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Muslim Brotherhood Hearts Hezbollah? Egyptian Ambassador Invites Relations with Terrorist Group
2012-12-30
Signaling just how much Egypt has changed since President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood took power, EgyptÂ’s ambassador to Lebanon over the weekend suggested his country is warming to Hezbollah, a group the U.S. defines as a terrorist organization.

In a Saturday interview to Lebanon’s Daily Star, Ambassador Ashraf Hamdy said Egypt will pursue relations with Hezbollah, because the radical Shiite group is a “real political and military force” in Lebanon.

The Jerusalem Post is characterizing his words as a “dramatic policy shift.”

Russia Today is calling the announcement “a U-turn in policy” since in the past Egypt had accused Hezbollah of operating terror cells in its territory.

Hamdy’s comments are “the frankest yet on Egypt’s rapprochement with the party, and another sign of just how far ‘New Egypt’s’ regional foreign policy has shifted from that of the previous regime headed by ousted President Hosni Mubarak,” or so says The Daily Star.

The ambassador told the paper: “You cannot discuss politics in Lebanon without having a relationship with Hezbollah. It is a real force on the ground. It has a big political and military influence in Lebanon.”

He said Egypt’s new foreign policy posture is to pursue “tight” contacts, even with its enemies: “We are stretching our hand out in the proper, balanced way to all regional powers, but of course, we will continue to develop our foreign policy according to our interests.”
Posted by:tipper

#1  See also CHINESE MILITAY FORUM > FROM KALIFAH.COM [Khilafah.com]; STRATEGIC ESTIMATE 2013.

ARTIC = ...
- Hardcore Islamists have a "low opinion of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- MORSI regarded as a transient figure soon to be replaced by a more Militant Salafist.
- MORSI + MB have not presented any LT/GRAND VISION for Egypt.
- In their rush to placate the West + International Opinion, the MB + similar have abandoned all pretense of the Sharia + Islamic/islam-based Politics they proclaimed to desire while being persecuted by the Mubarak regime.

IOW, MORSI + MB may not be long for this world???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-30 22:16  

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