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America-Egypt relations grow cooler

Their presidents hugged on the tarmac but the talks were kept brief another sign, perhaps, of the fact that relations between Egypt and America have rarely been cooler.

The strains with a longtime ally are affecting everything from Mideast peace hopes to the granting of foreign aid.

American President George W. Bush spent the night in each of the other five countries he visited on his eight-day Mideast tour including two nights in Saudi Arabia. But his last stop in Egypt was the shortest _ a few hours in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik.

Though Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stressed the importance of America-Egypt relations, Mubarak even joked that Bush should stay longer.

Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has accused the Zionist regime of stirring up American lawmakers against Egypt.

"Israel has succeeded on inciting the U.S. Congress ... into forcing some sticks into the wheels of this relationship," he said this week.

Rose el-Youssef, a daily paper close to the ruling party, published a series of anti-Bush editorials over the past week.

In one, Chief Editor Abdullah Kamal accused the Bush administration of orchestrating the aid bill.

"What happened in congress is nothing but a repercussion of the negative atmosphere over past years," Kamal wrote.

Mubarak, who generally publicly ignores American officials criticism, has struck a defiant tone in recent months.

In a nationwide speech in October, he vowed Egypt would not bow to foreign pressure, clearly referring to America.




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