The civil riots have no doubt created an opportunity for Hamas to move all kinds of wonderful things into Egypt (Iranian weapons) and out of Egypt (food and fuel).
Things are going to get ugly in Egypt. Very ugly. The question is when does the military decide enough is enough and crack down. The military are (so far) most loyal to Mubarak and also respectful of citizens right to demonstrate. The Mb and Iranian agents are mixing things up, trying to create more fear and violence - possible to push the military into attacking the 'people'.
February 2010:
RAFAH, Gaza Strip—Egypt is pressing ahead with construction of an underground barrier between it and the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip, an effort to close over 1,000 smuggling tunnels—the enclave's only significant trading channel to the outside world.Read the rest here.
The move by Cairo threatens to harden a blockade of Gaza, put in place by Egypt and Israel after Hamas won Palestinian-wide elections in 2006. The siege was tightened in 2007 when the militants took control of Gaza in a bloody rout of its rival Palestinian faction, Fatah.
The tunnels have allowed Hamas to avoid the worst impact of the blockade. If the Egyptian barrier successfully shuts this lifeline to the outside world, it could threaten a delicate status quo that has grown up here since the Gaza War ended in January 2009.
