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Iranian Plot to Kill Saudi Envoy in Cairo Foiled
[An Nahar] Egyptian security services foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Cairo several months ago, the legal advisor of the kingdom's embassy said in local dailies on Tuesday.Egypt "locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! three Iranians planning to assassinate the ambassador, Ahmed Qattan," Al-Hayat quoted Sami Jamal as saying. "Egyptian authorities informed concerned parties at the Saudi foreign ministry of the details of the plot, but the Saudi side opted to keep silent on the matter," Jamal said. The arrests were made three months ago. "Everybody was concerned that foreign parties would exploit demonstrations by some (Egyptians) outside the embassy (in Cairo) to attack members of the mission," Al-Sharq daily quoted him as saying. Questioned about the reports, a front man for Iran's foreign ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast, told news hounds in Tehran that the allegation was "absolutely incorrect." "Manufacturing such issues can only help divisions among Mohammedan countries and benefit the Zionist regime (Israel)," he said. In remarks carried by Egypt's state-run news agency ...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?... MENA, an Egyptian source denied that his country had locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! an alleged Iranian cell. Riyadh on Saturday recalled its ambassador from Cairo after angry protests outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo over the arrest of an Egyptian human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... lawyer in the Gulf kingdom. Saudi state news agency SPA said the Cairo embassy as well as the kingdom's consulates in the Mediterranean cities of Alexandria and Suez were closed. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-02 |
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