Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday warned the U.S. not to expand its on-going campaign against terrorism to any Arab country, the state-run MENA news agency reported.
"The Arab people will not allow the U.S.-led military strikes totarget any other Arab or Muslim country beyond the borders of Afghanistan," Mubarak told Egyptian reporters accompanying him on his trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
"Any such acts would not be accepted by the Arab people. They will not stand aside and will confront such operations by force," Mubarak warned, adding that he does not expect any Arab country, Iraq, Yemen or Somalia, to be attacked.
He stressed that Yemen is even more difficult than Afghanistan for the U.S. to launch military operations.
Mubarak's warning came as U.S. newspapers have speculated on whether the U.S. would widen its anti-terror war beyond Afghanistan.
On October 7, the U.S. started military actions against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia for harboring Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect of the deadly September 11 terror attacks in the U.S..
There have been rumors that Iraq, Yemen and Somalia have held training camps for Islamic militants and the last two countries have close links to bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
( Xinhua News Agency 11/12/2001)
