Egypt Prepares Army In Sinai

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has quietly assessed that Egypt was building a
military force in the Sinai Peninsula.
Officials said thousands of Egyptian troops, many of them under the
guise of police, have been deployed throughout the Sinai in violation of the
1979 peace accord. They said the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert has ignored the Egyptian buildup.
"Egypt is waiting for the right moment to deploy its army in the Sinai,
contrary to the peace agreement," former Strategic Threats Minister Avigdor
Lieberman said. "There are enough signs and enough estimations that the
Egyptians are just waiting for their window of opportunity."
Israeli sources said the military has been closely following the
Egyptian buildup in the Sinai. The sources said that so far the military has
determined that the Egyptian buildup was limited to internal security rather
than combat operations.