TOPICS > Politics  Mosque Incident in Jerusalem  December 22,
2003 at 12:00 AM EDT   MARGARET WARNER: Today’s assault on
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher drew immediate
condemnations from both the Israeli and Palestinian prime
ministers. A former ambassador to Washington, who as a young
diplomat accompanied Anwar Sadat to Camp David, Maher has been
working with the U.S. to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace
process.  For more on what happened today, we go to “New York
times” correspondent Greg Myre in Jerusalem. Greg, welcome.
There have been a lot of conflicting reports about what happened
today. What can you tell us about how this incident unfolded?
GREG MYRE: The Egyptian foreign minister, Mr. Maher, had just
wrapped up some discussion with the Israelis. He went up to the
noble sanctuary and went into the al-Aqsa mosque, and as he went
in, he was immediately assaulted.  People started shouting,
“traitor!” And “go back to Sharon!” And people also threw shoes
at him. He had an entourage that was jost