Thursday, April 9, 2009

Egypt planning

Egypt's state prosecutor on Wednesday accused the Lebanese Shiite militant movement Hezbollah of plotting to carry out attacks inside the country and spreading Shiite ideology in mainly Sunni Egypt.
"The state prosecutor has received a statement from state security which shows that leaders from the Lebanese Hezbollah have called on its cadres to recruit members to its movement," according to a statement from the prosecutor obtained by AFP
Montassar el-Zayat, an Egyptian lawyer who has often represented jailed Islamists, told AFP that Lebanese and Palestinians were among those held.
"The information that we have is that they are accused of weapons smuggling through tunnels and spreading Hezbollah ideology," Zayat said
Israel, which is determined to stop Hamas from acquiring weapons, announced a ceasefire to the Gaza war only after receiving assurances from the US and European countries that Hamas would be prevented from rearming.
But Egypt, which has taken increasingly robust measures to crack down on the smuggling, denies weapons are among the contraband, saying arms enter Gaza by sea.

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