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July 10, 2005
Did Iraqi Officials Reveal Too Much About Ehab El-Sherif?
In an interesting article on "the killing of Ehab El-Sherif, head of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Baghdad, at the hands of Al-Qaeda in Iraq," Al-Ahram (The Pyramid) of Egypt made this revealing observation: Following his arrival in Baghdad, Sherif attempted to maintain a low profile to better facilitate his mission of building bridges with all Iraqi groups. However, last month Iraq's Foreign Minister Houchiar Zibari and former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told reporters in Brussels and Cairo respectively that Sherif would be upgrading his diplomatic mission in Baghdad to the level of an embassy.
"Egyptian diplomatic sources at the time denied the intention of Cairo to pursue an upgrade," the English language weekly said in its July 7-13, 2005 issue. "Sherif, an ambassador by rank, was instructed that the status of his diplomatic representation in Iraq would remain unchanged."
Did Mr. Zibari and Mr. Allawi reveal too much? Just asking. See "Cairo mourns murdered diplomat" for more."
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 10, 2005 08:59 AM
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