sadat



The succesor of Nassar, Anwar Sadat, was the first Arab leader to make peace with the Jews in Isreal. He stoped the war blood shead, exchaged peace for the Sinia Pennisula, and got ride of socialosm in Eygpt. He also made an "open door" polisy. Sadatsupported private industry and acceptedforiegn investment. He took Eygpt into new foriegn affairsand won the Nobel Peace Prize. Unfortunately, he lost his only brother and his friend who worked for a news paper during his strive for peace. Before he became president, he was a soilder and police offiser. Sadat used to support the wars between Eygpt and Isreal, but the death of his brother changed his mind to support peace. Anwar Sadat was assassignated in 1981 by Muslim extremist disgued like soilders.

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