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2008-04-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Egyptian security forces deployed on border with Gaza

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Posted by tu3031 2008-04-09 12:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Palestinian witnesses in the Gaza Strip said they saw increased numbers of Egyptian security forces deployed on the border, including snipers on Rafah rooftops and police with dogs patrolling the frontier. Armoured personnel carriers could also be seen on the Egyptian side, the witnesses said.

Egypt "will not take lightly the protection of its frontiers against any attempt to violate them, no matter who they are," the official MENA news agency quoted an official it did not identify as saying."Egypt's borders are a red line you cannot cross," the official said. "Egypt is capable of responding to any attempt to violate its frontiers."

On Tuesday, Khalil al-Hayya, a senior member of Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, said that "all options are open to break the siege" by Israel."I expect that what will happen next will be greater than what happened before, not only against the Egyptian border, but against all the crossings," Hayya said.

The Egyptian foreign ministry issued a statement expressing "profound amazement" at the breach threats."These statements are unacceptable and in flagrant contradiction with efforts Egypt has made to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip and reach a truce allowing Palestinians from Gaza to live a normal life," it said."Any attempt to violate the sovereignty of Egypt's frontiers by force or ... illegally will be dealt with seriously and with appropriate firmness," it said, adding that any breach would damage the Palestinian cause.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-09 13:40|| 2008-04-09 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Methinks REDDIT + TOPIX are more concise > CAN TROUBLED EGYPT FEED THE PALESTINIANS?

*REDDIT > VARIOUS - Egyptian protestors amgry over FOOD, FUEL-GAS, + BUDGET WOES, ETC. may number as high as 50,000, many of which are reportedly angrily, physically resisting Mubarak's security forces = crowd control???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-09 21:23|| 2008-04-09 21:23|| Front Page Top

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