LAST Friday was the 25th anniversary — the silver jubilee — of the coup which gave power in Egypt to Gamal Abdul Nasser and his group of radical nationalin officers, And it war las Friday which saw the last few shots of the latest border clas between the two Arab leaders who contest Nasser's mantle — Anwor Sudar of Egopt and Muammar Gadaffi of Libya.
The fighting staried, it seemed when a Libyan armoured fore TOBRUK LIBYA EGYPT CLAIMS LIBYAN TANKS ADVANCED INTO EGYPT & WERE REPULSED alloum i These comines ani oings are not unusual, but th spoed and ferocity of the Egyp tian response was. As expocted the better-armed, . more ous and battle-seasoned Egyp tians had little trouble in pushing counter-raid several miles into Libyi, to Musa'ed The apparent resson for this egressive reaction was the acti Egypr. Sadat claims, quite plasly, that the extreme Muslim Al Takfeer Wal Hijra group was part of a Libyan plot to overthrow his Government. Musaid a Sollum HALFAYA FASS EGYPT atling his scimitar in the class manner to divert alicelioo trom internal opposition.
This comes from two quarters Firstly the growth of mass oppo sition to the Sadat regime, mos dramatically expressed food demonstrations which para nsade for the Arab bourgeois Sadat moves farther into line with American diplomatic initia tive towards Israel the threat of open class as provoked the opposition o dearly shown in the terrorist killings of reoent weeks SIDI - A briel military confrontatio comed a happy way out of both : BARRANI these prot But Sadar har also tried to afbet criticism of his sofress" towards Israel and Western cuatontest with Libyu, and Pakittan to see display the most brutally bigoted adherence to Islam.
In the same week that Pakistan in the Libye's Colonel Gedatti.
Duced still entering a gruesome Sawdi Arabia who can firmly enshrined in law. arounced amputation as a pen alty for transgression of the bol teachings, Saudi Arabia Introo more restrictions o women's rights and Sadat's Gon ebaly for abandonin the Libya SUPERSTITION Cadaffi's Libya already has an unenviable reputation as a state where the most backward and benighted superstition is Arab islamic crusade, as much as Gadaffi's extreme