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[INDONESIA AND SUDAN TOOK THE LEAD]

MORE THAN 100,000 RALLY IN EGYPT AGAINST WAR: Subtle Control by Regime
ASTUTE HOSNI MUBARAK LETS STEAM OUT: SUEZ CANAL OPEN FOR U.S. Forces

The wily Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak knows his people well. There is a vast swelling up of anti-U.S., anti-war feeling in Egypt. If not given peaceful vent, support could well up for the Gemaa Islamiyya (with thousands of prisoners in Mubarak's torture chambers) and the Muslim Brotherhood (nearly a thousand political prsoners).

For weeks, Mubarak kept the demonstrations bottled up through heavy handed use of the security forces. Then on February 28, the first massive demonstration was permitted and more than 100,000 people gathered to condemn U.S. policies and to oppose the war on Iraq. It was a deeply emotional display of support for Iraq.

The regime is now convinced that an even bigger demonstration might be required to let the steam out which is building up against U.S. policies. The government party itself might lead the next demonstration!

In the meantime, Hosni Mubarak is cooperating fully with the U.S. and Israel. [He is paid $2.8 BILLION each year by the U.S. to control Egypt.] WITHOUT A MURMER and without discussion, Mubarak has permitted U.S. military shipping to pass through the Suez canal on the way to the Gulf.
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