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The radical ideology of al-Qaeda has gained adherents in the Sinai as well as in Gaza. It’s already a volatile situation, and adding al-Qaeda to the mix—which would love to provoke an Egyptian-Israeli war—may cause the Middle East to get a lot hotter.
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