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Pass the popcorn: Egypt cuts relations with Syria, Syria accuses Egypt of joining 'US-Israel conspiracy'

Will a break with Iran be next?

On Saturday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy announced that his country is severing relations with the Assad regime in Syria. On Sunday, Syria lashed out at Morsy, accusing him of joining the 'US-Israel conspiracy.'

Syria's official SANA news agency quoted a government source as saying that Morsi was implementing the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood, who has called for jihad against the Syrian regime, and ignoring the aspirations of the Egyptian people.

The statement added that Morsi and the Egyptian clerics should direct their attention toward liberating "usurped Palestinian land, particularly Jerusalem," rather than issuing fatwas calling for more "Syrian bloodshed."

The Syrian official said that Morsi's calls for foreign intervention in Syria and the implementation of a no-fly zone in the country would only serve the interests of the US and Israel.

The source added that the continued presence of an Israeli embassy in Cairo and Egypt's adherence to the Camp David accords with Israel delegitimizes both Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

On Saturday, addressing a rally called by Sunni Muslim clerics in Cairo,  Morsi said: "We decided today to entirely break off relations with Syria and with the current Syrian regime."
He also warned Assad's allies in the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite militia Hezbollah to pull back from fighting in Syria.

"We stand against Hezbollah in its aggression against the Syrian people," Morsi said. "Hezbollah must leave Syria - these are serious words. There is no space or place for Hezbollah in Syria."

Oh the Shiites hate the Sunnis, and the Sunnis hate the Shiites, oh the Shiites hate the Sunnis, and everyone hates the Jews.... 

Labels: Egypt, Free Syrian Army, Hezbullah, Mohammed Morsy, Muslim Brotherhood, Nusra Front, Shiites v. Sunnis, Syria, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:48 PM