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Middle East
Mubarak on border tunnels
2003-10-17
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak renewed his accusation to the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon that he does not wants peace. Mubarak stressed that the Palestinians will not accept striking the resistance organization Hamas or the Islamic Jihad movement unless there is a hope to achieving peace, noting simultaneously that the Egyptian authorities prevents the opening of tunnels in the Egyptian territories that lead to Palestinian city of Gaza.
Now, why would the Paleos dig tunnels that don't go anywhere? A tunnel with only one end is called a "hole"...
In a speech he delivered yesterday marking the Egyptian Navy Day in Alexandria, Mubarak said "Sharon does not have the intention to achieve peace," adding that Sharon "asked at the beginning of the former prime minister's government, Mahmoud Abbas, to halt terrorist operations for three weeks.
No, he didn't. He said for the PA to clobber the terror organizations. The Paleos set up the hudna, which Hamas violated. Remember the bus? I still do.
We have pressed the Palestinians 'to halt the operations' in order to start the negotiations. The (operations) stopped for more than three weeks. Eventually he (Sharon) showed he had no intention for negotiation."
"One little bus blows and he gets all huffy..."
Mubarak said that the Egyptian border guards prevent the opening of tunnels in the Egyptian lands, but that Egypt is not responsible for attempts to open them from the other side (Gaza).
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#4  Palestinians will not accept striking the resistance organization Hamas or the Islamic Jihad movement unless there is a hope to achieving peace,

Read: Palestinians accept Hamas and IJ striking the Israeli's but not the Israeli's striking Hamas and IJ.
Posted by: B   2003-10-17 12:45:57 PM  

#3  "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"... "Aswan, dirty nuke"...

Mubarak needs to be very careful of what he DOES. Israel will ignore what he says, but if he starts seriously interfering, and engaging in actions that will promote the destruction of Israel, Cairo may become a ghost town.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-10-17 12:32:59 PM  

#2  Mubarak said that the Egyptian border guards prevent the opening of tunnels in the Egyptian lands, but that Egypt is not responsible for attempts to open them from the other side (Gaza).

Weasel words. Has anyone contacted Chirac about possible Egyptian membership in his club?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-10-17 10:51:31 AM  

#1  That's right, Isreal is responsible for that. Thanks for supporting the Rafah incursion Mubarak.
Posted by: Charles   2003-10-17 2:09:04 AM  

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