[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon - Egypt plans to ask Israel to allow it to significantly increase its Border Police force along the Philadelphi Corridor to curb weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip. But according to government sources, Israel does not feel Egypt needs additional troops on the border, but rather needs to make more effective use of the troops already there. "It's not a matter of more manpower," one official said, "it's a matter of being active, not passive." Egypt deployed 750 additional border policemen a year ago along the 14-kilometer stretch between Gaza and Egypt.
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