Mubarak fired the first shots of the Yom Kippur war - Telegraph
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The ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was the Air Force commander in 1973, said he personally flew a fighter jet and attacked an Israeli communications base. The attack took place six minutes before the major surprise assault by the Egyptian and Syrian armies began.
The former President said his role was completely secret, known to only three other people, including former President Anwar Sadat. Five years after the war, Sadat signed the peace treaty with Israel which still remains to this day.
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Mubarak’s comments, made before his release in August 2013, seem geared to bolstering his image in Egypt as a leader who stood up to both Israel and the United States. A previous transcript of a recording published in Egypt in June states that Mubarak challenged US President Barack Obama, who pressed him to give up power during the 2011 uprisings.