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The Anti-Hamas Alliance Gathers

[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - The four leaders who met in Sharm e-Sheikh on Monday all have one common enemy: Hamas. Egyptian and Jordanian journalists said their governments were not afraid of Hamas as much as they were afraid of Iran. "It's widely believed that the Iranians were behind the Hamas coup," said a Jordanian newspaper correspondent. "Our government is convinced that Iran is trying to overthrow pro-Western regimes in the Arab world." An Egyptian journalist said Mubarak was "furious" when he heard that Hamas militiamen had received training in Iran and other Islamic countries. Abdel Bari Atwan, the Palestinian editor of the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, said Monday's summit was part of an unprecedented effort to create an Israeli-Arab alliance against Hamas. He said the new alliance was the first step toward confronting the bigger threat: Iran and its major Arab ally, Syria.
2007-06-26 01:00:00
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