Tension brewing between Iran and Egypt over Israel

by Kal El on December 11, 2008 · View Comments

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Reading headlines like this is why I do not fear islam ever taking over the world. They could never manage to function across international lines successfully, as the Allied Powers did back in the 1940′s.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke out against Iran during a meeting with members of the Egyptian ruling party, according to a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida on Thursday, cited by Israel Radio.

Mubarak accused the Islamic Republic of trying to subsume its Muslim neighbors, telling the forum that “the Persians are trying to devour the Arab states.”

Mubarak’s comments came after the Egyptian leader recalled the country’s diplomatic envoy from the Iranian capital earlier this week following an increase in tension between the two countries.

Recent strain between Cairo and Teheran has grown as several demonstrations in Iran called for the hanging of the Egyptian leader. The Iranian FARS news service reported that participants in recent student demonstrations outside the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Teheran also chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” and burned an Israeli flag.

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On Wednesday the Egyptian ministry was quoted as criticizing some Iranian newspapers that have repeatedly insulted Egyptian policies and leadership recently. Teheran media, for example, broadcast incitement against Cairo’s policy allegedly preventing aid from reaching Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Feeling the solidarity? Me neither…

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Nora Nora

    Ohhh, God!! So there you go: another episode of the Shiite-Sunni war…

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/ChristopherL ChristopherL

    If they fight it out we need to mind our business.

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/ChristopherL ChristopherL

    If they fight it out we need to mind our business. While Iran is a bigger threat, Egypt is not a true ally of ours either.

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