Disqualifications Roil Egyptian Election   Pages: 1 2  The three
major candidates running in Egypt’s first presidential election
since the revolution have all been disqualified by the country’s
election commission on Tuesday. The decision has made an already
confusing situation impossible to predict as none of the barred
candidates have conceded their ouster and the possibility of
violence by their followers threatens the stability of the
country and the integrity of the vote.  The ousted candidates
include former Mubarak vice president and head of intelligence
Omar Suleiman; Muslim Brotherhood party official Khairat al-
Shater; and the radical Salfis TV preacher Hazem Salah Aboul
Ismail. The Muslim Brotherhood, in anticipation that al-Shater
might be barred from running, is fielding a second candidate,
Mohammed Morsi. He is not as well known as al-Shater and this
has dimmed prospects for an Islamist victory.  The
disqualifications add to the confusion and uncertainty
surrounding the election as the military h