Bush Snubs Mubarak's Keynote and Mubarak Walks out on Bush's Keynote

Yesterday afternoon we were hearing rumors that Mubarak hadn't attended Bush's keynote to the World Economic Forum..., but there was nothing in the news... except on the crawl on 2 stations which later disappeared.  In the evening however, it was clear that Arab programs were given the green light to say whatever they wanted to say about Dubya... and boy oh boy..., Dubya was cut into pieces yesterday on TV by our main anchors!!  Nothing was left unsaid!  We knew then that something had gone wrong. 

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/05/19/50085.html


Egyptian leader walks out after Bush misses his keynote

Mubarak snubs Bush at World Economic Forum

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The heads of state addressing the opening session (File)

DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)

The presidents of Egypt and the United States appeared to snub each other at the opening of the World Economic Forum in the Red Sea city of Sharm al-Sheikh yesterday, press reports said, aggravating tensions between Washington and Cairo.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurated the meeting with a keynote speech, attended by some 14 heads of state and government, but not U.S. President George W. Bush, Egyptian daily Al-Masry al-Youm reported on Monday.

As Mubarak spoke, the seats of the American delegation remained empty. Laura Bush's seat, next to that of Mubarak's wife, also remained unoccupied, the daily said.

 

Laura Bush arrived with her husband one hour into the proceedings.

Addressing the forum, Bush repeated parts of the speech he gave to the Knesset on the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary.

According to Al-Masry al-Youm, Mubarak deliberately left the Forum's main hall after delivering his speech and did not wait to hear Bush's address.

Sources told the paper that Mubarak was planning to attend the opening session, but when he found out that Bush had missed his speech, he decided to leave.

In his speech, Mubarak lashed out at countries that promote using organic fuels while the world is suffering from a food crisis. Bush defended the need of these countries, among them the United States, to look for alternative energy sources when the demand on oil is becoming more than its supply.

The WEF Mideast conference, dubbed the Davos of the Middle East, brought together over 1,500 high-ranking officials, leading business figures, leaders of civil society and the media from some 60 countries and regions.

With the theme of "Learning from the Future," the three-day event focuses on scenarios that explore the impact of long-term global trends on the Middle East.

Incorporated as a foundation in 1971 and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the WEF is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid).

 

Posted in Submitted by Cherifa Sirry on Tue, 2008-05-20 06:52.

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dush wants to starve the poor to death AND keep his oil/war/theft/genocide-machine greased; Mubarak doesn't.

Grim Reaper | Tue, 2008-05-20 07:50

Bush was probably recovering from a hang over and slept in.

Or, he just was true to form and was being what he is, a major asshole.

Greg Bacon | Tue, 2008-05-20 13:03

starve and murder his people...

rob his country of its natural resources...

murder and rob his neighbors...

hold their economies hostage...

but never, ever, EVER make him feel stupid in public.

that's where he draws the line

and that's what he'll send millions of his countrymen to die for when the going gets rough.

bush is a megalomaniac.

mubarek is a egomaniac.

they both need to be strung up at the hague.

 

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qrswave | Tue, 2008-05-20 17:08

Bush was probably aslo hung over...lol...  which is even more of an insult to Pharaoh...

 

Cherifa Sirry | Tue, 2008-05-20 19:00

doosh purposely insults pharaoh to incite war! sorry i didn't know enough about moobarek to say that he cared for any1.

Grim Reaper | Tue, 2008-05-20 21:46

Since Bush is such a brain dead dyslexic nincompoop, he thinks that being Hung Over is the same as being Hung.

To appease his fragile ego, he keeps getting "hung over", thinking that he's some type of sex machine, since in his deluded mind, he's HUNG every morning.

There's only one type of Hung left for that mass murderer and i'll gladly supply the rope and even pull the trap door.

Let that gawdly evangelical see for his self whether or not there is an afterlife.

Greg Bacon | Tue, 2008-05-20 23:37

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