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2006-06-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Report: Mubarak demands Hamas be expelled from Syria

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Posted by phil_b 2006-06-30 05:06|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 mubarak despises the opthamologist in chief

this looked to be a good way to make that plain

Posted by mhw 2006-06-30 05:40|| 2006-06-30 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds interesting, but I wonder if he's serious or just trying to look good.

Posted by grb 2006-06-30 07:16|| 2006-06-30 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Or he figures that if Israel and Syria start fighting then Israel may just decide hammer Egypt as well to avoid getting attacked in the rear.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2006-06-30 09:33|| 2006-06-30 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Hosni's as nervous as the King of Jordan, and for the same reason.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-06-30 09:53|| 2006-06-30 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I am so glad Tut is in the states, those barbarians would destroy everything given a nanosecond.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-06-30 11:00|| 2006-06-30 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe Suleiman will take some of the "magic dust" with him to Syria...

Posted by Danielle 2006-06-30 11:12|| 2006-06-30 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Guess this was just before his staff blamed the whole thing on the Jooooooss, right? Or is Hosni getting into that whole Paleo say 1 thing in Arabic/the opposite in English thing?

Posted by BA 2006-06-30 12:00|| 2006-06-30 12:00|| Front Page Top

#8 on the one hand hosni knows Hamas is aligned with the muslim brotherhood, his enemies in Egypt. Now Assad doesnt like the Syrian muslim brotherhood, but he seems to have Hamas enough under his control that theres no worries there. Hosnis not in that position. To him Hamas is Syria's agent in Gaza, against the Fatahniks who are Egypts friends, and Gaza is too close to Egypt not to worry about whos in control there. And yeah, the Egyptians and Syrians were intense rivals, even back when Egypt had a more anti-western govt under Nasser.

OTOH Hosni has to worry about the Egyptian street, and so Israels incursion is ALSO a threat to him, since it angers the street, and puts him in an uncomfortable position. But Hosnis realistic enought to know that the Israelis are serious about this, and that the US, and even the Euros, dont have the desire to really hold Israel back, as long as they dont go too far.

So for Hosni best way out of this is for Hamas to cave more or less completely, then the Israelis go home, and all is good again. And Syria has the levearge over Hamas to make that happen.

But does Hosni have any leverage over Assad? Im not sure he does.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-30 13:37|| 2006-06-30 13:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Egypt doesn't want to have to replace their air force again. Had to do it once in 67' I think.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-30 20:29|| 2006-06-30 20:29|| Front Page Top

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