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'Egypt unintelligently set Hezbollah up'
Egypt's security service is conspiring against Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, a prominent Egyptian political analyst says. In an article published by the Qatar-based daily Ash-Sharq, Fahmi Huwaidi said the reports circulated against Hezbollah in recent days were so 'contradictory' that one could easily rule them out as 'unfounded'. He accused Egypt's security service of launching a scheme to demonize the Lebanese resistance movement. In February 12, the daily ad-Dastur wrote that Egyptian security forces had arrested a group of youths including Sami Shahab, a Lebanese, on November 19, 2008 over supporting Hamas. However, later Egyptian press reported that the group was also plotting to stage terrorist attacks across Egypt to stir insecurity in the country. According to Huwaidi the Egyptian state-run daily al-Ahram reported that those arrested were planning to launch their "terrorist attacks" after Hezbollah Leader, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on December 28, 2008. The Egyptian analyst added that the group was arrested 40 days before Nasrallah's speech, an indication that Egypt's accusation against Hezbollah was baseless. Egypt has recently stepped up its rhetoric against the Lebanese movement and accused the group of seeking to destabilize the country. The allegations came after Hezbollah criticized Cairo for its performance during the 22-day Israeli war against the Gaza Strip. Egypt kept Rafah border-crossing -- Gaza's only border that bypasses Israel -- closed during the war which claimed at least 1,350 Palestinian lives. Cairo alleged that under an agreement with Tel Aviv it was bound to keep the crossing closed, although Palestinians in Gaza were in dire need of medical and humanitarian supplies. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-14 |
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