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Egypt on Friday disputed Israeli allegations of Syrian complicity in the bus bombings in Be'er Sheva on Tuesday, in which 16 people were killed, and said it was illogical for Israel to threaten to retaliate against Syria. "There is no evidence of a link between the explosions which took place in Israel and Syria," Egyptian presidential spokesman Maged Abdel Fattah told reporters. "So we consider that these threats are beyond logic," he added, speaking after talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. On Wednesday Israel threatened Syria...

Foreign Affairs NewsSource: New York TimesPublished: 1/22/01 Author: STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITTPosted on 01/22/2001 06:17:09 PST by Antiwar Republican Iraq Rebuilt Weapons Factories, Officials Say By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITT Agence France-Presse Allied jets still patrol zones in Iraq, striking if fired on. Iraqis cleared debris near the Saudi border on Sunday. Related Articles• No Honeymoon Likely for New President's Foreign Policy Team (Jan. 20, 2001) • Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs (Jan. 11, 2001) • From His New Perch, Powell Scans the World (Jan. 3, 2001)• A Higher Threshold for...

Javier Solana, EU High Representative for CFSP, couched his condemnation of the two suicide attacks on Tuesday in Rosh Ha'ayin and Ariel, but did so in the context of provocations, presumably by Israel. He said in a statement, "I would like to express my profound preoccupation at the latest violent events in the Middle East. I deeply regret that innocent civilians have become again targets and deplore the loss of lives. "While condemning all such acts, I call upon all the parties to show restraint and abstain from provocation. Everybody should exert maximum influence on armed groups to stop all...