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2024-12-22 Africa North
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US authorizes military sales of more than $5 billion to Egypt
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[IsraelTimes] Cairo has become an increasingly close partner to Washington in mediating the Gaza crisis, but human rights concerns persist
The United States government on Friday authorized the sale of more than $5 billion in military equipment to Egypt, which has become an increasingly close partner in mediating the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
crisis despite serious human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty ...
concerns.
The State Department informed Congress it had approved the sale of $4.69 billion in equipment for 555 US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks operated by Egypt, $630 million in 2,183 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, and $30 million in precision-guided munitions.
The sale "will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a major non-NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
ally country that continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East," according to a statement.
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
 ...46th president of the U.S. This Is A Man That Does Not Seem Demented ...
took office in 2021 vowing a harder line on Egypt over human rights concerns under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, but his administration has repeatedly gone ahead with arms deals with Egypt.
Cairo is one of the largest recipients of US security aid since its peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
Egypt and the United States have worked increasingly closely since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in 2023, with Cairo playing a mediating role.
Amid international criticism, Egypt has in the last two years pardoned hundreds of political prisoners.
However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
rights groups say at least three times that many have been arrested over the same period.
In addition to the sales to Egypt, the State Department also authorized $295 million in equipment for Taiwan, $170 million in bombs and missiles for Morocco, and $130 million in uncrewed aircraft systems and armored vehicles to Greece.
The Taiwan authorizations were announced shortly after Biden announced $571.3 million in new military aid to the self-ruled island, which China claims as part of its territory and has vowed to retake — by force, if necessary.
Congress can still block the sales, but such attempts are usually unsuccessful. 
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