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SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT 27/07/1995 EGYPTIAN AND SAUDI RIFT WIDENS Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt have worsened in recent weeks because of their opposing views on Moslem fundamentalism. Ever [...]
EGYPT 13/07/1995 13 ON EGYPT'S "TERRORIST" BLACKLIST In the wake of the attack on Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia on June 26 officials from the Egyptian [...]
Spotlight FRANCE MIDDLE EAST 04/01/1995 CRUCIAL YEAR UNFOLDS FOR FUNDAMENTALISTS The new year will usher in an era of violent conflict across the globe between Moslem fundamentalist movements backed by Iran and both Western nations and conservative Moslem governments. Following the hijack of the Air France Airbus at Algiers airport [...]
EGYPT 14/12/1994 CIA BACKS THE "BROTHERS" During his visit last week to Egypt that took place in a highly charged diplomatic climate CIA director James Woolsey [...]
EGYPT LIBYA 30/11/1994 MAJOR BREACH OF ARMS EMBARGO One of the reasons for this week's visit to Washington [...]
EGYPT 30/11/1994 ARMY FEARS CONTAGION Egyptian defence minister Gen. Mohamed Hussein Tantawi dug in his heels against direct action by the armed forces in the [...]
Spotlight EGYPT UNITED STATES 14/07/1993 EGYPT: US STRATEGIC PARTNER? High-level meetings between senior officials of both nation's defense and intelligence services have been taking place over the past few weeks following the summit meeting between presidents Hosni Mubarak and Bill Clinton in late April and in advance of next [...]
Spotlight EGYPT 31/03/1993 A NEW ALGERIA? The discreet dismissal on 15 March of Field Marshal Muhammad Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala, former vice prime minister and former defense minister (until 1991), from his position of "adviser" to President Hosni Mubarak, represents what is probably the most visible [...]
EGYPT 08/07/1992 CIA AGENT TO BE RELEASED? After keeping a tight lid on the case of an Egyptian-American medical student jailed in Egypt as a CIA agent [...]
