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| Middle East |
| Mubarak to press Bush for timeline |
| 2002-06-07 |
| Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is calling on President Bush with an urgent appeal to set a timeline for ending Israel's hold on the West Bank and Gaza and for establishing a Palestinian state. We knew that... Bush intends to listen closely and assure Mubarak he intends to set guidelines for Mideast peacemaking, U.S. officials said. Mubarak's visit Friday is part of an ongoing review. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will see Bush on Monday, and the administration plans further consultations with Mideast leaders. At this point, a senior U.S. official said, the focus of U.S. diplomacy is on instilling democracy in the Palestinian Authority while helping to build the state Bush has already endorsed. "Instill democracy in the Palestinian Authority"? I went to the Moscow Circus once. Besides the guy who juggled cannon balls they had a guy who'd trained housecats to do handstands. It happened, but the cats didn't look happy... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |