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Asked 3 June 2012
Do the gulf countries play inside the domestic Egyptian policy? How and why? Is Iran involved?
To look inside the national political theater in Egypt to try to find the key international actors in it especially the GCC states and its effect on it as will as Iranl, the relation between the presidential candidates and national political powers like Muslim brotherhood and revolutionary parties.
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar (and also Pakistan, though not openly), support the Salafi/Wahhabis and the Salafi-minded (or more conservative-minded if you like) wing of Muslim brotherhood. Turkey -I mean the Ak party government- is supporting Muslim Brotherhood, but the Turkish military has good ties to the Egyptian army. Iran has nothing to do/say in Ehypt. The latest anti-Iranian comments of Mursi has infuriated Iran.
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