Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Extending tentacles: Iran as monster octopus

Egypt Eyes Iran's Overtures with Suspicion -Jeffrey Fleishman

Iran has made a series of overtures in recent months to restore full diplomatic relations with Egypt, while Cairo has remained coolly noncommittal.

"Iran wants Egypt to say that its peace treaty with Israel is dead," said Sadr Hussiani, founder of the Tehran-based Iran-Egypt Friendship Council.

Mohamed Abdel Salam, an expert with the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo [said], "Iran acts as if it was already in control of the Middle East; it has controlled Iraq, and it is about to control Lebanon."
(Los Angeles Times)

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