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PRISM Vol. 4 No 4 FEATURES 2 Egypt in Transition: The Third Republic By M. Cherif Bassiouni 21 Talking to the Taliban 2011 - 2012: A Reflection By Marc Grossman www.ndu.edu 38 Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action ndupress.ndu.edu By Nathan P. Myhrvold 57 Hybridization of Conflicts By Alain Bauer 67 Putting State Legitimacy at the Center of Foreign Operations and Assistance By Bruce Gilley 86 Rules of Engagement and Abusive Citizens By Amitai Etzioni 104 A Swift and Decisive Victory: The Strategic Implications of What Victory Means By Chong Shi Hao 118 Evolving Internal Roles of the Armed Forces: Lessons for Building Partner Capacity By Albrecht Schnabel and Marc Krupanski FROM THE FIELD 138 LESSONS LEARNED 138 Confronting the Threat of Corruption and Organized Crime in Afghanistan:Implications for Future Armed Conflict By Tim Sullivan and Carl Forsberg BOOK REVIEWS 156 Women and Wars Reviewed By Kristen A. Cordell 160 The End of Power Reviewed By Amy Zalman INTERVIEW 163 An Interview with Lieutenant General Mike Flynn Muhammed Ghafari Day of Anger Marchers, January 25, 2011 Egypt in Transition The Third Republic BY M. CHERIF BASSIOUNI n January 25, 2011, the Egyptian people took to the streets and in 18 days were able to bring down the 30-year corrupt dictatorial regime of Hosni Mubarak, using entirely Opeaceful means. That revolution set the Arab Republic of Egypt on a hopeful path to democracy. After Mubarak resigned, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) became the custodian of the transition. In June of 2012, in Egypt’s first free and fair presidential election, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi was elected President. Slightly more than 50 percent of registered voters actually voted, and those voters gave Morsi a majority of just less than 52 percent. Having won by this slim margin, Morsi was sworn in as President on June 30, 2012, and thus the Second Republic came to be.1 He was removed by the military on July 3, 2013 and a temporary President, Adly Mansour, was appointed on July 4, 2013. Thus began the Third Republic. The Second Republic Five months later, Morsi declared his decisions beyond judicial review, and thus his authority unchallengeable. In December, 2012, he pushed a pro-Islamist constitution through a popular referendum; it passed but with less than 30 percent of the popular vote. There was no constitu- tional way to recall, impeach, or remove Morsi. The path to democracy was taking a turn towards theocratic autocracy. The serving People’s Assembly (Majliss al-Sha‘ab) had been elected under a law later declared unconstitutional. Over 60 percent of the members of the new parliament were Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafists. To many both in and outside of Egypt who view the values of secular democracy and Islam as overlapping, such values were at risk of being compro- mised by an Egyptian theocracy ruled by the MB. The MB’s democratic rise to power, however, had to be respected. Regrettably, the Second Republic was short-lived. Insofar as there was no way for popular democracy to change the theocratic course of events, on June 30, 2013, the Egyptian people reacted in the only way possible, with their feet in the M. Cherif Bassiouni is Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University and the President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute. PRISM 4, NO. 4 FEATURES | 3 BASSIOUNI streets. In response to the general deterioration constitutional process in place through which of the political and economic situations, youth impeachment could have been pursued. groups launched the Tamarud (Rebel) move- Between July 2 and 3, 2013, the army ment, gathering 22 million signatures, whose intervened in support of the popular demand accuracy was highly questioned, petitioning that Morsi be deposed and took Morsi into for Morsi’s resignation. They along with other custody, selecting a new temporary president opposition groups planned protests demand- who was immediately sworn in. The majority ing the president’s resignation, a revocation of of the Egyptian people supported what the the 2012 Constitution, and a temporary return military did. