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| EGYPT QUIETLY SUPPORTS HAMAS TAKEOVER |
| 2007-06-22 |
| [MENL] -- Egypt has quietly supported the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip. Western intelligence sources said Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing shipments of weapons, munitions and explosives that facilitated the Islamic takeover of the Gaza Strip last week. The sources said Egypt concluded that a Hamas takeover would halt or reduce insurgency infiltration in the Sinai Peninsula. "The Egyptians were in the picture as early as several weeks ago," an intelligence source said. "[Hamas leader Khaled] Mashaal discussed the Fatah strategic threat and said Hamas would stop [Fatah security chief Mohammed] Dahlan at any cost." In a recent telephone conversation with Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman, Masha'al said Dahlan and his allies were working with Al Qaida-aligned groups to undermine Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sources quoted Masha'al as saying that Fatah was allowing Al Qaida to infiltrate the Sinai Peninsula to facilitate attacks on the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 mhw, in agreement. It smells like bullshit, it quacks like bullshit... itsa bullshit. an intelligence source said Intelligence? I doubt there's any at this source. Looks like line hook and sinker Hamas prop op. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-22 16:55 |
| #5 "Western intelligence sources said..." Does Rodan ever have a scoop that doesn't involve anonymous sources? Not that it really matters to him, as long as his headline gets picked up by another rag "As reported". |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-06-22 12:14 |
| #4 Let the Egyptians provide food and water as well. These "Palestinians" were all Egyptian Arabs once the British left. Let them soil their own nest. But demand reparations for Israeli investment in infrastructure and upkeep. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-22 11:16 |
| #3 I call shenanigans. Somebody is buying a lot of Hamas BS here and I don't think it is the Egyptians (Omar Suleiman is known to detest several of the Hamas big shots). |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-06-22 10:10 |
| #2 Close the borders Israel. Let Egypt also carry the financial support for Gaza. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-22 09:04 |
| #1 OK, fine. Then remove the wall between Gaza and the rest of Egypt. Still support the takeover? |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-06-22 08:47 |