Cairo Communique: Egypt Happy to See U.S. Destroy Its Armed Opposition, Worried About Resentment on the Street

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: December 31, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

CAIRO COMMUNIQUE: Egypt Happy to See U.S. Destroy Its Armed Opposition, Worried About Resentment on the Street

Andrew Hammond is a free-lance journalist based in Cairo.

Concerned that popular anger could call into question their rule, Arab leaders like Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak are trying to strike a balance between support for America's war on Muslim Afghanistan and articulating the deep resentments their populations feel toward the United States because of its policies in the region.

While Egypt and other Arab states can rely on tightly controlled state media, things are not as easy ...

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