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the 1971 Constitution until a new constitu- responded on August 2, 2013, from Islamabad, tion could be drafted, and new parliamentary Pakistan, stating that the military had restored and presidential elections held. Thirteen mil- Egypt to the path of democracy. Relying on lion people took to the streets calling for formal legality, the MB disagreed vehemently, Morsi’s ouster. Had a constitution been in holding that this was a military coup without place, an impeachment process would have legitimacy.2 The MB initiated a wave of civil been possible. The controversial new 2012 resistance, but also engaged in violence and Constitution provided for such a process in its disruption of public order. A number of vio- Article 156, but this could only be pursued lent incidents occurred; no one knows exactly before the People’s Assembly, which had not how many persons were killed and injured. yet been elected. Consequently, there was no The estimates are 3,000 - 4,000 killed, 20,000 Gigi Ibrahim Tahrir Square. November 27, 2012 4 | FEATURES PRISM 4, NO. 4 EGYPT IN TRANSITION - 22,000 injured, and 16,000 - 22,000 arrested. cAdawiyya, the other at al-Nahda Square. The Both sides accuse each other of initiating the protestors were in other locations in Cairo as violence, and there is no doubt that an impar- well as other parts of Egypt, and engaged in tial and fair investigation is needed.3 Instead, periodic public demonstrations. The two Cairo the National Council on Human Rights issued locations were converted into inhabited make- a report on March 16 blaming all sides with- shift towns with field hospital tents and phar- out much more. Then, another committee was macies, as well as cooking, housing, and food appointed to report on violations only since storage tents. Both of these camps had con- July 2013. Its credibility is highly in doubt. crete and stone barriers made of stone blocks Excessive force appears to have been used by removed from the streets. They became forti- the security forces and the military. The human fied areas. Traffic was impeded and the inhab- consequences were appalling. itants of these areas were prevented from These protests and demonstrations have accessing their homes and from circulating had a crippling effect on the life of Egyptians, freely in and out of their neighborhoods. and prevented the country from moving for- These two locations and other smaller ones ward. While such events led to some sympathy became small fortifications ready to face any for the MB and attracted support outside of efforts by the security forces to remove those Egypt, they galvanized more Egyptians to sup- on the inside. Both sides were locked in their port the military and security forces, adding to respective positions. The security forces warned the country’s already significant level of polar- that they would act to remove those who had ization and radicalization. Supporters of the occupied the streets and public areas because MB increased their fervor for martyrdom as they were impeding traffic and infringing upon more of their protestors confronted security the rights of the inhabitants of these areas, in forces, even establishing a brigade whose addition to disrupting the economy and order members donned t-shirts reading “martyr” in of the nation. Arabic. They prepared for a major showdown. These and other demonstrations, protests, This was in effect a big battle for martyrdom. and marches by the MB were held in the name The MB has always hoped to attract sympathy of democracy, calling for the return of ousted and support, both abroad and at home, and President Morsi and the restoration of the indeed acted with this goal in mind. The for- 2012 Constitution. There are valid claims on mer is very likely, while the effect on the latter both sides. The MB have a valid claim based is likely to be the opposite. on the legality of the processes that brought The month of August, 2013, was hot in about the election of Morsi and the adoption every sense of the word, as violence escalated of the 2012 Constitution by public referen- in Egypt. At dawn on August 14, Egyptian secu- dum. The opposition has a claim based on rity forces (police and army) acted to remove legitimacy that transcends legality, namely that the MB and their supporters from public loca- Morsi had appropriated all powers without tions they had occupied since July 2 following regard to judicial overview of his executive the ouster of then-President Morsi. Two pri- decisions; that he had mismanaged the affairs mary locations were in Cairo, one at the inter- of state; that there was no constitutional or section and public square known as al-Rabca other legal mechanism for his recall, removal, PRISM 4, NO. 4 FEATURES | 5 BASSIOUNI or impeachment; and that the 2012 retired administrative Judge, Amin el-Mahdi, Constitution had been rammed through a was basically “dead on arrival.” No initiative popular referendum after having been pro- was taken by the new Minister. duced by a committee appointed by a legisla- All of this did not help Egypt progress nor ture established unconstitutionally and whose address the country’s dire economic and social elected officials had been dismissed. problems. The military maintain that they do A negotiated political solution was urged not wish to retain political power and that internally and externally. Internally, then-Tem- General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi does not seek to porary Vice President Mohammad al-Baradei be a dictator.
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