U.S. Allies in Mideast Voice Doubts on Bush Peace Plan
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, both supporters of the United States, expressed uncertainty today about how to proceed, with Prince Abdullah stressing that the Palestinian people alone have the right to choose their leader.

Mr. Mubarak also appeared today to be uncertain as to how to proceed following Mr. Bush's speech.

"I would wish that the administration move to explain what is ambiguous in the statement to avoid interpretations that may contradict or undermine it," Mr. Mubarak told reporters in Cairo.

The Egyptian leader said he would send an envoy to Israel in an effort to halt the military incursions into Palestinian areas, which have put Israeli troops in seven of the eight main West Bank cities and cut off the movement of nearly two million Palestinians.

Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was reported to have opposed the call to oust Mr. Arafat.

"The kingdom rejects any intervention by any side in Arab internal affairs, and on top of it the affairs of the Palestinian people, who alone have the right to choose their leadership," the crown prince, the kingdom's de facto ruler, told the visiting Spanish defense minister, according to another Saudi official who spoke to The Associated Press.
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