[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 30 (Monday, August 1, 2005)]
[Page 1224]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks on Signing the Book of Condolence at the Embassy of Egypt

July 25, 2005

    President Bush. Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for having us. 
Laura and I have come to your Embassy to express our heartfelt 
sympathies for those who have lost their lives and our strong 
determination to stand with the Government of Egypt and the people of 
Egypt in rejecting this kind of violence and terror.
    The people who struck in Sharm el-Sheikh killed Muslims, innocent 
mothers and dads, people who were trying to make a living. They have no 
heart. They have no conscience. They have no ideology that is hopeful. 
And they have an ideology of hate.
    It was my honor to speak to your President, President Mubarak, and 
again reiterate my country's strong desire to stand shoulder to shoulder 
with the people of Egypt and bring justice to those who have killed 
innocent people.
    Thank you for letting us come by.
    Ambassador Nabil Fahmy. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mrs. 
Bush. I want to thank you both very much and very sincerely for coming 
here this morning to share with us in this moment of remembrance to the 
people who have lost their lives--Egyptians, foreigners--at Sharm el-
Sheikh over the weekend. I think your presence here, your phone call to 
the President over the weekend, and also the many Americans who have 
been in touch with our Embassy in Cairo, reflect the nature of the 
relationship that we have together, as two countries working hand in 
hand for peace and stability in the region, working against terrorism.
    As you are well aware, we were the targets of terrorism years ago, 
as you were on 9/11. And we continue to work together, resolute, to deal 
with this scourge, and ultimately, hopefully, to develop in the Middle 
East a region that is prosperous, stable, and secure for all.
    I'd like to see this occasion to thank you both and, through you, 
all of the American people and to reaffirm our determination to continue 
to pursue terrorism without equivocation--and determination and resolve.
    Thank you, sir.

Note: The President spoke at 11:52 a.m. In his remarks, he referred to 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.