CAIRO: More than 2,000 people marched in downtown Cairo on Saturday, demanding authorities allow them to fight in Lebanon in support of Hezbollah, police said. The crowd, including activists from several political factions, shouted anti-Israel slogans and vowed to support the guerrillas. We will all be resistance in the Arabs struggle against Israel, they yelled, while some set Israeli and U.S. flags on fire. President Hosni Mubarak has explicitly said Egypt will not be dragged into the conflict militarily, but the crowd s demand was indicative of the growing support in the Arab world for the Hezbollah guerrillas. The protest was organized by Egypt s banned, but tolerated, main opposition Muslim Brotherhood and also the Lawyers Syndicate. Demonstrators also carried Lebanese flags, pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and portraits of children who have died in the fighting. Last week, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Mohammed Mahdi Akef told a local weekly edition newspaper Thursday that his group was prepared to send 10,000 ready holy warriors to help Hezbollah if the government permits. AP
