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An assault from all sides
A quick tour of clash TV
(cairolive.com, October 11, 2001) British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Cairo for a few hours early Thursday morning, meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, as part of a "parallel track" -- Egyptian TV's description -- to the US and UK's strikes on Afghanistan. Mubarak had already said quite clearly that he supported whatever actions the US was taking in its fight against terrorism.
In Doha, Qatar, Arab and Islamic foreign ministers issued a statement condemning all forms of terrorism as being against the precepts of monotheistic religions. Regarding the possibility of expanding US war plans, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said "there is a clear position against the widening of the circle to include any Muslim or Arab country."
At the same time, US pundits like former Secretary of Defense William Cohen were telling CNN's global audience that "We own the sky over Afghanistan now," and calmly predicting ground troops going in to the country soon -- sometimes even taking the scenario as far as nation-building with Taliban rivals the Northern Alliance once the troops had done their thing.
Meanwhile, over on Al-Jazeera, an interview with a former Afghan mujahideen official is turning into a shouting match. The official is eventually left to rant and rave with ever-increasing volume and vitriol about Arab and Muslim countries with close military and political ties with the US not doing their part to help his country.
A circle with four corners seems to be forming over the world.
Developing...
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