Threats of an impending US attack against Iraq today sparked a flurry of Arab diplomacy and reactions in the Middle East.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who sent his own troops against Iraq a decade ago as part of the US led Gulf War coalition, said there was not "one Arab state that wanted a strike on Iraq".
He warned the US against attacking Iraq "because of one or two individuals" at a time when Palestinian-Israeli violence is riling the Arab street.
"If you strike Iraq, and kill the people of Iraq while Palestinians are being killed (by Israel), this would lead to a dangerous situation; not one Arab leader will be able to control the angry outburst of the masses.
"There might be repercussions and we fear a state of disorder and chaos," Mr Mubarak said in the port city of Alexandria.
"Saudi Arabia ... clearly said it will not allow the use of its bases to strike Iraq," Mr Mubarak said of Washington's main ally in the region.
AFP