[Telegraph-UK] Tim Butcher - Egypt's secular, military leaders have been struggling with the Muslim Brotherhood since the 1920s. Militant Islam remains one of the most clear and present dangers to President Hosni Mubarak's rule. The links between Hamas and "the Brothers" are strong, deep and long-standing. Gaza abuts Egypt and in the eyes of many the Palestinian movement is little more than the "North Sinai Branch" of the Muslim Brotherhood. So just as Cairo needs to keep "the Brothers" in check, it also has an interest in seeing Hamas weakened.
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