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Egypt Attacks May Indicate Emerging Sinai Bedouin Insurgency
Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Focus ^ | May 17, 2006 | Chris Zambelis

Posted on 05/17/2006 2:26:29 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan

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Soon we may be discussing how to do good ole' fashion couunter-insurgency ops in Egypt...
1 posted on 05/17/2006 2:26:38 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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These groups are believed to maintain no operational links with al-Qaeda, but instead are influenced by the worldview and rhetoric of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling on followers to attack the hated incumbent administration in the region such as the Hosni Mubarak regime and U.S. forces (

I'm not familiar with the author and don't know his reliability or experience with the subject. However, I have a little trouble believing that bin Ladin's money isn't finding it's way into at least some of the pockets of Bedouin tribal leaders.

2 posted on 05/17/2006 2:33:27 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (God bless our fine military and their families.)
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the obscure Tawhid wal-Jihad (Monotheism and Struggle)

FYI, there are many Moslems who do not consider Christianity as a monotheistic religion due to it's doctrine of the Trinity.

3 posted on 05/17/2006 2:44:58 PM PDT by RonF
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interesting take, but the idea that individuals are possibly insprired by osama's words and not money does not bode well for us. from what i read elsewhere the attacks in sinai did not cost much, so is it really osama's money at work here?


4 posted on 05/17/2006 2:50:24 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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interesting. just one more thing not to like about the muslim fanatics.


5 posted on 05/17/2006 2:51:02 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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I think this is the beginning of something unfortunately. Egypt will eventually fall to militant radicalism over the next 10-15 years. But it wont be permanent.


6 posted on 05/17/2006 9:44:32 PM PDT by rjp2005
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I think this is the beginning of something unfortunately. Egypt will eventually fall to militant radicalism over the next 10-15 years. But it wont be permanent.


7 posted on 05/17/2006 9:46:37 PM PDT by rjp2005
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It will be washed away by the collapse of the aswan Dam..


8 posted on 05/17/2006 11:10:57 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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I wish it were that easy. egypt has a nato-like armed forces and it has nuclear potential. i fear an al-qaeda take over.


9 posted on 05/18/2006 12:11:23 AM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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I wish it were that easy. Egypt has a nato-like military force. imagine al-qaeda with MI Abrams, Patriot missiles, and F-16s and Apaches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 05/18/2006 12:12:23 AM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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They are not nuclear. In the event of a conflagration, they will drown like Pharoah and his host..


11 posted on 05/18/2006 1:13:44 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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i highly doubt that my friend. egypt is not afghanistan. look what they managed in 73 with old second-grade soviet stuff. had we not bailed out israel, they would have overran them. they did in the sinai.

again, consider what we provide the military. they are as nato as a non-nato member could be in terms of exquipment, logistics, etc.


12 posted on 05/18/2006 9:03:25 AM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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The Israelis ended up crossing the Suez Canal and encircled Egypt's Third Army along with its Soviet advisors. If the Aswan Dam is destroyed, just the air pressure alone will move forward at several atmospheres. Then comes the flood..


13 posted on 05/18/2006 10:46:20 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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Egypt had far more modern equipment than Israel did in a few scraps with Israel, and STILL managed to get their butts handed to them by Israel.
Never discount the Israeli propensity for coming up with very clever ways of defending themselves.


14 posted on 05/18/2006 12:31:05 PM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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i don't know what that means....

also, until us support, israel was getting it's b**** handed to it. somehting like 150 planes were shot down....let's not forget that folks. crossing of the suez alone is one of the greatest feats of modern warfare.

now back to the subject at hand:
my point here is that radicalization of egypt is very dangerous when one ponders their military might.


15 posted on 05/18/2006 1:45:59 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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To: Darksheare

see above comment.


16 posted on 05/18/2006 1:46:26 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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and Israel also retreat from south lebanon, another reality.....


17 posted on 05/18/2006 1:47:38 PM PDT by RepublicanRaderFan
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I point you back to my comment, and all facts stated therein.


18 posted on 05/18/2006 3:52:51 PM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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And Israel received Gaza and Golan heights, and other land by DEFENSIVE conquest.
Go troll elsewhere.


19 posted on 05/18/2006 3:53:30 PM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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Hey guuys.. pro-Egypt propagandist troll.


20 posted on 05/18/2006 3:54:02 PM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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