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If Israel attacks Iran, would not want to be a Westerner in Egypt. Things will get ugly.
For more than 30 years, Egyptian soldiers with heavy weapons were virtually banned from much of Sinai to create a buffer between the longtime enemies.
The truth is that most Egyptian offensive weapons were not "virtually banned" from the Sinai as the author states, but are in fact, actually banned by the 1979 peace treaty which demilitarized the Sinai and limits Egypt's military deployment there.
The treaty was the result of the 1978 Camp David Accords which set the parameters for the return to Egypt of the Sinai, which Israel had captured during the Six-Day War in 1967.
The treaty was also the catalyst for the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat by militant muslims opposed to the treaty.
A fatwa approving the assassination had been issued by Islamic Imam Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was later convicted in the US for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
The assassination of Sadat was carried out by members of the Islamic Jihad.
Gosharootie. With all these tanks, gun copters and well-equipped regular troops, we’ve gotten rid of all the terrorists and gunrunners. Now what’ll we do today?
Oooh! Oooh! oOOH! Pick me, commander! Ooooh! Yes, you with the flamethrower? Umm...uhh....let’s invade Israel!