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After yet another round of negotiations on Palestinian autonomy in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzlia, U.S. Special Middle East Ambassador Sol Linowitz flew to Cairo late last week to commiserate with Anwar Sadat. The Egyptian President greeted his "good friend Sol" in an uncharacteristically morose mood. Later that evening came the reason, and the shocker: Sadat requested an indefinite postponement of the talks, which were supposed to produce an autonomy agreement...
...Thursday afternoon, six of the team's C-130s rose from an undisclosed airfield in Egypt, where Carter's increasingly helpful friend, President Anwar Sadat, made no attempt to deny his nation's involvement in the American mission. Said Sadat later: "I have promised the American people that I shall give facilities for the rescue of the hostages and for the rescue of any Arab state in the Gulf...
...complained that the raid had "only tended to complicate the situation further and heighten tensions." The Saudis, among America's closest friends in the Muslim world, are alarmed at the prospect of reckless U.S. intervention in the Persian Gulf region. But Egypt's Anwar Sadat was quick to express concern for Jimmy Carter. Said the Egyptian leader: "It is hard luck, but it should not dishearten the Americans from taking more action to free the hostages." Jerusalem also sent words of sympathy and encouragement. Said Israeli Premier Menachem Begin: "It could happen to anybody. We have to join...
Jimmy Carter last week showed that he accepted this advice. Playing host to Israeli Premier Menachem Begin in Washington, a week after conferring with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Carter won an agreement that the two sides would keep talking, on an accelerated schedule, about autonomy for the Arabs living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. That was all: there was no break-through whatever on substantive issues -but then, Carter did not seek...
...very warm," and at the state dinner held that night in his guest's honor, Carter himself jokingly alluded to the admiration he felt for his visitor. "I'm thankful one man is not running against me," the President said. "How would you like to run against Anwar Sadat...