During the War on Terror, international strategy relied on intelligence officials from regimes accused of corruption and torture. Several of these spies and their families held large sums at Credit Suisse.
During the global War on Terror, international strategy relied on intelligence officials from regimes accused of corruption and torture. A number of these spies, and their families, have held large sums at Credit Suisse.
appearances, vice president omar suleiman makes the long awaited announcement. president hosni mubarak decided to resign as his function as president of the republic and hand over the responsibility of governing the country to the high council of the armed forces. reporter: earlier this morning, still enraged over the failure to step down last night, swarms of angry egyptians jammed in tahrir square. then they marched to the presidential palace. mubarak has already left for the resort of sharm el-sheikh. late together, leland vittert was in the middle of the euphoria in the square. this is an image of people who have incredibly done the unthinkable. who are you going to vote for when you can vote? reporter: the defense minister came to the square to congratulate the people. democracy advocate mohamed elbaradei said egypt has been liberated saying, this is the greatest day of my life. and the candidate that lost to mubarak in the election said he is looking forward t
quite frankly scared of the will of its people. reporter: officials predict many bumps along the road for egypt and the rest of the region? bret: more on this in the panel. mike, thank you. is this the latest phase in history book called wonders and political upheaval? correspondent doug mckelway takes a look back. reporter: an ancient civilization whose contribution, map, calendar predate pyramids. but egypt s recent history is a study in turbulence, beginning with the overthrow of king faruk, british imposed monarch and rise of the abdal nasser, a pan-arab nationalist who turned to the soviet union for aid and inspir ration. under nassar, egypt was humiliated in the six-day war with israel but remained in power until his death in 1970. he was succeeded by anwar sadat who attacked israel and