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babylonsister

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 09:55 AM Feb 2020

Hosni Mubarak, Former Egyptian President Ousted in Arab Spring, Has Died

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hosni-mubarak-former-egyptian-president-ousted-in-arab-spring-has-died?ref=home

Hosni Mubarak, Former Egyptian President Ousted in Arab Spring, Has Died
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Jamie Ross
Updated Feb. 25, 2020 7:00AM ET /
Published Feb. 25, 2020 6:13AM ET
REUTERS


The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, has reportedly died aged 91. Mubarak ruled Egypt for three decades, from 1981 to his removal from power. He was sentenced to life in prison after being blamed for the deaths of protesters at the hands of his security forces during the Arab Spring uprising, but was released in 2017 after an appeals court cleared him of the charges. The BBC reported that more than 800 people were killed when security forces clashed with protesters in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities around Egypt during an 18-day uprising that forced him to resign nine years ago. He reportedly died Tuesday in a military hospital in Cairo.
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Hosni Mubarak, Former Egyptian President Ousted in Arab Spring, Has Died (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2020 OP
US and Western backed dictator is dead malaise Feb 2020 #1
And nothing of value was lost liberaltrucker Feb 2020 #2
Hehehe malaise Feb 2020 #3
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