Good deal. Thanks for the heads up Uncle Ike.
VERY significant development —
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669600/posts
Israel Says No To More Egyptian Troops In Sinai
Jerusalem Post ^ | 6 Feb 2011 | Yaakov Katz
Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2011 6:13:45 PM by edpc
Fearing a complete breakdown of the peace treaty with Cairo, the government last week refused a second Egyptian request to allow it to deploy more military forces in Sinai, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
As first reported last week by the Post, Israel allowed the Egyptian military to deploy units in Sinai for the first time since the signing of the peace treaty in 1979, in response to growing anarchy in the country. Two battalions – amounting to about 800 soldiers – were deployed in the Sharm e-Sheikh region and around Rafah, which is split between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip.
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