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| Egypt beefs up security on Gaza border, fearing breach attempt |
| 2009-02-22 |
| Egyptian authorities have dispatched hundreds of policemen to the border with the Gaza Strip, fearing Palestinian protesters might try to breach it into Sinai, security officials said on Saturday. One official said Egypt has information that hundreds of Palestinians were planning a demonstration demanding that Cairo open its Rafah border crossing with Gaza to normal traffic. The officials said 400 riot police were deployed in the border region as a precautionary measure. "Why are the police here?" "It's a measure." "What kind of measure?" "A precautionary measure." < /seafarious> The Egyptian government has been criticized in the Middle East for limiting the movement through the border crossing during Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip that ended in a ceasefire on Jan. 18. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians stormed the border into Egypt in January 2008, defying an Israeli-led blockade on the coastal enclave, which is ruled by the Islamist militant group Hamas. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Now why would the Egyptians want ANOTHER religious headache? Isn't the Copt/Muslim friction enough? I don't blame Egypt one bit for wanting that cesspool their responsibility again. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-22 19:04 |
| #3 Now you're catching on, #2 P. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-22 12:04 |
| #2 Nobody likes us :( |
| Posted by: Palestinian 2009-02-22 04:53 |
| #1 This problem is easily solved by Egypt. Accept Gaza BACK into Egypt from whence it came (via another Arab war against Israel) and they won't have to worry about a breach, as there'd be no border. Even Egypt wouldn't have a fortified border around part of their own country - would they? Maybe they also like to publicly explain - in Arabic as well as English - why they don't want Gaza back. Who wouldn't want to welcome their |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-22 00:57 |