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tisdag, februari 01, 2011

U.S. envoy tells Hosni Mubarak to step aside

Los Angeles Times
Feb. 1, 2011
11:28 a.m.

A U.S. special envoy in Cairo told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that he needed to step aside and allow a new government to take shape without him but was rebuffed, according to Middle East experts who have discussed the matter with the Obama administration.

Frank Wisner, a former ambassador to Egypt who has good relations with the Mubarak regime, traveled to Cairo at President Obama's behest to talk to the Egyptian leader about the country's future.

Wisner delivered a direct message that Mubarak should not be part of the "transition" that the U.S. has called for, according to Middle East experts who spoke on condition of anonymity

--------------------LOS ANGELES TIMES

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