04-10-2009, 06:39 AM
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/08/70213.html
Arrests several on suspicion of helping Hamas
Egypt accuses Hezbollah of plotting attacks
Egypt says Hezbollah leader Nasrallah appointed members to carry out attacks (File)
CAIRO (Agencies, AlArabiya.net)
Egypt's state prosecutor on Wednesday accused the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah of plotting to carry out attacks inside the country .
"The state prosecutor has received a statement from state security which shows that leaders from the Lebanese Hezbollah have called on its cadres to recruit members to its movement," according to a statement from the prosecutor obtained by AFP.
It charged that the campaign was launched with "the aim of carrying out acts of aggression inside the country," while Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had appointed members to carry out such actions.
Egyptian police have arrested 43 people in connection with the case, the prosecutor said, although it was not immediately clear when the arrests were carried out.
The men are suspected of having bought or rented homes in Rafah on the border with Gaza to smuggle weapons and contraband into the Palestinian enclave which is ruled by Hamas, a judicial source told AFP.
In January, Nasrallah, whose group is supported by Damascus and Tehran, slammed Egypt for keeping its Rafah border post with Gaza closed during an Israeli military offensive against the territory.
He accused Cairo of complicity in longstanding Israeli blockade on Gaza and cast doubt on Egypt's neutrality in efforts at the time to mediate a ceasefire.
