Egypt says Arafat removal would be "terrorist act"
Reuters has a mildly strange article on recent comments from Egyptian President Mubarek. That Mubarek would consider Arafat getting the boot a terrorist act is perhaps no surprise. I have to say, though, showing him the door is hardly the moral equivalent of this. The exact nature of the "grave consequences" Mubarak predicted for Israel if they went ahead and removed the Palestinian leader are unclear.
What I found odd was this bit:
Mubarak's comments came in the text of an interview published by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1973 October War, when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise assault to regain territories lost to Israel in the 1967 Middle East War.
Israel's security cabinet decided in principle last month to "remove" Arafat after declaring him responsible for Islamic militant attacks on Israelis.
What I thought was weird - is it me, or is the '73 Arab-Israeli war generally referred to as the Yom Kippur War? I've heard it referred to as the '73 War, the fourth Arab-Israeli War, but never as the October War. And why was MENA celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of a defeat that led to the peace accords?
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