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e the last U.S. soldiers depart in December 2011. With revolution sweeping across the Middle East, Washington abandoned President Mubarak of Egypt, Saudi Arabia's favorite non-royal leader in the region. Worried by the possibility of Iranian-sponsored insurrections among Shia in the Gulf states, the Saudis ar
special committee enjoys legitimacy in the underground smuggling network, and following the recent killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers and officers in Rafah, for example, the committee ordered all tunnel owners to shut down their smuggling operations for a period of three days. This decision had an imm
sraeli occupation and is thus punishing us," Mona Abdo, political activist who ran for parliament under Mubarak, told Ahram Online from her home in Rafah. "I am more Egyptian than other Egyptians living in Cairo or elsewhere, as I reside on the turbulent borders," she said. Political sociologists st
washingtoninstitute.org/experts/view/pollock-david> Article 2.<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#b> BBC Saudi Arabia's al-Qaeda challenge Gerald Butt Article 3.<https://mail.google.cotn/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#c> Al-Ahram Weekly Peace
they erroneously attribute to Islam, upon which Islamist forces presumably base their political legitimacy. Also, in the immediate aftermath of the Rafah attack, President Mohamed Mursi came under fire for his "ill-considered" decision to establish closer relations with Hamas. It was argued that step
nuclear Iran on the Middle East by confining his analysis to Israel, the =nited States and Iran. Missing are the inevitable and serious effects as S=udi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and other regional powers respond to the new sit=ation. Even so, Mr. Bracken's view is a powerful one. It holds little comfort for =
Mr. Thrall suggested, would be a three-=arty deal in which Hamas vows to contain Gaza's more extreme elements in=exchange for improved trade through Rafah, the border crossing controlled =y Egypt, as well as Kerem Shalom, the commercial crossing managed by Israe=. "The new X-factor is that Egypt is no
Entities connected to both Saudi Arabia and Rafah

Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Middle East
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Riyadh
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Marc Rich
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Yemen
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George W. Bush
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Bahrain
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Lebanon
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Tehran
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Department of Justice
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Tunisia
LOCATION
Cairo
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Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Prince Andrew
PERSON
Geneva
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Sudan
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