Former Interior Minister Habib El-Adly, said on Saturday during his retrial that the United States was responsible for the January 25 revolution against ousted President Mubarak and that the uprising was part of its “new Middle East plan.” El-Adly, who came to power under Mubarak’s rule, is being retried on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising alongside Hosni Mubarak and Mubarak’s two sons: Alaa and Gamal. The former interior minister told a Cairo criminal court, where he is being retried, on Saturday that the US’ plan had two parts. The first was approaching Middle East leaders with a democratic model and financial incentives to implement that model. According to El-Adly, if the leaders rejected then the US would accuse those leaders of being dictators. The second part of its plan was to mobilize youth in Middle Eastern countries by training he likes of Kefaya and the 6 April Youth Movement, teaching them how to demand their rights and democracy as well as how to rebel against existing regimes, explained El-Adly. El-Adly added that US trained youth to “learn democracy.” The former interior minister said, during his speech, that…
Jailed Interior Minister Accuses US of Orchestrating the January 25 Revolution
August 10, 2014
