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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (5131)	10/15/2001 8:39:24 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, don't you know by now that it's all Israel's fault, whatever it is? Yeah... I'm juat a little slow, I guess.. But I have these "sharpies" like Mubarak there to straighten all this confusing stuff out for me: Like this little gem of his: Egyptian President Criticizes Israel The Associated Press Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001; 7:02 p.m. EDT CAIRO, Egypt –– Israel is a dictatorship and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon knows only war and slaughter, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reportedly said Sunday. Mubarak spoke in a meeting with Arab editors and senior journalists. His comments were reported by a participant, Ibrahim Nafie, the editor of Al-Ahram newspaper and the chairman of Egypt's Press Syndicate. Recalling his talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday, Mubarak told the editors: "My message was clear. We should not let Sharon kill and destroy, and that's why you see that there are attacks against me in the Western press accusing me of dictatorship. "The true dictatorship is in Israel, where the verdicts of the judiciary are not implemented and human rights do not exist," Mubarak said, according to Nafie. A frequent mediator between Israel and the Palestinians, Mubarak has toughened his criticism of Israel's leadership in recent months as the Palestinian conflict deteriorated. On Sunday, he repeated an earlier criticism that the Israeli prime minister puts security before peace. "Sharon doesn't know anything except war, killing and slaughter," he said. Under Sharon, hopes of reaching a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have evaporated, Mubarak said. He praised President Bush for his recent endorsement of a Palestinian state, but added this "should be translated into practical steps that include putting the peace process back on track." The president has given prominence to his pursuit of a solution to the Palestinian question, apparently aiming to mute domestic criticism of his support for U.S. airstrikes on Afghanistan. In an interview with Israel's state-run Channel 1 television, he said: "They have started in Afghanistan and if they manage to catch the terrorists there it will be a great achievement." But he said he did not think the United States would expand its attacks beyond Afghanistan, and said he has told Blair that Libya and Syria do not harbor terrorists. The State Department lists both countries as doing so. "If they attack Arab countries, do you know what they will say? They will say that Israel, or the Jewish lobby is the reason," Mubarak told Channel 1. "I don't think we want to get into such a situation." Mubarak went on to say that Afghanistan's rugged landscape made it unlikely that the Americans would commit infantry there. "I don't think the U.S. will come to a situation of using ground forces in Afghanistan, a country where the topography is so difficult," he said. Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of Mubarak's taking office after the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat by Islamic extremists. Human rights groups have criticized his government on numerous grounds, not least a failure to hold free and fair elections. © Copyright 2001 The Associated Press washingtonpost.com ************************************ And I thought that little comment about the US not being willing to deploy ground troops into Afghanistan to be a bit of disinformation.. Hawk