Is Egyptian President Husni Mubarak ill? Unidentified sources say his condition is critical

Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 17 Jun 2004 - 16:00 PDT


President of Egypt, Husni Mubarak, 76, has cancelled a scheduled meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya. Egypt's head of intelligence, General Umar Suleiman will meet Ouraya instead, along with Usama al-Baz, the presidential adviser. A Palestinian official, who asked to remain anonymous, said the meeting with Mubarak had been cancelled.

Yesterday, a London-based Islamist group said Mubarak was in hospital. Within hours state TV showed him talking to his Defence Minister - the TV station gave the impression that the footage was live. The rumour from London had said that Mubarak was in a critical condition.

The state TV went on to say that another meeting had taken place between Mubarak and an American CIA director, George Tenet. However, their get-together was not shown visually.

According to al-Magreze Centre for Historical Studies, Mubarak's health started to deteriorate on Tuesday this week.

Last November a speech had to be halted when Mubarak was taken ill. He came back to finish the speech looking noticeably pale and speaking with a hoarse voice. Officials said he had a bad case of flu.

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