CAIRO [MENL] -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned that the Middle
East, including Israel, is heading toward destruction.Mubarak said the region is sliding into war that could involve weapons
of mass destruction. The Egyptian president said he relayed the warning to
the United States and American Jewish leaders.In an interview to the Beirut-based A-Safir daily, Mubarak said the
continuation of the Israeli-Palestinian war could lead to regional war. He
portrayed a scenario in which Israel would assassinate Palestinian Authority
Chairman
Yasser Arafat, a move that would spark first anarchy and then revenge."I have no doubt that the people's patience will run out and this will
force governments to engage in arms race, with the goal to acquire weapons
of mass destruction," Mubarak said. "Biological weapons -- even a test
tube of germs can destroy an entire nation -- chemical weapons and nuclear
weapons can be brought in suitcases from the former Soviet Union.""Then the entire region, including Israel, is liable to be annihilated,"
Mubarak added.
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