[iwar] [fc:"Bullseye,"-say-Egyptians-as-they-celebrate-anti-US-attacks]

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Wednesday, September 12 2:50 AM SGT

"Bullseye," say Egyptians as they celebrate anti-US attacks

CAIRO, Sept 11 (AFP) -

Egyptian students, taxi drivers and shopkeepers crowded round television
sets stacked up in electrical store windows in downtown Cairo Tuesday
evening, celebrating a string of elaborate attacks on New York and
Washington. 

"Bullseye," commented two taxi drivers as they watched footage of the
twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York shrouded in plumes of
smoke after two presumably hijacked planes slammed into them earlier in
the day. 

Another Egyptian man, Gawish Abdel Karim, told AFP he was pleased with
the wave of violence in which another plane crashed into the Pentagon in
Washington, the heart of the US defence establishment. 

"Nice work," said Abdel Karim, who drives a car for an Asian embassy. 

"The Americans have forgotten that God exists.  They have us by the
throat and now they find themselves in a science fiction film scenario,
but this time Rambo's not there to save the White House."

Anti-US sentiment has mushroomed on the streets of Egypt and other Arab
countries over its widely-perceived support for Israel over the
Palestinians in the past 11 months of violence in the Middle East. 

As with other US facilities around the world, workers at US government
offices and Egyptian citizens were taking security precautions, with
only "non-essential" operations set to be covered on Wednesday. 

However, US officials said there had been no credible or specific threat
against US citizens or interests here. 

Abdel Karim hailed the attacks as "the best thing that's happened since
the October War," referring to the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war when
Egyptian forces made a surprise attack on the Israeli army across the
Suez Canal. 

"Mabruk! Mabruk! (congratulations)", shouted a crowd of people huddled
round the shop window. 

Egypt, considered one of the "moderate" countries in the Middle East, is
one of the United States' strongest allies in the region, being the
first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. 

But people on the streets do not necessarily see themselves as US
allies. 

"The Americans are cowards.  They use other countries to hit us.  They
don't have the courage to meet us face to face," said Khalil Matar, 43,
who works in a state-run soap factory.  "The myth of the indestructible
United States has gone up in smoke."

Polytechnic student Amira Ryad also vented her anger. 

"We saw the tower crash down," she said, referring to one of the two
towers of the World Trade Center, both of which were razed by the
attack. 

"I only wish (US President) George Bush and his dear little baby
(Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon had been buried in there too," she
added. 

Fellow student Murad went as far as speculating that the United States
was behind the attacks, "to find an excuse for the National Missile
Defence system" that Bush wants to deploy to protect the United States
from so-called rogue states, despite widespread global opposition. 

"Those people are capable of killing their own people to prove they're
right," he said. 

Egyptian President Hosni "Mubarak should know that the people can no
longer be humiliated, but of course he'll never declare war" on Israel,
the student said. 

Another taxi driver said he was going to make special prayers to thank
him for the attacks against the US. 

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