Aswat Masriya (Cairo)

Egypt: Mubarak Moved to Military Hospital

Photo: Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua
Protester (file photo).

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was transferred to a military hospital on Thursday due to health deterioration.

The 84-year-old ousted president is currently serving a life sentence in prison for failing to halt violence during last year's uprising that toppled him.

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  • Indagano
    Dec 27 2012, 16:09

    I'm not one to wish anyone death, but instead of taxing the people to civil war, it's better before he dies, to extract the $70billion that fake wizard of oz (who used the accoustics in the pyramid at Giza to project a Pharonic halo), is said to have salted away. Furthermore, taxes or not, the 2million Egyptian children living in slums need it.

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