WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has again launched an examination of
Egypt's missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton held talks over the weekend in
Cairo with Egyptian leaders on a range of what U.S. officials termed were
sensitive subjects. They said the issues included Egypt's WMD and missile
programs and Cairo's cooperation with Saddam Hussein's Iraq and North Korea."All of the testimony and evidence found in Iraq have shown significant
Egyptian involvement in Iraq's missile and WMD programs," a U.S. official
said. "The issue has become too big to ignore without undermining the
credibility of the administration."In December 2002, the United States asked Egypt to grant access to
scores of scientists who were employed in Saddam's nuclear program. The
Egyptian
regime of President Hosni Mubarak did not cooperate with the U.S. request,
officials said.
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