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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (1709)	3/23/2002 6:38:47 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Mubarak to attend summit despite Al Jazeera report Also Saturday, Mubarak phoned Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to assure him that he would be attending the summit, despite an earlier television report that quoted Egyptian sources as saying that Mubarak would not attend. The Qatari-based Al Jazeera television station Saturday quoted "reliable sources in Cairo" as saying that Mubarak would not attend the Arab summit to be held March 27-28 in Beirut. The station reported that his decision was due to serious differences of opinion with Arab leaders on the stance that should be taken regarding Iraq. In addition, Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, denied the report. Lebanese President Emile Lahoud was also quoted Saturday as saying that Arab countries were united in opposition to any unjustified military action against Iraq. An Egyptian delegation sent by Mubarak has cancelled a planned trip to Israel, Army Radio reported Saturday. The cancellation came after Israel refused to promise to allow Arafat back into the territories if he left to attend the Beirut summit. The mission of the delegation - comprising his advisor Osama al-Baz and the head of intelligence - was to help Israel and the Palestinians in reaching a cease-fire agreement. Senior Israeli officials said in response that the reasons for the cancellation were unclear. haaretzdaily.com "I suggested I'll go to Beirut to talk to the Arabs directly about what might be achieved," the prime minister said in his interview. "I would welcome an American initiative to advance such a move." Sharon told the paper that he intends to present the Arab leaders with his own peace plan, which "comprised of three stages." The first stage would be a cease-fire as defined by the Tenet plan and the implementation of the Mitchell recommendations. The second stage would consist of a "long-term interim agreement granting the Palestinians territorial contiguity without naming final borders." The final stage would be the establishment of final borders to be "determined by the future relations between Israel and the Palestinians and in the spirit of UN resolutions... 242 and 338." A senior political source said Saturday that Sharon initially made the suggestion during talks with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney earlier this week. "Sharon said that he was ready to go to the Arab summit in Beirut to present Israel's views on the Saudi proposals. It is important the Arab states hear Israel's views," the source said. "Cheney took note of it... but there has been no answer from the Americans,"the source added.