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CAIRO — The ousted regime of President Hosni Mubarak say
Hamas and Hizbullah triggered the revolt in Egypt in 2011.

Mubarak’s interior minister asserted that Hamas and Hizbullah sent
operatives to foment strife during the protests against the regime in
January and February 2011. The former minister, Habib Adli, said the Iranian
proxies were ordered to transform peaceful protests into riots.

“Elements from the Lebanese Hizbullah and Hamas’ Izzedin Kassam Brigades took part in the protests by mixing with peaceful protesters to cause a state of chaos and sabotage,” Adli said during his trial.

Adli’s statement came during closing arguments on Feb. 22 and marked the first time that the former Mubarak regime blamed Iranian proxies for the uprising. Adli has been charged with ordering security forces to open fire on civilians. During the 18-day campaign that ousted Mubarak, 850 Egyptians
were said to have been killed.

“They sent infiltrators to Egypt,” Adli, referring to Hamas and
Hizbullah, said.

Hamas was quick to deny that its military wing was involved in the
ouster of Mubarak. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh issued a statement in
Cairo after his first visit to the Egyptian People’s Assembly on Feb. 23.

“Hamas did not in the least interfere in Egyptian affairs, either before
or after the Jan. 25 revolution, which [Hamas] regards as purely Egyptian,”
Haniyeh said.

During the last two years of the Mubarak regime, Adli and other senior
officials asserted that Hamas, Hizbullah and Islamic Jihad were sending
operatives for attacks in both the Sinai Peninsula and the Egyptian
mainland.

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