties and groups from standing in elections, leaving Egypt with a parliament packed with supporters of the National Democratic Party, loyal to Mr Mubarak.
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>>>>Our correspondent says the new announcement means elections could be held in July or August, instead of in September as planned.
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>>>>Military statement
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>>>>By making another important statement and providing more details of how the future state will look, he adds, the military should satisfy protesters still sceptical about the pace of change.
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>>>That didn't take so long then did it.
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>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/egyptian-army-hijacking-revolution-fear
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>>It's starting to raise more red flags:
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>>Egyptian democracy advocate critical of military
>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt
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>>However, according to President Jimmy Carter, there is nothing to be concerned about:
>>http://www.statesman.com/news/local/carter-says-egyptian-military-likely-to-obey-will-1256980.html
>>(and we all know he is the expert :o)
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>>And now some information on other areas:
>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_protests
>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests
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>be interesting to see how baharan plays in washington as its a key US military base in the area.

If we pull all troops out of Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait (the others are so small as to be insignificant other than just political), then Ahmadinejad's view will have come to pass. (Not counting Afghanistan and Iraq as they have "elections")