Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Egyptian Iranian Cold War Is Now Getting Hot


Iran Outflanks Egypt by Proxy Actors in Sudan and Sinai -- Aviation Week

A battle is currently raging between Egyptian security forces, backed by armor and helicopters, trying to smash secret bases in Central Sinai, set up by a joint clandestine operation between Al Qaeda and Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah. Iran's intelligence and security service, and Al-Quds, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards whose mission is to assist Shi'ite militias and organizations throughout the world, have deployed "sleeper cells" of agents, who are activated on call from Tehran. On Sunday, an Egyptian cabinet minister of state, Mofeed Shehab, said the Hezbollah ringleader, whom Nasrallah had called Sami Shihab was actually named Muhammad Youssef Mansour. Mansour had traveled to Egypt on two fake passports and had been organizing plans to recruit members, indoctrinate them and send them to Lebanon to train for “hostile operations” inside Egypt. The Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, considered a mouthpiece of the regime, reported that among the arrested are two employees of an Iranian television station that has offices in Cairo.

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My Comment: Under reported in the main stream media, this conflict between Egypt and Iran is now getting hot. I can only assume that the Egyptians are not amused to have foreign agents using their country as a launch pad for conflict and war ..... because they know that in the end this will be directed at them.

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