The Hidden Hand:
Middle East Fears of Conspiracy
by Daniel Pipes
Posted on 06/16/2009 4:10:21 AM PDT by Jonah69
The timing of Egypt’s April 8 announcement of its arrest of 24 men—allegedly linked to Hezbollah—on Egyptian soil in November and December 2008 upped the ante in the already tense relationship between Cairo and the Lebanese Islamist resistance movement and, by extension, Hezbollah’s supporter, Iran (al-Jazeera [Doha], April 11; al-Arabiya [Dubai], April 11). Cairo’s allegations regarding the suspects and their motives, however, have been fraught with inconsistencies that say more about the factors shaping the trajectory of contemporary geopolitics in the Middle East than any alleged conspiracy.
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The Hidden Hand:
Middle East Fears of Conspiracy
by Daniel Pipes
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