Not as easy to laugh off these kooky conspiracy theories now that the Muslim Brotherhood is in control of the country.
Via JPost:
The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas each blamed Israel for orchestrating a terrorist attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula which killed 16 Egyptian soldiers and wounded seven. The accusations prompted a swift dismissal from Israel, which was also targeted in the attack.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on its website that the attack on a police station in Sinai on Sunday in which 16 policemen were killed “can be attributed to Mossad” and was an attempt to thwart Islamist President Mohamed Morsy.
“Even the person who says this when he looks at himself in the mirror does not believe the nonsense he is uttering,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.
According to the Brotherhood statement, the Mossad “has been seeking to abort the revolution since its inception and the proof of this is that it gave instructions to its Zionist citizens in Sinai to depart immediately a few days ago.” The group added: “(It) also draws our attention to the fact that our forces in Sinai are not enough to protect it and our borders, which makes it imperative to review clauses in the signed agreement between us and the Zionist entity.”.
Egypt branded the Islamist gunmen behind the attack as “infidels” and promised on Monday to launch a crackdown following the massacre that has strained Cairo’s ties with both Israel and Palestinians.