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| US teargas arrives in Egypt for Muslim Brotherhood use |
| 2013-04-10 |
| A shipment of teargas canisters from the United States arrived at the Egyptian Abadeya Port in Suez on Sunday, according to official documents obtained by the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. Five containers carrying around 140,000 teargas canisters were apparently shipped to the Egyptian Interior Ministry by the Aramex International courier service. The Egypt Independent reports that the shipping documents state that only the Egyptian government may use the canisters, and that they are forbidden to re-export the shipment or sell it to third parties. The documents state that the shipment set sail from the port of Wilmington in Pennsylvania on 14 March on board the SS Jamestown. A letter of credit was forwarded without specifying the name of the bank. The Egyptian government paid the freight fees. In February this year, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported that the Interior Ministry agreed to import teargas canisters for $2.46 million, to be shipped by an Egyptian military cargo plane. Interior Ministry spokesperson Hani Abdel Latif said that the ministry imported the grenades in order to protect state facilities. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 any American-made hollowpoint ammo? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-04-10 21:34 |
| #6 This story is a follow-up to an earlier one, where the Interior Ministry had purchased the canisters from a U.S. source, but the freight forwarder was unable to arrange for air shipment aboard a commercial aircraft (Hence the intended shipment via Egyptian military aircraft.) No doubt the purchase was legal and didn't require USG approval for miltary sales, since it's technically not 'arms'. But Dept. of Commerce can be a pain if the paperwork's not right. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-10 15:51 |
| #5 Reads like someone leaked the cargo manifest. I'm sure Mo Public doesn't like english first aid instructions tattooed on their foreheads. An inquisitive reporter might even ponder whether arming morsi is counter to the arid spring movement, but, you know, with the sequester its hard to ask questions over the loud memphis soul music. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-04-10 13:39 |
| #4 The Egyptian government paid the freight fees. And no doubt the Champ paid for the goods. As the say in the back streets of Cairo "America's a voonderful country" |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-04-10 12:09 |
| #3 One could ask the obvious, what other items have been provided ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-10 11:26 |
| #2 Don't know whether to laugh or cry there Pappy. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-04-10 11:16 |
| #1 Well, that's 140,000 less for use in the U.S. this summer... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-10 10:31 |