Sinai Could Be Next Terror Hotspot, Says Study -- Jerusalem PostIsraeli-authored study for a major US think tank finds Sinai's becoming potential launchpad for terrorism.
Sinai is fast turning into a tinderbox of instability, a potential launchpad for terrorism and a source of tension between Egypt and Israel, an Israeli-authored study for a major US think tank found last week.
Ehud Yaari, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Channel 2 News’ Arab affairs analyst, wrote that developments in Sinai “could break a fragile bilateral peace that is already challenged by growing post-Mubarak demands to abrogate, review, or amend the treaty” between Jerusalem and Cairo.
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My Comment: Before the revolution, Egypts authorities made sure that terror groups did not use the Sinai as a launchpad for attacks against Israel. In today's Egypt .... with Islamic groups preparing to take over the government .... they do not feel incline to stop them.