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| Egypt's Mubarak defends Gaza border barrier |
| 2010-01-25 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday defended the construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip as a matter of national security and sovereignty. "The works and reinforcements on our eastern border are a matter of Egyptian sovereignty. We do not accept a debate on the issue with anyone," Mubarak said in a speech to mark Police Day. "It is the right of the Egyptian state, and even its duty, its responsibility. It is the right of every state to control and protect its borders," he added. Don't tell Harry Reid that ... Khaled Meshaal, exiled leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement which has controlled Gaza since June 2007, recently called on Egypt to halt construction of the barrier. Hamas tries to rally Arab and international public opinion against the barrier, calling it the "death wall." Protests were staged at Egyptian embassies in Lebanon and Jordan this month. Mubarak said Egypt has plenty of documented information" that "rhetoric campaigns" to attack his country were organized in "a sister country," but would not bow down before "blackmail." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "It is the right of every state to control and protect its borders" Including Israel? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-25 19:58 |
| #1 Mubarak said Egypt has plenty of documented information" that "rhetoric campaigns" to attack his country were organized in "a sister country," but would not bow down before "blackmail." "Rhetoric Campaigns" Wow, the most creative thing I've ever heard come out of the mouth of an Arab leader that actually makes sense... I wonder if he's been reading Sowell's latest book. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2010-01-25 04:31 |