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Source: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/980/op1.htm
Defending Egypt
(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Abdel-Moneim Said - Hamas operates on the assumption that it has the right to penetrate the Egyptian border whenever it wishes, no matter what the consequences and regardless of the opinion of the Egyptian government or people. Evidently Islamists no longer hold a monopoly on this type of thinking. Groups from other political shades have begun to parrot the Islamist line, exposing Egyptian interests and national security to grave risks, not least of which is the danger of being dragged into wars Egypt may not have wanted or had the chance to plan for. Stripped of all other considerations, what we have is a case of the smuggling of arms, explosives and other instruments of violence without the knowledge and approval of Egyptian authorities.