Outsiders not welcome to their rallies, say Egyptians. Especially not welcome are Palestinians

Hmmmm...nice!   Worth giving the Egyptians 10 out of 10 for  identifying the #1 troublemakers in the world. The Egyptians know that the trouble going on at their Sinai border with Israel is the work of Palestinians (see second link).

Tom Finn writing at Reuters:
....Deadly clashes between ousted leader Mohamed Mursi's supporters and the army have stoked paranoia that trouble is being stirred up by outsiders, especially from Syria and Gaza, home to Islamist groups seen as close to Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.

"Syrians, Palestinians, Israelis, you can find them on every street corner. They're here to exploit the chaos," said Yusuf Al-Desouki, waiter at a busy coffee shop in downtown Cairo.

"Yeah!" chimed in 21-year-old customer Mohammed al-Nahsi. "I heard two Palestinians on the metro - they were hatching a plan against the military."

A flurry of media reports and government assertions that foreigners have infiltrated Egypt and are taking part in violence have helped sow widespread distrust.....

....A state prosecutor said on Sunday that five Syrians arrested on suspicion of shooting at an anti-Mursi rally admitted to receiving money and arms from the Muslim Brotherhood.

On Monday the interior ministry issued a statement banning foreigners from joining street protests.......

...."All those aggressors interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt can go to hell. All those defending them can go to hell too," Youssef el-Hosseiny, a popular radio and television presenter, said on his twitter account on Thursday.

Media magnate Tawfiq Okasha told his television viewers on Thursday that Egyptian citizens should form a "defense army" and arrest Syrians, Palestinians and Iraqis causing trouble.......

........Smarting from their loss of power after more than 80 years of street-level organizing, the Muslim Brotherhood says the accusations against outsiders are part of a "fear-mongering" campaign by the new government aimed at diverting attention from its own difficulties..........

From ANSAMED:
Security forces on alert    after killing of Egyptian policeman.  Egyptian security forces arrested three armed Palestinians at the Israeli border in the northeastern Sinai peninsula early on Friday, state news agency MENA reported.

The three were part of a larger group and were arrested ''while attempting to attack a site of vital interest in the Sinai'', MENA quoted local sources as saying.


The report has not yet been independently verified.....