No Arab Country Wants to See Iraq Attacked: Mubarak

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No Arab Country Wants to See Iraq Attacked: Mubarak

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak countered US threat to strike Iraq by declaring Tuesday that no Arab country wants to see Iraq attacked, according to the local MENA news agency.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak countered US threat to strike Iraq by declaring Tuesday that no Arab country wants to see Iraq attacked, according to the local MENA news agency.

The president said, "I do not think that there is an arab country that would want to see iraq attacked, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, or any other Arab country."

Mubarak was addressing to the students of Egyptian universities in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, where he meets university students on an annual basis to answer their questions on domestic and foreign affairs, MENA said.

The president said he had told the US administration that Iraq must not be attacked and its people must not be killed.

If Washington attacked and killed Iraqis while Palestinians were being killed every day, chaos could spread in the region, he warned.

No leader would be able to quell the popular outrage if this happened, he added.

While expressing opposition to military action against Iraq, Mubarak urged Baghdad to comply with the relevant UN resolutions and allow international weapons inspectors to return to the country.

"We have spoken with Iraq several times, and a representative from the Arab League went to Baghdad," he said.

Mubarak's anti-strike speech crested the recent Arab move against Washington's threat to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by all possible means.

On Monday, US Vice President Dick Cheney made Washington's latest call for preemptive strikes against Iraq, saying the United States and its allies can not risk inaction on the issue.

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