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Africa North
Egyptian Commander Says Army Won't Fight in Yemen, Saudi Fell in US Trap
2015-04-17
[ALMANAR.LB] The commander of the Egyptian forces in the Gulf war, Major General Mohammad Ali Bilal, said that his troops will fight outside Egypt except in case of defending its national security, in an indirect response to the claims that Cairo would join a possible ground invasion in Yemen.

The Egyptian commander noted that the geographical features of Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
and the nature of the Yemeni makes any foreign intervention impossible.

Bilal wondered about the role that the US military is playing in Yemen as it was reported that the American troops saved two Saudi pilots in Aden on the second day of the Saudi aggression, hinting at the US role in entrapping Saudi in the war.

He also stressed that although the Egyptian official stance is not publicly announced, it supports the political solution in Yemen and Syria.
Posted by:Fred

#2  "Will fight" = "won't fight"???

Just askin'.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-17 21:37  

#1  "Mom! The Shiites are hallucinating again."
Posted by: Pappy   2015-04-17 10:52  

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