Egypte staat sinds de Gaza Oorlog onder extra (met name Amerikaanse) druk om tegen de wapensmokkel en de tunnels op te treden.
Waar ik onlangs niets van begreep was Obama's kritiek op de blokkade van Gaza: Egypte staat niet onder invloed van Israel maar van Amerika. Als Obama tegen Moebarak zegt dat Egypte goederen via Rafah naar Gaza moet doorlaten, zal Egypte dat doen lijkt me, tenzij ze dat echt zelf niet willen. Ik zie niet wat Israel daartegen zou kunnen ondernemen?
Wouter
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Egypt police seize half-ton of explosives near Gaza border
By DPA
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Egypt police seize half-ton of explosives near Gaza border
By DPA
Egyptian police seized half a ton of explosives in a cemetery in the town of Rafah, an Egyptian security official said on Saturday.
Police discovered eight large plastic bags full of TNT in the Maqronatien cemetery in the divided town of Rafah, which is bisected by Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, a source in Egypt's Interior Ministry said, requesting anonymity.
Tanks shells and ammunition left over from the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel were also found in the cache, he said.
Egyptian security officers also discovered 10 mortar rounds and a horde of ammunition of different calibers buried in a trash bag in a warehouse in Rafah, the source said, adding that police were investigating, but had not yet made arrests in connection with the find.
Egypt has been under consistent international pressure, particularly from the United States and Israel, to curtail weapons smuggling across its border with the Gaza Strip.
Last week, four Palestinians were injured when a smuggling tunnel they were building under the border collapsed, suffocating them, Palestinian medics said.
Palestinian security officials said the tunnelers had apparently been working to replace smuggling tunnels Egyptian police had recently destroyed.
Police discovered eight large plastic bags full of TNT in the Maqronatien cemetery in the divided town of Rafah, which is bisected by Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, a source in Egypt's Interior Ministry said, requesting anonymity.
Tanks shells and ammunition left over from the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel were also found in the cache, he said.
Egyptian security officers also discovered 10 mortar rounds and a horde of ammunition of different calibers buried in a trash bag in a warehouse in Rafah, the source said, adding that police were investigating, but had not yet made arrests in connection with the find.
Egypt has been under consistent international pressure, particularly from the United States and Israel, to curtail weapons smuggling across its border with the Gaza Strip.
Last week, four Palestinians were injured when a smuggling tunnel they were building under the border collapsed, suffocating them, Palestinian medics said.
Palestinian security officials said the tunnelers had apparently been working to replace smuggling tunnels Egyptian police had recently destroyed.
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