Word: egyptians
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Teicher, a member of the National Security Council staff under Reagan, remembers an April 1982 meeting between Walter Stoessel, then Deputy Secretary of State, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. At the time, Iranian troops had recaptured much of the territory Iraq had seized in the first weeks of the war. At the end of the meeting, Teicher recalls, "Mubarak held my hand and wouldn't let go. He talked to me about the desperate situation Saddam Hussein was in, and the absolute necessity for America to find ways to help him. He wanted me to take his message back...
...ground war proved this. While the coalition achieved victory with a wide, flanking sweep to the west, U.S., Saudi, Egyptian and Syrian divisions struck north from Saudi Arabia. They pushed directly into the Iraqi fortifications where Saddam had wanted to see them. Even there, Iraqi forces put up little resistance...
...busy concocting an enhanced military defense scheme they call "GCC Plus." Two army components of approximately 30,000 ground troops each will probably be deputized as trip- wire forces to be stationed throughout the region. One will be composed of gulf and Saudi forces; the other will be primarily Egyptian. "Egypt has the experience, and it is willing," says a Kuwaiti aide to the exiled Emir. "In return, we will significantly help Cairo with its financial problems, and we will do the same for Syria...
...Palestinian question to gain the support of the naive "have-nots" as well as the naive "haves." Dear fellow Arab Kuwaiti (whether you like it or not), let's not fall into the jaws of the sharks you were talking about, the Arab authoritarians promoting hostility among Arabs. Egyptian papers attack the Iraqi people, Saudi papers attack the Jordanian people. Kuwaiti papers attack the Palestinian people and vice versa. You said that the Iraqis betrayed you and Kuwait when they invaded your country...
...failure of ordinary Egyptians to demonstrate against the gulf war also stems from a reluctance to be lumped together with other Arabs. Many Egyptians are so proud of their country's more than 5,000 years of history and culture that they are uncomfortable acknowledging any connection with their Arab brethren. Says Hoda el-Sobky, 19, an economics major at the American University in Cairo: "I feel pure Egyptian. We are originally pharaohs. There is no blood relation between us and the Arabs." A surprising number of ordinary Egyptians also seem to feel warmly toward the West. Said Abul Yazid...