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To: one_less who wrote (51830)	7/7/2005 5:46:05 PM
From: SeachRE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Egypt is corrupt. It gets no respect. We need the CIA, FBI, British Special Service, etc to deliver. It's amazing that no significant infiltration has taken place after 4 long years. And this emboldens the terrorists.

To: one_less who wrote (51830)	7/7/2005 9:09:56 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

Let's watch and see if there is a pulling away after this assassination of the Egyptian. It could be better than that, Egypt may actually come out with a strong condemnation of Al-Quaeda. Egypt is westernized and influential with developing countries. Egypt Closes Baghdad Diplomatic Mission By SALAH NASRAWI Associated Press Writer July 7, 2005, 4:37 PM EDT CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt will temporarily shut its diplomatic mission in Iraq and has recalled its staff to Cairo, an official said Thursday, after a militant group claimed to have killed Egypt's top envoy in Baghdad. The announcement came hours after President Hosni Mubarak condemned the killing of the country's top envoy to Baghdad at the hands of Islamic militants. Egypt also asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to urgently address the issue of protecting diplomats in Iraq following the killing of Ihab al-Sherif. Egypt's U.N. Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz said he met with Greece's U.N. Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis, the current council president, to request that the council try to find "ways and means to improve the life and protection of diplomatic missions ... in Iraq." Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, the official said the remaining staff in Baghdad -- six diplomats and six adminstrative staff -- were ordered to leave Baghdad on Friday. Egyptian staff at the mission in Baghdad told The Associated Press they had not yet received any instructions from Cairo. Mubarak labeled Ihab al-Sherif's killers "terrorists" and insisted Egypt would continue to support Iraq. "This terrorist act will not deter Egypt from its firm position in support of Iraq and its people," the statement from Mubarak's office said. Al-Sherif "lost his life at the hands of terrorism that trades in Islam but knows no nation and no religion," Mubarak said. Mubarak's statement appeared to confirm his death, but neither he nor the Foreign Ministry said if Egyptian authorities had independent proof he had been killed. Al-Qaida in Iraq said in a posting on an Islamic militant Web forum that it killed al-Sherif, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street late Saturday only weeks after he took up his post in the Iraqi capital. It posted a short video of the diplomat being questioned, but did not show his slaying. Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc. newsday.com