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Gorbachev Does Not See War in Gulf : Mideast: The Soviet president says Moscow has no plans to send troops. Egypt’s Mubarak accuses Iraq of planning attacks.

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From Times Wire Services

Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev said today that he thought there would not be war in the Persian Gulf and indicated that Moscow still had no intention of sending troops there.

Just before a meeting with Omani Vice Premier Qais Bin Abdulmonim al Zawawi in the Kremlin, reporters asked Gorbachev whether he thought the gulf crisis, which began when Iraq’s armies overran Kuwait on Aug. 2, would lead to war.

“I don’t think so,” the Soviet president responded.

Asked if Moscow would participate if there were a conflict, he replied: “I think there are more than enough troops there. . . . The U.S.S.R. will fulfill its role to the end.”

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In Cairo, President Hosni Mubarak accused Iraq today of sending teams to launch attacks in Egypt to undermine its stability.

“Iraq is pushing forces to create a state of instability for us, strike at installations, throw bombs and use arms to attack buses,” Mubarak said in a televised speech to mark the 17th anniversary Saturday of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

“Iraq has been pushing forces. We caught them. We’ll arrest the rest,” he told a conference room packed with senior officials and top army officers. He again called on Iraq to leave Kuwait.

Meanwhile, a Soviet envoy carried a secret message from Gorbachev to Baghdad today, and Japan’s prime minister met with Iraq’s No. 2 leader in new efforts for peace in the Persian Gulf.

The aircraft carrier Independence--the first American carrier in the gulf in 16 years--left the waterway today after a brief show of force.

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