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| Middle East |
| Egypt sez it likes Yasser |
| 2002-06-30 |
| Egypt threw its support behind Yasser Arafat and said Sunday that Mideast diplomacy should focus on the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks rather than attempts to oust the Palestinian leadership. Well, yeah. Of course. They've been very productive so far... Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher also accused Israel of "obstructing peace and stability in the region" in remarks after President Hosni Mubarak met Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and a delegation from the Senate Intelligence Committee headed by chairman Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat. "Egypt strongly supports the democratically elected Palestinian leadership and refuses any attempt to outflank it," Maher told reporters. "We have told all (parties) that that we support the will of the Palestinian people as it was expressed in the 1996 elections in which Arafat was freely and democratically elected. Next year's elections announced by Arafat will also prove so." The fix is in, huh? We guessed that. Wonder what Saeb promised them? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |