The counter-revolution in Egypt

Meet the new Tantawi's Minister of Information:  "The appointment of Osama Heikal surprised many politicians and activists, who believed that the ministry, which had not filled the job for five months, might keep the position vacant. Many online activists and bloggers quickly highlighted what they called Heikal's "support" to Mubarak's regime through an article he wrote one day before the Jan. 25 revolt that ended with ousting Mubarak.  "I don't think that any devout Egyptian would want his country to witness a similar fate to Tunisia's [referring to the Tunisian revolution]. No one wants a clash between people and the regime. What we should understand is that people want change and the quieter those changes come the better this will be for Egypt," Heikal wrote in an editorial dated Jan.  4.

The editorial added that angry demonstrations represent a coup against "our values.""