Hizbullah Cell Off for Trial as Egypt Mulls Making Direct Charges against Nasrallah
The case of the so-called Hizbullah cell held in Egypt has reached the final stages as Cairo was mulling making direct charges against Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The daily Al Mustaqbal quoted an Egyptian judicial source as saying that he expects Egypt”s state prosecutor Abdel Majid Mahmoud to issue a decision to refer the suspects in the Hizbullah cell to the state security court at the beginning of next week.
Sources confirmed that the number of suspects in the Hizbullah cell has reached 27. They include Sudanese, Palestinians, Egyptians and Lebanese. They said 22 other suspects remain at large.
As Egyptians await the prosecution”s decision, which include names of leading Hizbullah officials, observers feared this issue "could ignite a genuine political crisis."
According to international diplomatic sources, al-Mustaqbal went on to say, Egypt was "seriously mulling" whether charges against the Hizbullah cell should openly include an accusation that Hizbullah planned a coup dӎtat in Cairo upon personal instructions by Nasrallah.