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AP‘s Maggie Michael and the Washington Post‘s Ellen Knickmeyer went on the same Egyptian tour of the Gaza border to learn more about Egypt’s efforts to counter smuggling. AP writes: “We can’t stop all smuggling….

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AP‘s Maggie Michael and the Washington Post‘s Ellen Knickmeyer went on the same Egyptian tour of the Gaza border to learn more about Egypt’s efforts to counter smuggling.

AP writes:

“We can’t stop all smuggling. We need more machines, we need double the number of border guards,” Egyptian army Col. Amr Mamdouh told reporters during a rare tour of the border area Sunday.

“Anywhere you stamp your foot on the ground, you will find tunnels,” he said.

But the Post writes:

Egyptian border guards have found about 75 percent fewer tunnels from the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control there, an indication of the radical Islamic group’s broad success in reducing the smuggling of weapons and other contraband, a top Egyptian border official said Sunday.

How did they crank out such contradictory spin?

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