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2008-12-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian 'students' give Egypt 48 hr ultimatum

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Posted by 2008-12-31 13:35|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Or else...what?

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-31 14:06|| 2008-12-31 14:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Look for efforts to destabilize the Egyptian government.

Posted by lotp 2008-12-31 14:11|| 2008-12-31 14:11|| Front Page Top

#3 They'll give 'em another 48, tu.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-31 14:11|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-31 14:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Or else they'll storm, occupy and/or burn the Gypto embassy, I'm guessing.

I don't think they'll try to destabilize the Gypto gummint: Hozni's thugs are very good at dealing with that, just ask the Islamic Brotherhood ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-12-31 14:13|| 2008-12-31 14:13|| Front Page Top

#5 We'll see whether and to what degree they activate proxies throughout the middle east and elsewhere. An Egyptian embassy outside of Teheran might find itself with a missing wall, maybe.

Depends on whether their intent is to look strong or to sow chaos.

Posted by lotp 2008-12-31 14:21|| 2008-12-31 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 They warned that if Cairo refuses to do so, the interests section will be closed.

Ah. Thank you.

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-31 14:23|| 2008-12-31 14:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Might be in response to this:

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit mocked the military records of Iran and the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim movement Hezbollah in an escalating war of words over Egypt's cooperation with Israel in the blockade of Gaza.

Aboul Gheit, in an interview with Egyptian television broadcast on Monday night, said Hezbollah destroyed Lebanon in 2006 and that its Katyusha rockets and rocket-propelled grenades were nothing compared to the Egyptian army.

Addressing Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, he said: "You are a man who used to enjoy respect, but you have insulted the Egyptian people."

The Egyptian minister also attacked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who criticised Arab governments on Monday for their lack of response to Israeli raids which have killed some 348 Palestinians in Gaza.

"It's as if hundreds of thousands of Iranians shed their blood over the last 30 years," he said, referring to the Egyptian view that its army bore the brunt of the suffering in wars with Israel for the sake of the Palestinians.

Egypt fought four wars with Israel between 1948 and 1973, losing tens of thousands of soldiers. In 1979, it became the first Arab country to make peace with the Jewish state.

"There are Iranian motives driving Arab parties to play in the interests of Iran," the minister added.

Nasrallah, whose guerrilla forces withstood the Israeli invasion of south Lebanon in 2006, angered the Egyptian government with a speech on Sunday calling on Egyptians to take to the streets in protest at Egyptian policy.

Aboul Gheit replied: "Egypt is big and strong and no one outside it can move anything inside it. Egypt moves when the Egyptian people and the Egyptian leadership ask it to."

Posted by lotp 2008-12-31 14:28|| 2008-12-31 14:28|| Front Page Top

#8 This is going to seriously put Egypt's collective nose out of joint. Already they, the Saudis and the Jordanians are rapidly losing patience with the Iranians and their antics, and have been secretly rooting for Israel and the US to kick seven bells out of them.

I think a good counter proposal to Egypt is that they might consider sending a substantial Sunni peacekeeping force to southern Lebanon. Which, of course, would put Hezbollah out of business for good and scare the poop out of the Syrians.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-12-31 15:08|| 2008-12-31 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 I s'pose Egypt vs. Syria would be about as even a match as Iran vs. Iraq back in the day.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-12-31 16:46|| 2008-12-31 16:46|| Front Page Top

#10 can you imagine the heads exploding from joint Egyptian/Israeli ops on Syria?

I get a Chris Matthews'-like tingle up my leg

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-31 16:57|| 2008-12-31 16:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Yup, the mullahs are ~~on the~~ offensive.

Posted by Darrell 2008-12-31 17:01|| 2008-12-31 17:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Frank,

Don't forget Jordan. Tequila and Triple Sec without the.......won't make a good Mar...

Posted by Poison Reverse 2008-12-31 17:59|| 2008-12-31 17:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Methinks the Persians are forgetting they're not Arabs.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-12-31 19:26|| 2008-12-31 19:26|| Front Page Top

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