Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's closest ally in the Middle East. Arafat, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader, gave a furious anti-American speech, the White House said it was Mubarak's call that convinced President Ronald Reagan to continue discussion with the PLO. When President Bill Clinton worried that Iraq would flout United Nations resolutions on...
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