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| Egypt's Sisi Says Ethiopians 'Rescued' from Libya | |
| 2015-05-08 | |
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? showed him greeting the group at Cairo airport on Thursday. It was not immediately clear how the Æthiopians were rescued, but Sisi's office said the group flown in on an Egyptian plane was "liberated by Egyptian and Libyan security services". "All efforts were made to bring the Æthiopians to Egypt safely... Egyptian services participated in this effort to protect, rescue and secure our Æthiopian brothers," Sisi told news hounds at Cairo airport. Their release comes weeks after a purported video released by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadist group showed the executions of some 30 Æthiopian Christians captured in Libya. Sisi said Egypt was "pained by the gruesome beheading of innocent Æthiopians in Libya" and that the rescued Æthiopians were living in dire conditions in the war-strewn country. "What is happening in Libya is a matter that concerns us and we tell the whole world that Libya should return to be a safe and stable country for its people and even to its visitors," Sisi said. Libya has plunged into chaos since the toppling of long-time autocrat Muammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens... , with rival militias fighting for the control of country's oilfields and territories. The killing of Æthiopians came weeks after the jihadists posted a similar video showing the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians, all but one of them Egyptians, on a beach in Libya. The killing of Egyptian Christians had prompted Sisi has repeatedly called for a joint Arabic military force to fight jihadists in the region, and at an Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... summit in March leaders of the region agreed to establish such a force. The details of the joint Arab force have yet to be worked out. Since his election last year, Sisi has been working to improve relations with Addis Ababa amid a dispute over Nile water rights. Æthiopia began diverting the Blue Nile in May 2013 to build a 6,000 megawatt dam, which will be Africa's largest when completed in 2017. This has raised fears in Cairo that Egypt's share of the Nile water would fall. In March, Æthiopia, Egypt and Sudan signed an agreement of principles on the dam to ease tensions. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Ahram.org: A military ‎source has however denied any direct ‎military intervention The source added that the kidnapped workers were released after negotiations and co‎ordination between Egypt and Libyan authorities and other forces ‎on the ground. ‎ |
| Posted by: mossomo 2015-05-08 14:39 |
| #3 Ah, yes. We've seen the benefits of having a Harvard education here in the US. Seriously, methinks there is some "brains" at use in Egypt. There's the water-rights issue with Ethiopia, for one. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-08 11:15 |
| #2 Speaking only for myself, news, I prefer brains. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-08 02:35 |
| #1 I have seen Sisi do nothing but solid action since he was placed at the Helm. This Leader will rock the world better than even Sadat. Please support him. His heart is genuine. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-05-08 00:21 |