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January 19, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657730,00.html

Don't Count on Egypt to Curb Arms Smuggling

[Ynet News] Mordechai Kedar - No agreement to end arms smuggling will be implemented, even if the Egyptian regime wants it to happen. The Bedouins in the Sinai will continue to smuggle regardless of decisions that bind Egypt. Those familiar with Egyptian realities know that policemen at Sinai roadblocks, who earn several dozen dollars a month, will not stop taking bribes from trucks transferring arms to Gaza. In addition, the chances that a presidential decision on curbing smuggling will be implemented administratively are slim. Mubarak may want it, but his decisions are not carried out. This is not about malice; it's merely Egypt.

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