Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala, Egypt's former defense minister, who was once touted as a possible successor to President Hosni Mubarak, has died at age 78. Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported that the former field marshal died late Saturday at a Cairo military hospital from complications related to throat cancer. Abu Ghazala served as Egypt's military attache in...
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Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala, Egypt's former defense minister and a veteran of Arab Israeli wars once touted as a possible successor to President Hosni Mubarak, died late Saturday at 78. Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported...
By: Salah Nasrawi, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt - Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala, Egypt's former defence minister and a veteran of Arab-Israeli wars who was once touted as a possible successor to President Hosni Mubarak, has...