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Egypt Quietly Supports Hamas Takeover


[Middle East Newsline] Western intelligence sources said Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing shipments of weapons, munitions and explosives that facilitated the Islamic takeover of Gaza last week. The sources said Egypt concluded that a Hamas takeover would halt or reduce insurgency infiltration in the Sinai Peninsula. "The Egyptians were in the picture as early as several weeks ago," an intelligence source said. "[Hamas leader Khaled] Mashaal discussed the Fatah strategic threat and said Hamas would stop [Fatah security chief Mohammed] Dahlan at any cost."
2007-06-20 01:00:00
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