Bookworm on Feb 11 2011 at 11:24 am | Filed under: Egypt, Israel
In honor of Mubarak’s strategic retreat to Sharm El Sheikh, here is the anthem of the 1967 War, which saw Sharm El Sheikh end in Israel’s hands, a situation that lasted up until Egypt got it back in 1982, as part of the peace treaty:
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$3.5 billion is a lot of Swiss cheese. It’s been reported that Mubarak is worth (stolen) as much as $60 billion.
Question: Do we get a rebate? Should the powers that be insure that all bank accounts be frozen?
At the end of 2009, Egyptian deposits in Swiss bank accounts totaled 3.6 billion Swiss francs (about $3.5 billion), according to the Swiss National Bank.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/switzerland-freezes-hosni-mubaraks-assets-84981