Word: cairo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...army. And notice that they called themselves the Group of Aqsa [after the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem]. To give you an idea of the importance of Palestine in the consciousness of the Egyptian people, remember that when the Israeli flag was raised over the Israeli embassy in Cairo, 1 million Palestinian flags were raised by the Egyptian people. You are losing your friends because of your unlimited support for Israel. You spoil this naughty baby, and this naughty baby will damage U.S. interests...
...them to his office to talk. It is expected that, in time, most of the 4,000 dissidents now being held will be released. Some Egyptians have observed that the country seems freer now than it has in years, though it is still under a state of emergency. Cairo newspapers, tightly controlled during the Sadat era, have begun cautiously printing articles about government corruption and other once taboo subjects...
Mubarak has dealt firmly with the country's Moslem militants without seeming to be vengeful. Like Sadat, he says he will not permit religious-based political parties. But Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo observes, "He is not doing things that antagonize the militants. He gives an image of being clean, firm and fair." The fundamentalists, in fact, approve of Mubarak's campaign against corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with...
...ruined by its wars with Israel. Without repudiating peace, he is expected to repair relations with the Arab states that broke with Sadat because of his overtures to Israel. One reason: Mubarak wants Arab investment in Egypt to help with his development plans. In similar fashion, he has tightened Cairo's military pact with the neighboring Sudan, begun diversifying Egypt's sources of weaponry with a new $1 billion contract with France for 20 Mirage 2000 fighters, and reasserted the country's fundamental commitment to the nonaligned movement. He has also taken a small step toward renewing...
...refuse. But the Administration is sympathetic to Egypt's need to modernize its equipment and its desire for faster delivery. U.S. officials hope to balance things out by giving Mubarak what he wants in development aid and shading his request for military aid, with perhaps some small increase. Cairo, however, does not want the price of its requests for aid to be pressure to sign an unsatisfactory agreement with Israel on Palestinian autonomy or, for that matter, other overt concessions that would make Egypt lose credibility in the Arab world. Says one Egyptian observer: "Many Egyptians think America stamped...