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

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (5347)	10/2/2002 1:00:39 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 32591

Egypt Regrets Joining US Coalition in 1991 02 October 2002 Most of the Arab press today expressed predictable outrage at President Bush´s signing of the appropriation bill which recognizes Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. Of greater interest, however, is a small piece by Abdel Hamid al-Sheikh in the Egyptian al Ra´yi which states that had Egypt known then what it knows today, it would never have participated in the anti-Iraq coalition assembled by Bush-41 in 1991: "Had it known that the US intended to remain in the Gulf, and that it would use the war for the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 as a pretext to exercise control over the region, Egypt would never have taken part in the international coalition formed against Iraq. It is obvious at present that the US prepares for war this time in order to serve the interests of Israel as well as to take hold of Iraq´s enormous oil wealth. Egypt is here urged to adopt a clear stance, indeed to strive to create an Arab coalition in support of Iraq."