Word: mubarak
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...denounced the allied bombing that caused the deaths and called for an immediate cease-fire. Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali declared a "day of mourning in memory of the innocent civilian victims," while Sudan's Foreign Ministry called the episode a "hideous, bloody massacre." Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, however, sounded a different note. "It is inconceivable for a ruler to make propaganda from the corpses of his citizens," he said. "I am very sorry to see civilians dying, but unfortunately, these things happen sometimes...
Since Saddam Hussein seized Kuwait last August, much of the Arab world at the grass-roots level has divided into supporters and opponents of Iraq. But by far the most outspoken critic of Saddam has been Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian President has backed his rhetoric with muscle by contributing 38,500 troops to the allied coalition. What is surprising is that, contrary to some reports, most of Mubarak's 56 million countrymen support his stance on the war and have not fallen sway to Saddam's attempts to turn the conflict into a battle of Arab vs. West. Ordinary Egyptians...
Egypt's opposition press, which is stridently antigovernment and hostile to Mubarak's role in the coalition, has not chosen to challenge the public disgust with Saddam. Even the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, while calling the coalition's bombing of civilians a "heinous crime," has described the Iraqi regime as "hateful" and has scorned Saddam's efforts to lead a jihad against the West...
...after Egypt became the first and so far only Arab country to make formal peace with Israel, most of the Arab world broke relations with Cairo. Mubarak, who became President in 1981 after Anwar Sadat was assassinated, has concentrated on establishing a mood of moderation at home while mending ties with fellow Arabs. Of 21 members in the Arab League, all 18 that broke diplomatic relations with Egypt then have since resumed them. Last week Mubarak further demonstrated his diplomatic skills by playing host first to Libya's mercurial Muammar Gaddafi, whom he has wooed diplomatically for two years...
...Bush alone in such forthright optimism. Senators Daniel Inouye of Hawaii and Ted Stevens of Alaska returned from the gulf in December and said they had been told by military officials that a war with Iraq could be completed in five days. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saddam's expectation of victory showed he was "living in another world," and predicted his troops would yield within three or four weeks. While few others were daring (or imprudent) enough to offer a precise timetable, many military and civilian officials described the potential conflict as lopsided and brief. British Defense Minister...