Egypt's Army Planning to Attack Targets in Gaza

Off Topic Politics & World Issues
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The Egyptian army has planned military attacks on specific targets in the Gaza Strip in the event that the security situation in the northern Sinai peninsula deteriorates, a senior Egyptian security official told the Ma’an news agency.

The source said that Egyptian reconnaissance planes had photographed the potential targets.

According to intelligence sources, the Egyptian Army would attack from the air.

The plan to attack targets in Gaza is based on the Egyptian assessment that some of the attacks in the northern Sinai, especially in El Arish and in Rafah were carried out by armed Palestinians based in Gaza.

The security source said that the Egyptian Army is specifically targeting the extremist groups in Gaza [INSERT BY JB: HAMAS] who are regarded as hostile and it does not view the entire population there in this way.

The recent attack on the intelligence center in Rafah was carried out by the extremist Gaza groups, the source told Ma’an.

The recent attack on the intelligence center in Rafah was carried out by the extremist Gaza groups, the source told Ma’an.

Last week Egypt opened the Rafah crossing, its main border with the Gaza Strip after it was closed for a week and-a-half

The terminal had been closed most of the time since the ouster of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi on July 3 due to the Egyptian accusation leveled against Hamas of its involvement in terrorist attacks against Egyptian soldiers in Sinai - an allegation the Islamist movement has vehemently denied.

Egypt recently warned of a military response if Hamas or other Palestinian groups try to violate Egyptian security in Sinai.

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy told the London-based newspaper al-Hayat there was “tension” in Cairo’s relationship with Hamas, an ideological offshoot of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. He suggested Hamas was not helping enough to secure the border.

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Figured people need to know actual news, since BBC/NBC/NPR/CNN etc will studiously censor this and FOX won’t understand the significance.

Damn Joooos picking on the Palestinians. Not so much, huh?

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Question, JB:

While it’s most likely that the Israeli Army/Mossad already knew about these movements…is there enough of a “relationship” with the Egyptian Army that they would officially make them (Israel) aware of these types of developments?

Mufasa

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(I guess I’m trying to get an understanding of the types of things they would or would not share…)

Mufasa

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Ahem.
I’ve always been appalled at the Israeli treatment of arabs living in Palestine.
On the other hand, I’m a massive fan of David Ben-Gurion’s political philosophy.
I believe this makes me a hypocrite.
On a more relevant note, I’m pretty sure the fact that the egyptians are pissed at hamas as well doesn’t have anything to do with Israel.

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[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Ahem.
I’ve always been appalled at the Israeli treatment of arabs living in Palestine.
On the other hand, I’m a massive fan of David Ben-Gurion’s political philosophy.
I believe this makes me a hypocrite.
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Nah, it means you are a victim of the BBC and Paliwood Productions, the best propaganda team since Goebbels.

If you look at it a bit harder, you’ll discover Israel’s actions to be much more reasonable than you believe right now. There are a lot of just flat myths involved.

[quote]

On a more relevant note, I’m pretty sure the fact that the egyptians are pissed at hamas as well doesn’t have anything to do with Israel.[/quote]

Actually, it’s the same reason.

Eqyptian military wants Hamas gone because they are extremist Islamic loonies.

Israel wants Hamas gone because, even after Israel offers land, their own country, etc, provided they agree to simply leave Isael alone. Hamas, being Islamic loonies, says “no” we’d rather live besieged than let a Jew live in peace.

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Fair enough. I don’t think you can really argue that Hamas aren’t extremist Islamic loonies. They might have been democratically elected, but then again, so was Hitler.

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[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Question, JB:

While it’s most likely that the Israeli Army/Mossad already knew about these movements…is there enough of a “relationship” with the Egyptian Army that they would officially make them (Israel) aware of these types of developments?

Mufasa

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I am confident any air incursion into Judea would be cleared with Israel first. Otherwise, it would get shot down. Be like an invasion into Brooklyn and you are in Manhattan. Close.

There is a lot more cooperation with the sane people in Islamic countries and Israel than is known publically. It’s just not public because it would be a political weapon against those people.

I’ve personally trained in the USA with Eqyptian soliders. They are smart, professional, and just generally good guys and about as interested into attacking Israel as Wales wants to invade England.

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That’s not true. I’m sure Egypt doesn’t really want to invade Israel.

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[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Question, JB:

While it’s most likely that the Israeli Army/Mossad already knew about these movements…is there enough of a “relationship” with the Egyptian Army that they would officially make them (Israel) aware of these types of developments?

Mufasa

[/quote]

I am confident any air incursion into Judea would be cleared with Israel first. Otherwise, it would get shot down. Be like an invasion into Brooklyn and you are in Manhattan. Close.

There is a lot more cooperation with the sane people in Islamic countries and Israel than is known publically. It’s just not public because it would be a political weapon against those people.

I’ve personally trained in the USA with Eqyptian soliders. They are smart, professional, and just generally good guys and about as interested into attacking Israel as Wales wants to invade England.

[/quote]

Thanks, JB.

(I THINK that’s what JB said, DerS…am I missing something?)

Mufasa

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[quote]Mufasa wrote:

[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Question, JB:

While it’s most likely that the Israeli Army/Mossad already knew about these movements…is there enough of a “relationship” with the Egyptian Army that they would officially make them (Israel) aware of these types of developments?

Mufasa

[/quote]

I am confident any air incursion into Judea would be cleared with Israel first. Otherwise, it would get shot down. Be like an invasion into Brooklyn and you are in Manhattan. Close.

There is a lot more cooperation with the sane people in Islamic countries and Israel than is known publically. It’s just not public because it would be a political weapon against those people.

I’ve personally trained in the USA with Eqyptian soliders. They are smart, professional, and just generally good guys and about as interested into attacking Israel as Wales wants to invade England.

[/quote]

Thanks, JB.

(I THINK that’s what JB said, DerS…am I missing something?)

Mufasa[/quote]

Muf: DerS seems to live in Wales, so I could be very mistaken, but I think he’s insinuating that he’d love to invade England.

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God no. I’m insinuating quite a few of the locals would. Ever hear of plaid cymru? Nationalist and socialist. A heady brew.

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Oh!

Got it!

Mufasa

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The problem with a Welsh nationalist movement is that there are no charismatic warrior chieftains around whom the Welsh people could rally. I mean, with Scotland, you had William Wallace. A great man with a great, alliterative name. Ireland? Michael Collins. Good, strong name to bear the standard. Who is Wales going to put forth as their champion? Some bloke named Dafffydd Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Branding is everything.

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[quote]Varqanir wrote:
The problem with a Welsh nationalist movement is that there are no charismatic warrior chieftains around whom the Welsh people could rally. I mean, with Scotland, you had William Wallace. A great man with a great, alliterative name. Ireland? Michael Collins. Good, strong name to bear the standard. Who is Wales going to put forth as their champion? Some bloke named Dafffydd Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Branding is everything.
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hahaha. Cadwagan Cadwallader.

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It’s the phrase ‘deddf eiddo’ which bothers me. It translates as ‘property law’. This is exactly what it sounds like- English immigrants, such as myself, would be banned from owning land.

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[quote]Varqanir wrote:
The problem with a Welsh nationalist movement is that there are no charismatic warrior chieftains around whom the Welsh people could rally. I mean, with Scotland, you had William Wallace. A great man with a great, alliterative name. Ireland? Michael Collins. Good, strong name to bear the standard. Who is Wales going to put forth as their champion? Some bloke named Dafffydd Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Branding is everything.
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Joe Calzaghe?