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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/506367.html
Sharon: Egypt Must Do More to Fight Arms Smuggling
(Ha'aretz)Aluf Benn - Prime Minister Sharon told U.S. Secretary of State Powell this week that the Egyptians are doing more than in the past to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition from Sinai to Gaza, but it was not enough. "It is not enough to guard the 200-kilometer border and deploy troops. The smuggling has to be stopped in the mainland," Sharon said. He told Powell that his goal was to completely disengage from Gaza and have "neither responsibility nor blame." He also said that solving the smuggling problem will enable Israel to pull back from the Philadelphia route on the border between Egypt and Gaza, and will allow the reopening of the airport and sea port in Gaza in the future.