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Mubarak blames Iraq for crisis; others in Mideast convene with war imminent



By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD

The Associated Press

3/19/03 2:17 PM



CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak blamed Iraq for the impending war Wednesday, while he and other Arab leaders prepared for a possible backlash among their citizens following a U.S. attack on Saddam Hussein.



Officials from Jordan met with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, and Iranian representatives conferred with Pakistani leaders to discuss the impact on their countries as the U.S. deadline neared for Saddam to leave or face military action.



"My hope is that the Iraqi government will realize the seriousness of the situation in which it put itself in -- and us in," Mubarak said in a nationally televised address Wednesday. "And that the different international forces will realize the dangerous repercussions of any military action on the safety and stability of the Middle East region -- as well as on the safety and stability of the world as a whole."



Mubarak pledged Egypt's Suez Canal would remain open to U.S. and allied warships.