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Comment and Opinion

Tim Marshall – 13/09/2011

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“The storming of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on Friday night was not just planned, it was part of a 60 year campaign of hate which has permeated all levels of Egyptian society and which the current chaos in Egypt is allowing full rein.

On the surface the attack was in revenge for the killing of several Egyptian security forces mistakenly shot by the Israelis. The IDF was pursuing a terrorist gang which had killed Israelis in the Eilat region last month.

A large anti Government demonstration was taking place on Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Sq when a group of men broke away and headed for the embassy. They were armed with sledge hammers, hammers, and ropes.”

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