21. The Egyptian leader was not hurt in the shooting. 22. The Egyptian leader has never said publicly whether he would support U.S. military action against Iraq if Saddam continues to refuse access to United Nations weapons inspectors. 23. The Egyptian leader met recently with President Hafez al-Assad of Syria, Prime Minister Rabin, and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. 24. The Egyptian leader said he believed that the Iraqi leader is close to allowing United Nations weapons inspectors back in the country. 25. The Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak, has repeatedly said that the United States must be sure that it has the evidence against the suspects. 26. The meeting followed a longstanding pattern of Arafat conferring with the Egyptian leader at critical moments in the peace negotiations. 27. The Vanguards of Conquest, one of several militant groups, applauded the attack on Egyptian leader and vowed to kill him. 28. This week in Washington, the Egyptian leader has offered to broker immediate talks between Arafat and Sharon in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. 29. Toward the end of the Camp David talks, the Egyptian leader infuriated senior White House aides with his outspoken statements discouraging Arafat from making a compromise on Jerusalem. 30. Unlike the Tunisians, Egyptian leaders have also used Islamic institutions like Al Azhar University to give their policies a stamp of religious approval. |
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