President Saddam Hussein criticizes Egyptian call for Arab summit

The Iraqi president Saddam Hussein criticized the timing suggested by the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for convening the Arab summit on the current October 21, urging on an immediate convention of the summit instead of waiting for 20 days to take a unified Arab stance to confront the Israeli violations against the Palestinian people.

This came in a written message sent by President Hussein to answer president Mubarak's the Arab summit conference.

It will by the first time for the Iraqi participation since more than 10 years in an Arab summit.

President Saddam Hussein said about the Israeli threats to Lebanon and Syria that "the Israeli enemy threatens Lebanon, the Arabs, before new uncalculated events whether in Palestine or in Lebanon, assuring that Iraq will serve Lebanon and Syria in their confronting with Israel."