Hosni Mubarak 82, was taken ill while meeting prosecutors investigating the killing of hundreds of protesters and allegations of corruption, reports say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13053376 This will add wood and fuel to the Fire.
Nope, he has absolutely no intention of fleeing Egypt. To the Arab man, personal <b>honor</b> comes first, everything else is secondary.
Hosni Mubarek was a military man and knows a thing or two about other wrong deeds like corruption by Generals and other senior staff in the Egyptian military. This heart attack is just a combined agreement between him and the military in power. If he is pushed too hard, then he has the ability to speak his mind and bring other 'birds in power' down on the ground. Soon judge or court will announce that he is too ill to stand trial and be prosecuted and that will end Mubarek's chapter in the public life. He can finally retire in peace while counting atleast 100s of millions he made from 32 years in power. Egyptian military is a corrupt, greedy and inefficient entity. Prosecuting or removing one man will not relieve this entity of its nearly genetically rooted ills and short comings. Mubarek is gone but regime and doctrine of governance remains, so end of it all Egyptians have been fooled like most of the masses are in the political tides.
He is an egyptian not a sand arab. My limited experience of the cultures suggests that this might not be the case.
The sons of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak have been detained amid investigations into corruption and state violence, police and media say. The two sons, Alaa and Gamal, who had earlier been taken for questioning, are to be held for 15 days. Gamal, the younger son, was once widely seen as a possible successor to his father as president. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13058855 Egypt will explode once again.
I think those sons are in a serious situation. Any time you hear that phrase "it's just for a little while" (15 days in jail in this case), you should be worried.