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Expressions of shock and tribute arrived in Cairo from Israel, where Prime Minister Menachem Begin said he had lost "not only a partner in the peace process but also a friend"; from Bonn, where Chancellor Helmut Schmidt spoke of his "bewilderment and horror"; from Tokyo, where the government called Sadat "a great gladiator for peace"?and from two men who had been more fortunate than Anwar Sadat. In St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II, who was struck by a bullet just five months ago, spoke of his "emotion and pain." And in Washington, Ronald...
...life you feared Anwar Sadat, but in death you must fear him more. For the memory of this good and brave man will vanquish...
...scarcely two hours after the fallen President had been pronounced dead at the Maadi Military Hospital, the Cabinet met in emergency session and unanimously appointed Vice President Hosni Mubarak as Prime Minister and supreme commander of the armed forces. It was Mubarak, a member of the "October Generation," as Sadat called the participants in the October 1973 war, whom the late President had been grooming as his successor for the past seven years. The next day the People's Assembly, Egypt's parliament, nominated Mubarak for the presidency...
...mere formality: Mubarak already had taken charge. The government immediately announced an official mourning period of 40 days and, as a special precaution, declared a state of emergency for one year, thereby prohibiting public gatherings and marches during that period. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Mubarak formally announced Sadat's death to the Egyptian people over television and radio. Said the President-designate: "Allah has ordained that Sadat should die on a day which itself is symbolic of him, among his soldiers, heroes and people proudly celebrating the anniversary of the day on which the Arab nation regained its dignity." Egypt...
That night, and during the days that followed, Cairo was calm. Eleven years earlier, its millions had erupted in frenzied grief after the sudden death of Gamal Abdel Nasser. This time, the city remained unexpectedly tranquil, perhaps because Sadat aroused a different kind of emotion in his countrymen, but also because the state of emergency left people uneasy about venturing into the streets. There were no roadblocks. No extraordinary military presence was visible except around a few key installations and buildings. Stores stayed open late as Cairenes shopped for 'Id al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice. Only...