Mubarak calls Sharon, thanks him for Maher visit

[JohnLocke]

Dec. 23, 2003
Mubarak calls Sharon, thanks him for Maher visit

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak telephoned Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Tuesday night to thank him for the "welcome and the successful meetings" held Monday in Israel with his Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher. Officials in the prime minister's office said, "The two leaders discussed ways to advance the diplomatic process in the region. Mubarak emphasized his desire to advance Egyptian relations with Israel and expressed his interest in helping to advance the peace process."
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Egyptian daily newspapers carried front-page stories denouncing the incident, along with photographs of a visibly shaken Maher being led through the mosque compound by police and security guards.
The semi-official Al-Akhbar carried the headline: "A criminal attack carried out by a group of Palestinians on Ahmed Maher at Al Aqsa Mosque," while the more conservative Al-Ahram blared across its front page: "Ahmed Maher saved from a despicable attack inside Al Aqsa Mosque after peace mission to Israel."
Ghassan Charbel, the assistant deputy editor of the London-based daily Al Hayat, wrote in his column that the attack was "a dangerous incident, hard to believe and unbearable."
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told Egypt's Middle East News Agency while visiting Kuwait on Tuesday that "we are sorry for such an assault, which could never serve Arab interests."
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's office issued a statement Monday denouncing the "irresponsible" attack, pledging that it "will not derail Egypt's efforts to achieve a resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks, with the effective participation of other peace-loving partners."

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[Jim Sagle]

1. Mubarek and Sharon - two constructive leaders, doin' the best they can...

to make the world a better place. :thumbsup:

Now if only Arafat would hop aboard the peace train. :-(

[Aidoneus]

4. bizarre choice of friends..

[JohnLocke]

5. Why is that, Aidoneus?

I think it is excellent that they are able to work togetjher to achieve peace. Three cheers for them.

[Darranar]

7. Perhaps because they're both brutal thugs?

And Sharon is not working to achieve peace.

[Muddleoftheroad]

8. So the fact that Israel can deal with Egypt and Jordan means nothing?

[JohnLocke]

9. Ah...the world turned upside down

Anyone working for peace is now a "brutal thug"?

[Darranar]

10. Er...

Mubarak is not a brutal thug because he is working for peace.

Sharon is not working for peace.

[Come Together]

11. But it said that

Sharon and Mubarek are working together; Arafat would be the 3rd wheel here.

[Darranar]

12. So?

I still don't see how sharon is working for peace.

I don't see building walls on other peoples' lands and refusing to halt the growth of illegal settlements as working for peace.

[Come Together]

13. so...

your message 10 does not agree with your message 7

[Darranar]

14. How not?

[JohnLocke]

15. OK...

On post #7, you say they're "both brutal thugs." :wtf:
In your later post, #10, you say that only Sharon is a "brutal thug." :wtf:

[Darranar]

16. No, you misunderstood me...

In post #10, I said that Mubarak is not a brutal thug because he worked for peace; rather, he is a brutal thug for other reasons.

[JohnLocke]

17. What 'other reasons'?

[Darranar]

18. Okay...

Egyptian Islamist Tortured to Death

Egypt breached human rights - report

Egypt antiwar protesters face sedition trial

88,000 Mosques, One Sermon

Mass Arrests of Street Children in Egypt

Egypt: Human Rights Developments

Egypt: Repeal Emergency Law, Abolish Emergency State Security Courts

President Mubarak: Do Not Sign Harsh New NGO Law

Letter to President Hosni Mubarak

[MikeGalos]

19. I think it's rather more appropriate

to state that the people who attacked a man on a peace mission in a place they claim is holy are deserving of the phrase "brutal thugs"

But, hey, I care more for peace than the biographies of the people willing to risk going there.

[Jim Sagle]

6. That's how peace is built - one bizarre friendship at a time.

:toast:

[newyorican]

2. Or...

I went all the way to Jerusalem and all I got was this lousey shoe.

[JohnLocke]

3. Heh-heh