Supporters of Egyptian presidential election Ahmed Shafik Former candidate to the Egyptian presidential election Ahmed Shafik paid some of his supporters to attack the US embassy in Cairo. The US embassy in Cairo was attacked two weeks ago during angry protests against the US-made anti-Islam film . Security forces arrested some people who were reported to take part in the embassy's attacks. Some of them admitted that they had been paid by Shafik to carry out these attacks, in order to incite a turmoil in the country and bring President Mohammed Morsi into disrepute.
Jalila Abdullah, a member of Shafik's presidential campaign, said during her interrogation that she and other members of Shafik's campaign had received EGP 220,000 ($ 37,500) from an Arab-Israeli woman called Rashima, in order to distribute the money between the attackers.
She added that they provided them with food and water to be able to keep attacking the embassy without interruption.
An arrest warrant was issued against Shafik on charges of financial corruption.
In an unrelated context, Egypt's presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali wrote Wednesday on Tweeter that Egypt's peace treaty with Israel does not require amendments for now.
"Egypt has the ability to control the Sinai Peninsula and restore security in its territory" he added.
"Security operations were still ongoing against militants in the region, he said, and they would continue until their goals are achieved."
Those tweets come amid intense public scrutiny into Egypt's battle against militants in the Sinai Peninsula.
The army launched "Operation Eagle" after militants killed 16 Egyptian border guards near the Rafah border in August.
The Camp David peace treaty limits the presence of Egyptian troops and artillery in much of peninsula.
Ali's tweets were made whilst Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was attending the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. They also came after presidential advisor Mohammed Esmat Seif el-Dawla called for amendments to the treaty.
Ali said el-Dawla's comments did not reflect those of the president, whose views would be announced in person or via an official spokesperson.