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Sinai Bedouins connecting with jihadist terrorists
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Egyptian army casts blame at Bedouins for facilitating jihadist terrorist
attacks on Egyptian, Israeli targets near Sinai border; Cairo suspects
Bedouins linked to terror groups for financial interests, religious
sympathies
The Media Line
Published: 05.02.13, 21:01 / Israel News
Many Sinai Bedouins recently celebrated the Egyptian holiday "Anniversary of
the Liberation of Sinai", the commemoration of Israel's return of the
peninsula which it acquired in 1967 to Egyptian sovereignty. But others
continue to threaten President Mohamed Morsi's attempts to stabilize his
country's volatile security situation.
Egyptian military officials blame Bedouins for facilitating recent jihadist
terrorist attacks on both Egyptian and Israeli targets near the Sinai
border. The government's media organ Al-Ahram claims that the growing link
between terrorist groups and the Bedouins is based on mutual financial
interests and religious sympathies.
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The 300,000 nomadic tribe members are suspected of using their familiarity
with the vast expanse of land to provide refuge and training camps for
terrorists. Egyptian intelligence officials believe the Bedouin and militant
groups are collaborating in arms, drugs, and human trafficking operations,
as a means to fund terrorist activities.
Bedouin tribal leader Hassan Khalaf acknowledges that al-Qaeda is beginning
to infiltrate Sinai in a "coalition of evil. They do exist but not in the
thousands, maybe 200," he told The Media Line.
He claims that Bedouin alliances with jihadists result from their
mistreatment at the hands of the Egyptian security forces. Khalaf cites the
fact that Cairo courts have sentenced several hundred Bedouin to life in
prison after trying them in absentia for crimes they didn't commit.
Tribal lawyer and political activist Goma Sawarka believes a mixture of
factors have led to the rise of radical Islam in Sinai. "Saying that it's
all criminals running around seeking revenge from the Egyptian security
apparatus is incorrect. There is a group of outlaws which has allied itself
with the Takfirists (fundamentalists committed to violence) as well as those
seeking a vendetta against the police. Al-Qaeda's way of thinking is
present. But the al-Qaeda organization itself is not necessarily present,"
he explained to The Media Line.
The Egyptian authorities have alienated Bedouins by showing disrespect for
their traditional culture, according to journalist Moustafa Singer. "The
security apparatus feels 'why should I respect the culture of a tent and a
camel?' Instead there is the stick, electricity, and prison."
Khalaf compares Egyptian insensitivity to the attitude of Israelis when they
occupied the Sinai between 1967 and 1982. "The Israelis studied the culture,
the tribes, the customs, and the common law. Because they wanted to know how
to control you through your culture," he told The Media Line.
Another member of Khalaf's tribe recounted his more recent encounter with
Israelis. "I was captured crossing the border illegally. They put me in jail
for six months in my own cell where I had my own toilet and they fed me well
and let me read books."
Relations between Egypt and Israel have become increasingly strained after
each attack emanating from Bedouin and jihadist groups in the Sinai. Israel
fears that Morsi is unable or unwilling to adequately maintain the security
measures outlined in the 1979 Camp David peace accords. Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood has accused the Mossad of fomenting unrest in Sinai in order to
challenge the Islamic regime in Cairo and destroy its tourism revenue.
Even the camels are part of the explosive security situation in the Sinai. A
herd was seen walking alone in the desert, laden with heavy bags. A local
Bedouin guide explained to The Media Line: "The camels are carrying 'goods'
(drugs) and no one can stop them. There will be a war if these camels don't
arrive to their destination on time."
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