Hosni Mubarak Quotes
A grotesque criminal and terrorist act committed by people who have no conscience or religious values. Terrorism must be handled without mercy. Egypt will always condemn the killing and terrorizing of innocents anywhere in the world.
Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, Condemnation of a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, Quoted in Al-Ahram (Egyupt), November 13 – 19, 2003
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Islamic extremists had killed thousands on Russian citizens and military men in Chechen, one of the states in Russia. At the time--before 9-11--Americans in the homeland had never been attacked by Islamic religious extremists as the Russians had. Some Americans were very critical of the Russians for using force and troops to deal with the terrorists and urged Putin to negotiate. This was Putin's reply. It was taken by many Americans as an unnecessarily hard line then. After 9-11, however, American views towards negotiations with terrorists generally resembled Putin in this quotation. Many Americans then developed much more sympathy with the Russian position on terrorism inside Russia.
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak was an Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.