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Egypt Under Mubarak's 6th Term Is Heading Towards Democracy Or Chaos.

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*** Faith-Based Parties Calling For Peaceful Democratic Reforms Are Emerging Across The Muslim World As The Main Opposition; They Are The Needed Counterweight To Central Govts. And Without Them Autocratic Rule And Salafi Jihad It Breeds Will Remain The Norm In The GME

*** Prominent Arab Intellectuals Warn That, In Its Current Form, Shari'ah Is Not Eligible For Inclusion In Constitutional Law; They Say Its Inclusion In Iraq's Charter Gives Concern Over Whether This Is To Become The Model For A New Order In The GME Under Pax Americana

CAIRO - Expectations for Egypt's first presidential elections, held on Sept. 7, were never high and no one doubted the outcome: a fifth term for the 77-year-old president, Hosni Mubarak. But the process, marred by rules which prevented real competition, a wide range of irregularities on voting day, a secret vote count and poor turnout, set a low benchmark even by some regional standards. With 88.6% of ballots cast going to the incumbent, the result signalled Mubarak's intent to control political change more than his willingness to adapt to it. The final outcome would be either bloody chaos in Egypt or a post-Mubarak democracy.

Either way, the Greater Middle East (GME) will be affected and so will be the fate of American interests in this part of the world. The chaos scenario for Egypt is what the Salafi Jihadis, a...