Egypt, again taking another administrative turn.

Hosni Mubarak and Anwar Sadat

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:  This editorial by Fouad Ajami (The Foreigner's Gift, 2007) clearly and distinctly explains the place of Egypt in the modern world and its veteran leadership as they enter the arena of political maturity and face the dangers of anarchy in the 'near abroad' - the world of islamic influence, and the 'far abroad' - the western world as led by the United States.  Mr. Ajami writes here in appropriately incriminating prose on the subject of Ayman al - Zawahiri of Al - Q'aeda who was an Egyptian terrorist and then was involved in the assassination of Anwar Sadat during a 1981 parade ceremony.  Under Sadat, Israel had completed talks with Egypt to allow international recognition of Israel.  To see how important this was, take a look at the Hamas charter.  Zawahiri had other colleagues who were involved in the 1993 New York World Trade Center terrorist blast including another Egyptian, Omar Rahman.

It is noticeable by the editorial that the Egyptian regime is the origin of at least some violence on our Homeland and in conspiratorial ways.  On the other hand, Hosni Mubarak, the current Egyptian head of state, has effectively done away at home with the types of terrorist shenanigans that dominate the headlines in other international regions.  This bitter truth, that many arab terrorists come from different backgrounds in western - friendly countries such as Egypt is something in need of a remedy that will last like the current regime has.