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U.S. Not to Strike Arab Country in Anti-Terrorist War: Mubarak |
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MON, OCT 15, 2001
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday expressed his belief that the U.S. would not strike any Arab country during its ongoing campaign against terrorism.
"I doubt such possible attacks very much and have told the U.S. not to strike any country in the Middle East," the state-run MENA news agency quoted Mubarak as saying.
The Egyptian president was addressing a meeting of the general secretariat of the Arab Journalists' Union held in Cairo in the day.
"The U.S. address at the U.N. has created the impression that the U.S. might launch attacks against other countries in the Mideast region," Mubarak said, adding that he had told the U.S. and Britain that "Libya does not harbour terrorists nor own chemical weapons."
Mubarak's speech followed the statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher on Saturday that the country rejects any threat of military strikes against any Arab country within the framework of the current U.S. war against terrorism.
Egypt has "evidence and foundations" to believe that no Arab country would be attacked, Maher said, warning that any such attacks would bring about "dangerous" repercussions.
Last week, U.S. officials threatened to take "further actions" against other countries in its anti-terrorist war, causing concern over a widening of U.S. military actions against Afghanistan into any Arab state.
The U.S. and Britain last Sunday evening launched retaliatory air raids against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for harboring Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect of the terror attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and parts of the Pentagon in Washington on September 11, leaving thousands of people dead.
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