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"What has seized his immediate attention are Iran's non-nuclear destabilizing actions such as support for Hamas, media attacks, weapons and illicit funds smuggling, all of which add up in his mind to 'Iranian influence spreading like a cancer from the GCC (Gulf Arab states) to Morocco.'"
A separate cable released earlier by WikiLeaks quoted Mubarak as telling American officials that Egypt might have to develop nuclear arms if Iran did.
"According to [Suleiman], Iran has tried several times to pay the salaries for the al-Qassam Battalions, but Egypt had succeeded in preventing the money from reaching Gaza," it added.
The cable added that Suleiman noted Iranian financial support to Hamas "amounted to $25 million a month, but that Egypt was 'succeeding' in preventing financial support entering Gaza through Egypt."
So the al-Qassam Battalions have salaries? I thought they did it as a part time job for the pleasure of it!
$25 million/month in salaries? Terrorism is not what it used to be!
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