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2003-12-23 Middle East

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-23 00:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah, that is it. Piss off your friends in Egypt, and the Arab League.

Posted by Ben 2003-12-23 5:17:43 AM|| 2003-12-23 5:17:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 " We don't need you and your deals! What? NO! Don't close the tunnels! "

Posted by Charles 2003-12-23 6:36:13 AM|| 2003-12-23 6:36:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya told Aljazeera that he was "shocked and furious" over the attack on Maher, whose country signed the Arab world's first peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

And that's pretty much the long and short of it. Nothing else will happen, and nothing else will be done about the incident.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-23 10:20:44 AM|| 2003-12-23 10:20:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 If Mubarak or his son (who will be the next President of Egypt) wants to take an anti Palestinian tack, he has an excuse to get the Egyptian street going in his direction. Remember Mubarak is known to detest Arafat and Arafat hasn't condemned the rioters yet.

Posted by mhw 2003-12-23 10:32:20 AM|| 2003-12-23 10:32:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting. While the western press tried to mask the identity of the assailants, calling them "Muslims", the Muslims themselves didn't have a problem identifying them as Palestinians.

I wonder if this is the beginning of disengagement of the Arab front line states from the Paleos.

Posted by Ptah 2003-12-23 10:47:19 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-12-23 10:47:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ptah: Personal Q: Are you using ancient Egyptian name as a symbol of something? Two quickies:
1) Do Egyptians see themselves as Arabs?
2) "Western press" in this context is al-Beeb.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 11:16:31 AM|| 2003-12-23 11:16:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Glen (not..)
I can't answer @1. However, the name of the Egyptian state is Jumhuriyat Misr al-âArabiya. [Misr means Egypt] So they see themselves as both Egyptian and arab but apparently Egyptian first.

Posted by mhw 2003-12-23 12:28:09 PM|| 2003-12-23 12:28:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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