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...Washington, the Carter Administration reacted with alarm and anger, fearing that the bombings could lead to a more serious unrest. At the U.N., the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the bombings. In every Arab capital, from Cairo to Baghdad, governments attacked Israel for its domination of the Palestinians. And within the West Bank, the local population reacted with rage. Strikes were called, but were quickly broken by Israeli soldiers, who ordered shopkeepers not to close, and in some cases broke open locked doors. When Mayor Shaka'a was moved to a hospital in Jordan, crowds of Palestinians...
Moving beyond the hostage crisis and Afghanistan, the Islamabad conference blasted the U.S., Egypt and Israel for their role in the Camp David accords and other "subversive measures engineered by the imperialist and Zionist aggressors" against the Palestinians. Muslim states were urged to sever all ties with Cairo, while Israel was denounced for the Knesset's preliminary approval two weeks ago of a bill declaring Jerusalem the country's perpetual and indivisible capital...
...accommodate the growing number of U.S. diplomats and advisers arriving in Egypt, construction will begin next year in downtown Cairo on a gleaming new embassy, complete with sweeping drive and reflecting pool. Although the State Department has not yet approved a final design, the main building will be at least 15 stories tall. The $43 million structure will replace the present embassy, a sprawling, overcrowded hodgepodge of half a dozen buildings...
...stands at 215 Americans, plus 315 local employees. But at a time when the fortress-like U.S. embassy compound in Tehran remains in the hands of Iranian militants, and the American missions in Islamabad and Tripoli are still scarred from last year's assaults, many staffers in Cairo question the wisdom of constructing an opulent symbol that could easily turn into a lightning rod for anti-American protests. Top aides to Ambassador Alfred Atherton argue that the building would represent a "blatant political statement," and some have already dubbed the proposed compound Tehran...
...State Department contends that the high-rise skyscraper, designed by a Washington architectural firm, Metcalf & Eddy, would serve as a more secure garrison in case of attack than the suggested alternative of clustered bungalows. Huffed one official at State, defending the project: "No one in Cairo has raised a palm about its potential hazards...