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June 14, 2011

AP: Egypt spy allegations a throwback to another time

by Hamza Hendawi
The Associated Press

(AP) — Egypt's arrest of a U.S.-born Israeli on suspicion of spying for the Mossad is providing fodder for the Arab nation's military rulers to accuse outsiders of stirring post-revolutionary turmoil.

The accusations against an American law student harken back to an era, not that long ago, when Egyptian leaders justified repression by claiming the country was under constant siege by foreign conspirators.

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