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| Egypt ready for war, but... |
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| sabri |
| 04/26/02 at 00:13:21 |
| [slm] Egypt ready to wage war on Israel ... for $US100 billion April 25 2002 Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said his country would go to war with Israel if Arab countries stumped up $US100 billion ($A186.32 billion) to pay for the confrontation, in an interview published yesterday. "If you want to undertake an action and be ready to face up to challenges, you need at least $100 billion," he told the Abu Dhabi Government's Al-Ittihad newspaper when asked why Egypt had taken no measures against Israel's military offensive against the Palestinians. "I told you we want $100 billion," he repeated in response to a question why Cairo had not expelled Israel's ambassador to Egypt. "Let the Arab world give $100 billion from Arab funds deposited around the world. Let it say to Egypt: 'This is a budget for confrontation. This budget is at your disposal. Undertake confrontation,' " he said. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Israel yesterday of going "beyond all limits" with its military actions in the West Bank, particularly in Bethlehem and Jenin. Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel and signed a treaty in 1979. Protesters in Egypt have frequently called for cutting diplomatic ties with Israel and expelling the Israeli ambassador. http://www.smh.com.au [wlm] |
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| Anonymous |
| 05/01/02 at 02:36:26 | uala Lumpur, IRNA -- The Malaysian Islamic Scholars Association of Malaysia or Persatuan Ulama Malaysia (PUM) Monday proposed that volunteers from Islamic countries be given military training to fight the Israeli army in Palestinian territories. "People who are prepared to help stop Israeli soldiers from committing atrocities against the Palestinians should be given the opportunity of undergoing military training in their respective countries," PUM president Abdul Ghani Samsudin said in a statement. The sufferings of the Palestinians in the hands of the Israeli army can only be stopped if Islamic countries joined forces and sent volunteers to help out, he said. Ghani said Malaysia would not be able to do much to help the Palestinians even if its soldiers get to serve as United Nations peacekeepers in the Palestinian territories. "What we fear is that the UN team sent to the area will be determined by NATO, the more powerful (Western military) alliance. "They will give importance to Western strategic importance and therefore our soldiers will sometimes will only serve as foot soldiers, implementing the things they had planned which can be unfavorable to Muslims," he said. Last week Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia was willing to send its soldiers to the Palestinian territories as part of a UN peackeeping force. BN/LS |
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