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Following are excerpts from an interview with General Fuad 'Allam, the former deputy head of the Egyptian Domestic Security Agency, which aired on Dream 2 TV on April 24, 2006.
Fuad 'Allam: It is very possible that Israel is behind this, because... What is peculiar about the operations that took place in Taba, Sharm Al-Sheik, and now in Dahab is that they all targeted locations frequented by Egyptians, perhaps even more than tourists. These were three cafeterias. You asked about a supermarket, but it was in fact a cafeteria adjacent to a supermarket. These three cafeterias are known to be frequented by Egyptians more than by foreigners. The same thing happened in... Maybe Taba was a little different, because the target was the hotel itself, but in Sharm Al-Sheik it was the same: Places crowded with Egyptians were targeted.
This makes me tend towards the possibility that a foreign element - the enemies, and maybe the Israeli Mossad - are behind this operation, especially since we cannot ignore the fact that all three operations were preceded by Israeli warnings to the Israeli citizens not to stay in Sinai because of the possibility of terrorist attacks.
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It is noteworthy that the bombings in Taba, Sharm Al-Sheik, and now Dahab were preceded by Israeli warnings - not to the Egyptian authorities, but to the Israelis. They warn them and say to them: Do not stay in Sinai at this time. There are two possibilities: Either they analyze certain positions and conclude that operations may take place at this time and in this area, or else they are, at the very least, behind these operations. There is a third, unlikely, possibility that they managed to infiltrate some of these organizations or groups, and so they are aware of their plans at this stage.
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