[IsraelTimes] Egyptian government officials announced Sunday that they had captured an espionage network in the country that was working for several foreign intelligence organizations, including Israel's.
According to Egyptian news reports, 12 suspects were placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
by Egyptian security services. Three of the suspects were Egyptians, and the remainder had entered the country as tourists, the Ynet news site reported.
"Come to picturesque Egypt and enjoy their ancient prisons -- better than Turkey's!" | The Egyptian newspaper Alyoum Sabaa said the suspects had gathered information on the current political climate in Egypt. Presidential elections, the first since the Moslem Brüderbund's Mohammed Morsi
...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
was elected into power, are expected to take place later this month.
In February 2014, Egyptian authorities charged four people for spying for Israel's Mossad. Eight others were tried, including five Israelis and three Egyptians, on similar charges in a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. The Israelis were tried in absentia. |