>>http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE70T0B020110130
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>>Egyptian opposition forces have agreed to support opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei to negotiate with the government, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Sunday.
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>>"Political groups support ElBaradei to negotiate with the regime," Essam el-Eryan told Al Jazeera television.
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>>Al Arabiya television carried the same report on screen but did not attribute it directly to Eryan.
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>>He's being interviewed by Fareed Zakaria on CNN right now....
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>>However, it appears this has been in the works for months:
>>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/1/muslim-brotherhood-supports-elbaradei/
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>From my POV this is one of the times the west european media coverage is miles behind the US.
>Makes me wonder - only fear of/for oil in neighbouring areas ?
>No military options to speak of, so wait for the end ?
>And what is Israel view of things...
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>interesting times, and too early to bet.
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>regards
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>thomas

Pretty safe bet Israel is freaked. They have absolutely not illusions about the MB and with the recent takeover of Lebanon by Hezbollah it is not looking pretty. Egypt is a big border. The only hope is that since Egypt is also a US client state financially, their potential threat diminishes without US military aid (unless Russia thinks they can buy off Islamist pressure by stepping in - but given the recent airport bombing climate not good for that and the Russians are pretty cynical about getting played.)

Jordan is another potential target of the MB. And Syria, though if the MB could have taken down the Allawites they'd have done it long ago.

I don't think Saudi Arabia is worried about :"the street" - everyone who is going to hate the Saudi Royals already does so pretty thoroughly - but I'm sure the MB will take a shot at it.

My bet is Yemen is the first to completely get sucked in - unless we have more going on there right now than I know about - but it will stll be very ugly.