US Obstructing Israel-Syria Peace
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Courtesy Of: The Peninsula
(Of Qatar)
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Web Posted At: 1/6/2007 1:45:44
Source ::: Agencies
Cairo • Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused the United States in an interview published yesterday of obstructing peace between Israel and Syria.
“I believe America is preventing (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert from achieving peace with Syria,” Mubarak told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth during Olmert’s visit to the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh on Thursday.
Mubarak did not elaborate on his reasons for believing the United States was an obstacle to peace. During the war between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah last year, media reports said the United States opposed Israeli overtures towards contact with the Syrians.
...“Bring the truth to light, if it’s just a (tactical) manoeuvre or true intentions. Check out which peace he (Assad) wants to achieve. Why say no to a peace offering?” he said. He added: “Now, when the president of Syria calls for peace, don’t imagine he will come to Jerusalem. That won’t happen. No Arab leader will come to Jerusalem until peace is achieved.”
...On Iraq, Mubarak said the execution had turned deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein into a martyr and pictures of the hanging were “revolting and barbaric”. Mubarak also said the timing of the hanging was “unthinkable” and that experts considered Saddam’s trial under occupation illegal.
In his first comments, Mubarak said: “No one will ever forget the way in which Saddam was executed. They turned him into a martyr and the problems in Iraq remain. People are executed all over the world, but what happened in Baghdad on the first day of Eid Al Adha was unthinkable. I didn’t believe it was happening. Why did they have to hurry? Why hang him when people are reciting their holiday prayers?”
Mubarak said he had written to US President George W Bush asking him to postpone the execution, arguing that it would not be helpful at that time. He did not say how Bush responded.
“Then the pictures of the execution were revolting and barbaric, and I am not discussing here whether he deserved it or not. As for the trial, all experts in international law said it was an illegal trial because it was under occupation. Also, there was a conspiracy to carry out the execution before the end of the year,” he added.
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