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Beware of Omar Suleiman

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February 7, 2011
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The US positioning Omar Suleiman is unsurprising given he has served American interests for decades

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is narrated to have said:

لاَ يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ

A believer is not bitten from the same hole twice (Bukhari/ Muslim)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made it clear in this narration that the believer is not to be fooled more than once by anyone, and that they should learn from their past experiences in order to ensure that no-one else is able to maintain the upper hand over them by deception and sweet-talk.

The current push by the Americans for the Egyptian opposition to negotiate with Omar Suleiman should be considered in the light of this narration, so that the Believer not only reads the Sunnah but also applies it learning from its wisdom and guidance.

Since the beginning of the crisis, the American administration has been angling Omar Suleiman into position to carry out a “smooth and orderly transition”.

So who is Omar Suleiman:

1.     The Washing Post detailed Omar Suleiman’s ties with the CIA. He is known the be one of the prime CIA and American assets in the region – he has worked as a stalwart of the Mubarak regime for decades and is known as the most powerful intelligence chief in the Arab world.

2.    In 2009, Foreign Policy magazine ranked Suleiman as the Middle East’s most powerful intelligence chief, ahead of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. The magazine revealed “More than from any other single factor, Suleiman’s influence stems from his unswerving loyalty to Mubarak.”

3.    Omar Suleiman worked closely with the CIA on their rendition program arranging the offshore torture of several Muslims, and is reputedly fiercely anti-Islam.

4.    [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way.” From an article by Stephen Soldz, The Torture Career of Egypt’s New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program.

5.    Suleiman’s role in the rendition program was also highlighted in a Wikileakscable:

the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the written GOE assurances regarding the return of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo (reftel) represent the firm commitment of the GOE to adhere to the requested principles. These assurances were passed directly from Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Chief Soliman through liaison channels — the most effective communication path on this issue. General Soliman’s word is the GOE’s guarantee, and the GOE’s track record of cooperation on CT issues lends further support to this assessment. End summary.

6.    He has also been used as their point-man in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, particularly in the efforts to bring about supposed reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

7.    Uncovered documents published by al-Jazeera relating to the Palestinian negotiations expose him as an obstacle rather than a facilitator to the Palestinian cause, with his anti-Hamas stance further highlighting his enmity to anything remotely Islamic.

Given the long experience Muslims have had with this man, knowing his hatred for Islam and his history of torturing and oppressing Muslims while working on behalf of his American controllers, to co-operate or negotiate with such a person rather than calling for their removal as part of the Mubarak regime would be to fall into being bitten twice from the same hole – something unfitting for any believer or indeed any thinking person.

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2 comments

  1. H Khan 8 February, 2011 at 21:23 Reply

    “…once suggested that Israeli troops would be “welcome” to invade Egypt to stop weapons being smuggled to Hamas terrorists in neighbouring Gaza.”

    “In their moments of greatest frustration, [Egyptian Defence Minister] Tantawi and Soliman each have claimed that the IDF would be ‘welcome’ to re-invade [the Egyptian border region of] Philadelphi, if the IDF thought that would stop the smuggling,” the [WikiLeaks] cable said.

    The files suggest that Mr Suleiman wanted Hamas “isolated”, and thought Gaza should “go hungry but not starve”.

    “We have a short time to reach peace,” he told US diplomats. “We need to wake up in the morning with no news of terrorism, no explosions, and no news of more deaths.”

    http://www.khilafah.com/index.php/news-watch/middle-east/11222-wikileaks-israels-secret-hotline-to-the-man-tipped-to-replace-mubarak

  2. Saeed 9 February, 2011 at 20:20 Reply

    As soon as Mubarak appointed Suleiman as VP it was clear that he had appointed someone in his own image. Suleiman is just as big, or bigger, obstacle as Mubarak. Muslims of Egypt should not limit their call to the removal of Mubarak but the removal of his whole regime and the call for the re-establishment of the Khilafah. Those generals who have iman need to prove their loyalty to Allah (SWT) by providing the nusrah so Islam can be established and kufr defeated.

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