Successor jitters

[Hosni Mubarak]'s second eldest son Gamal, a businessman and avowed political reformer who holds a top policy post in the ruling party, provoked much speculation about his future when he entered politics three years ago. But he denies he has presidential ambitions, and his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession in Egypt. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister.