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Muhammad Sid Ahmad, addressing a Middle East forum, said that because Egypt's new president, Hosni Mubarak, is not Sadat, Israel will "need more guarantees" before it pulls out of the Sinai under terms of the Camp David accords...
...Mubarak] will be put to test," Sid Ahmad said, adding, "Sadat's test killed...
...East. Last August two Libyan jets fired upon (and were destroyed) by U.S. F-14 Tomcats over the Gulf of Sidra. Most important, Gaddafi is in the forefront of those Arabs who oppose the Camp David accords. That makes him an automatic opponent of any Egyptian leader, including Hosni Mubarak, who intends to continue Sadat's peace initiative. Says a British analyst: "There is an irrationality in Gaddafi's makeup that defies explanation, and makes it virtually impossible to correctly assess his policies by any normal yardstick...
...uncertainty swamped their syntax. Pointing out a prostrate figure in the first still photograph of the shooting at 12:02 p.m. E.D.T., CBS's Rather said, "It is believed, reportedly, supposedly, allegedly, President Sadat in the lower right hand corner of this photograph." Finally, Egyptian Vice President Hosni Mubarak in a statement at about 2 p.m. officially confirmed the news of Sadat's death. Shortly before 3 p.m., the shocking images of the carnage captured by ABC Cameraman Fabrice Moussos were transmitted by satellite on all three networks and made available to 120 foreign networks. At first, however...
...Egyptian President's funeral in the following days, they were joined by some 800 journalists, who set about documenting the still touchy aftermath of the assassination. But Cronkite and CBS held the edge a bit longer, delivering the first film interview with Sadat's successor, Mubarak. It was a masterly portrait of a strong adjutant struggling to fill the shoes of a giant, a mentor Mubarak admitted he is still unable to believe has left him. Many viewers felt the same way. -By Janice Castro. Reported by Janice C Simpson/New York