Huwaidi accused Egypt´s security service of launching a scheme to demonize Hizbullah
Source: Press TV, Ash-Sharq, 13-04-2009
Egypt's security service is conspiring against Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah, a prominent Egyptian political analyst says.
In an article published by the Qatar-based daily Ash-Sharq, Fahmi Huwaidi said the reports circulated against Hizbullah in recent days were so 'contradictory' that one could easily rule them out as 'unfounded'.
He accused Egypt's security service of launching a scheme to demonize the Lebanese resistance movement.
In February 12, the daily ad-Dastur wrote that Egyptian security forces had arrested a group of youths including Sami Shahab, a Lebanese, on November 19, 2008 over supporting Hamas.
However, later Egyptian press reported that the group was also plotting to stage terrorist attacks across Egypt to stir insecurity in the country.
According to Huwaidi the Egyptian state-run daily al-Ahram reported that those arrested were planning to launch their "terrorist attacks" after Hizbullah Leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on December 28, 2008.
The Egyptian analyst added that the group was arrested 40 days before Nasrallah's speech, an indication that Egypt's accusation against Hizbullah was baseless.
Egypt has recently stepped up its rhetoric against the Lebanese movement and accused the group of seeking to destabilize the country.
The allegations came after Hizbullah criticized Cairo for its performance during the 22-day ‘Israeli' war against the Gaza Strip.
Egypt kept Rafah border-crossing -- Gaza's only border that bypasses ‘Israel' -- closed during the war which claimed at least 1,350 Palestinian lives.
Cairo alleged that under an agreement with Tel Aviv it was bound to keep the crossing closed, although Palestinians in Gaza were in dire need of medical and humanitarian supplies.
