No details yet, but Al-Jazeera is reporting that an Egyptian boy, who’s among the Bedouin demonstrators on the borders, was killed by Mubarak’s police troops in Sinai.
Year: 2007
US begins talks with Mubarak's regime on $13 bln arms deal
From Forbes…
The United States is beginning talks with Egypt on a 10-year arms deal worth 13 bln usd, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced on Monday ahead of her trip to the Middle East with Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Washington was ‘beginning discussions with the government of Egypt on a new 10-year, 13 bln usd military assistance agreement which will strengthen Egypt’s ability to address shared strategic goals,’ she was reported saying by Agence France-Presse.
Rice said that the US was forging new military aid pacts to counter ‘negative’ influences in the Middle East.
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3,000 Sinai Bedouins are demonstrating now
Our friend Serene is currently in Sinai. She texted me saying: “Bedouins stage three thousand-strong demo at Masoura, near Rafah in protest of plans to demolish houses by Egyptian (-Palestinian) border. Approx 3000 families affected by plans.”