Last August, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, he ordered his advisers to configure a secret report to the hottest spots susceptible to a possible revolt in the Arab world. As revealed by the newspaper 'The New York Times, Bahrain and Yemen, now at the start of these riots were the most ripe to rise against their governments.
Obama requested that this report will focus on Egypt and to find suggestions of how you might create a political change in Arab countries with autocratic regimes, even those that are valuable U.S. allies. "It became clear that Egypt was in the mind of President Obama," said an official who participated in the report and who asked to remain anonymous.
"Egypt is the anchor of the region and had many questions about succession in the country," he adds. At that time was toying with the possibility that former President Hosni Mubarak to resign in favor of his son Gamal. In addition, Obama's advisers felt that the elections were scheduled for November were all a farce.
In Yemen, one of the countries surveyed by the U.S. government, Obama was concerned about the country's relationship with Al Qaeda and expectant about the possibility that Yemeni youth to rise up against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh. The White House held weekly meetings with experts from the State Department, CIA and other agencies.
The process was led by Dennis B. Ross, senior advisor to the President on the Middle East, Dennis B. Ross, director of the National Security Council, and Gayle Smith, head of global development. The Government report kept secret for fear that if they leaked, the Arab countries to pressure the Obama, as occurred days after the riots began in Cairo.
In fact, with the exception of Egypt, the other countries were not detailed. Only known that one was trying to advance the change, another was resistant to it and the other two had strong strategic ties with the U.S.. Suggesting that it was Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Yemen. Obama also pressed his aides to investigate the popular uprisings in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia to determine what was working and what not. 
Obama requested that this report will focus on Egypt and to find suggestions of how you might create a political change in Arab countries with autocratic regimes, even those that are valuable U.S. allies. "It became clear that Egypt was in the mind of President Obama," said an official who participated in the report and who asked to remain anonymous.
"Egypt is the anchor of the region and had many questions about succession in the country," he adds. At that time was toying with the possibility that former President Hosni Mubarak to resign in favor of his son Gamal. In addition, Obama's advisers felt that the elections were scheduled for November were all a farce.
In Yemen, one of the countries surveyed by the U.S. government, Obama was concerned about the country's relationship with Al Qaeda and expectant about the possibility that Yemeni youth to rise up against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh. The White House held weekly meetings with experts from the State Department, CIA and other agencies.
The process was led by Dennis B. Ross, senior advisor to the President on the Middle East, Dennis B. Ross, director of the National Security Council, and Gayle Smith, head of global development. The Government report kept secret for fear that if they leaked, the Arab countries to pressure the Obama, as occurred days after the riots began in Cairo.
In fact, with the exception of Egypt, the other countries were not detailed. Only known that one was trying to advance the change, another was resistant to it and the other two had strong strategic ties with the U.S.. Suggesting that it was Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Yemen. Obama also pressed his aides to investigate the popular uprisings in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia to determine what was working and what not.
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