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Posted: 27 Jan 2022 at 9:12am |
Biden Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale To Egypt Despite Horrific Rights AbusesThe U.S. State Department on Tuesday approved a Authorized on the 11th anniversary of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the weapons sale includes 12 Super Hercules C-130 transport aircraft as well as $355 million worth of air defense radar systems. " Andrew Stroehlein, European Media director for Human Rights Watch, said the Biden administration is In September, as Common Dreams reported, Biden administration officials announced their decision to provide Egypt with $170 million in military aid while withholding $130 million until the regime meets certain "human rights criteria," including ending its crackdown on political dissidents and activists. Egypt was given a January 30, 2022 deadline to comply with the administration's conditions. "If human rights were truly the center of our foreign policy, we wouldn’t be selling nearly $1.2 billion in weapons to one of the worst human rights abusers in the world," Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) tweeted at the time, referring to earlier U.S. arms arrangements with Egypt. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Associated Press reporter Matt Lee pushed State Department spokesperson Ned Price on the seeming incoherence of withholding $130 million on human rights grounds while greenlighting a massive sale of high-tech weaponry to the same brutal regime. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-approves-25-billion-arms-sale-egypt-despite-horrific-rights-abuses |
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