My appearance on Zambia’s Diamond TV, discussing the plane seized in Lusaka with shady ties to Egypt.
New US arms sales to Cairo
The US government has awarded
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri … a $14,696,295 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F2630) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order procures one Harpoon Weapon System (HWS) joint common test set (JCTS); one two-year HWS JCTS interim spares kit, and technical manuals. Additionally, this order provides JCTS weapons station installation and checkout, installation and checkout equipment loan, temporary shipment/loan of tools, weapon station training, JCTS checkout and calibration support, and engineering technical services for the government of Egypt. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri (69%); Alexandria, Egypt (13%); Smithfield, Pennsylvania (8%); Orange Park, Florida (3%); Piedmont, Missouri (2%); Union, Missouri (2%); St. Petersburg, Florida (1%); Huntsville, Alabama (1%); and Galena, Kansas (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2028.
Deaths in custody
At the time of writing, at least 24 citizens have died in Egyptian detention facilities this year.