Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will travel next week to several Arab countries to gather support for an initiative aimed at convincing Iraq to allow back UN weapons inspectors and avoid war, a diplomat said Saturday, September 14. Mubarak will likely set out on a tour Saturday, September 21, he will visit probably Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, an Egyptian diplomat told Agence France Presse (AFP). The Egyptian president will also send envoys to other Arab countries, he said. "Our aim is to bring about an Arab initiative to convince Iraq to accept the return of the inspectors in order to avoid a war. It would be easier to make Iraq accept the return of the weapons experts if all Arab states jointly advise him to do so."
That was the way they got Iraq out of Kuwait in Gulf War I... Oh. Sorry. No, it wasn't. |