Rafah attack sparks outrage

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Rafah attack sparks outrage



Egyptians were shocked on 4 January by news that an estimated 30 members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade had killed two Egyptian soldiers and injured 30 at the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian-Gaza border. Following the incident 77 Palestinians were arrested.

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While the official Egyptian response was muted press coverage of the incident was not.

In a column headlined "Egyptian burdens... rejected apology of Abu-Mazen" Abbas El-Tarabily, editor-in-chief of the daily opposition Al-Wafd wrote that, "if the two Egyptian victims had been killed by the Israelis strikes would have taken place across Egypt and the whole issue might have been taken up with the UN Security Council".

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"It should be made clear to everyone," says El-Shazli, "that any attack, even a minor one, on Egypt's borders will be met with strong Egyptian retaliation."

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/eg1.htm

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1. what does this mean?

Egypt "needs to reconsider entrance and exit procedures at the Rafah crossing to secure its borders,

so its not just an israeli thing?

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2. I think they are going to clamp down bigtime at that border

if they haven't started to already. Um, yeah, I think this is not just an Israel thing. I think the ramifications on this will be very large.