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Byline: Christopher Dickey (With Stephen Glain and Vivian Salama in Cairo)
During his recent weeks in prison, one of Egypt's best-known bloggers, Alaa Abdel Fateh, had a terrible fantasy. What would happen to him if Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 78, the man he loves to hate, passed away while Abdel Fateh was in the slammer? "I'm sure millions are actively praying for his sudden death," he wrote in one of several postings that were smuggled out. "Normally I'd be happy. But now that I'm in jail it's a scary thought."
His nightmare scenario? That it would take months for order to be established, with who knows what result. The 24-year-old blogger wrote ...