Sinai Could Be Next Terror Hotspot, Says Study -- Jerusalem PostIsraeli-authored study for a major US think tank finds Sinai's becoming potential launchpad for terrorism.
Sinai is fast turning into a tinderbox of instability, a potential launchpad for terrorism and a source of tension between Egypt and Israel, an Israeli-authored study for a major US think tank found last week.
Ehud Yaari, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Channel 2 News’ Arab affairs analyst, wrote that developments in Sinai “could break a fragile bilateral peace that is already challenged by growing post-Mubarak demands to abrogate, review, or amend the treaty” between Jerusalem and Cairo.
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My Comment: Before the revolution, Egypts authorities made sure that terror groups did not use the Sinai as a launchpad for attacks against Israel. In today's Egypt .... with Islamic groups preparing to take over the government .... they do not feel incline to stop them.
Actually, a certain radicalisation of Sinai tribespeople was already known years ago.
ReplyDeleteA German correspondent complained publicly during the Egyptian revolution that mainstream media wasn't interested in his story about this.
Mubarak did not keep this problem in check at all - he allowed it to begin and grow.
The only thing that happened recently in this regard was that finally some anglophone think tank types finally learned about it.