Egyptian Ambassador's Wife Slams Government, 'His Blood on Their Hands'

[ECH1969]

The wife of Ihab al-Sharif, Egypt's top envoy to Iraq murdered by insurgents last week, angrily lashed out at the Cairo government which she said bore full responsibility for her husband's death.

"The blood of my husband is on the hands of the Egyptian government," the wife, whose first name was not disclosed, told the independent daily Sawt al-Umma in comments published Sunday.

She also pointed to the Egyptian foreign ministry as one of the culprits as she urged for "the immediate dispatch of a search party to recover" Sharif's body.

She said her husband's death was "the result of settling political accounts with the United States and Egypt," without elaborating further. "Everybody knows what I mean," she added.

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[Cha]

1. Another victim

of bush's war.

[Vuem]

2. Another nail in the coffin of reason

The gov't is responsible, just as surely as it held the knife. Yeah, sure.

And she wants the same gov't to create a search party.

Okey-doke.

[NVMojo]

3. She's right! And Bush says he sleeps well at night with his God ....

who's that, Beelzebub?

:evilfrown:

[Solly Mack]

4. Yeah, I know what she means. Rendition.

[mom cat]

6. I thought the same thing, but I wonder if that is what SHE was refering to

I don't know enough about the situation, except that Egypt recieves the second highest amount of US foreign aid (read millitary aid) next to Israel.

[Solly Mack]

7. The two are huge military partners

Prior to the invasion of Iraq, the US military, along with a multi-nation force, lead an FTX (field training exercise) called Bright Star....Bright Star was the mock invasion of a country "like" Iraq.(urban warfare,"terrorists" were the biggies instead of "traditional" forms of warfare)

There really is no telling just how deep the connection and exchange of materials between the US and Egypt actually is - though I suspect Egyptians have a better idea of it than Americans do.

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. not to make everything take a selfish spin,

but I'm really concerned about this, seeing as how my son is leaving next month to spend the next year in Cairo. :(

[Roland99]

8. Until citizens of Muslim countries speak up, their gov'ts won't answer