[Theo]

Those "Islamic worshippers" are demonized monkeys, leaping from branch to branch, swinging by their tails, chirping and chucking shoes. Little pestering monkeys.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

The FM used good judgement, he left his IDF security behind, no Jews allowed on the Temple Mount you know.

Egypt's Maher assaulted in Jerusalem

Egyptian FM attacked by Palestinians in Al-Aqsa, rushed to Israeli hospital.

	Bodyguards carry shoes which were thrown on Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher as he is assaulted by Palestinians while praying in Jerusalem's Old City December 22, 2003. Radical Muslim worshippers assaulted Maher in the al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday and he was rushed to hospital, witnesses, police and security guards said. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
	Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher is helped after he was assaulted by Palestinians while praying in Jerusalem's Old City December 22, 2003. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
	Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher is driven away in an ambulance after he was assaulted by Palestinians while praying in Jerusalem's Old City December 22, 2003. Witnesses said he fell unconscious after the attack but Israel's ambulance service said he was in good condition after being taken to hospital for treatment. (ISRAEL OUT) REUTERS
	Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher, right, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Monday Dec. 22, 2003. Maher met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other senior Israeli officials during his first trip to Israel in more than two years. He was in Israel in an effort to restart talks on the stalled U.S.-backed 'road map' plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.