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| Egypt Delays Mideast Reform Conference |
| 2005-02-20 |
 Egypt said Saturday it was putting off a U.S-backed conference originally scheduled next month to discuss plans for political reforms in the Middle East, apparently over a dispute over the detention of a prominent opposition leader. Foreign Minister Ahmed Abould Gheit said the conference scheduled for March 3 will be postponed indefinitely. "The conference is postponed and a new date will be set after consultations with the countries invited," Aboul Gheit said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Er, not yet, .com. Egypt is a tinder-box sitting on a desert highway at noon on a hot day. Wouldn't take much for it to burst into flames, and we don't need that right now. Maybe after Babyface has been deposed in Syria, and the various generals in the Sudan have been hanged. Then we'd have Mubarek and his idiot son surrounded (Sixth Fleet to the north of course). And that's when we can tell him exactly how we want our money spent. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-02-20 1:37:42 PM |
| #1 So, about that $2Bn annual "aid" to Egypt... It can be "postponed indefinitely" - or simply aborted permanently. I'm sure there are 10 or 20 thousand other little nudge thingy's available in our one-sided "relationship" with this crew of thugs. Get real, go hardball. Mubarek's in no position to dictate - flip the tables and nail his ass. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-20 1:29:57 AM |