Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s military leadership entered August 2013 without any illusions as to the magnitude of the challenges facing the Egyptian Armed Forces, the Egyptian government, and all of Egypt, in the coming months and years. The decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Hamas has again been linked to an insurgency plot — this time to assassinate Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi. A pro-military daily, El Watan, said authorities foiled a Muslim Brotherhood plot to kill Sisi, deemed Egypt’s de facto leader. The newspaper said Hamas was recruited in the plan to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ruling Muslim Brotherhood has been attacking secular opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Tens of thousands of Brotherhood activists have been assigned to protect the first Islamist regime in Egypt. Brotherhood fighters have employed firearms and firebombs on anti-Morsi protesters, who in turn targeted facilities of the ruling movement. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — After weeks of violent clashes, Egypt’s military has intervened to bolster the new Islamist regime of President Mohammed Morsi. Officials said Egyptian Army troops have been ordered to deploy around government buildings and critical facilities in northern cities. They said the Army was under orders not to use live fire […]
Special to WorldTribune.com (Originally posted on Aug. 26, 2003.) U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction have finally been located. Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq. Instead they are located in Lebanon’s heavily-fortified Bekaa […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — President Mohammed Morsi, continuing his purge of the military and intelligence community, has fired the commanders of the military services. Morsi dismissed the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force in the third stage of the military purge by Egypt’s first Islamist president. Morsi named new commanders and ordered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured when regime supporters attacked a protest vigil outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo on May 2. The military regime in Egypt was alleged to have employed mercenaries to attack the Islamic opposition. In a reflection of the last days of President […]