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CAIRO — The United States has shipped teargas to Egypt’s security
forces.

Industry sources said a ship from the United States arrived in the port
of Suez on April 7.

The sources said the ship, SS Jamestown, contained five containers with 140,000 teargas canisters produced by Combined Systems International, based in Jamestown, Pa.

“The shipping documents stipulate that only the Egyptian government may use the canisters, and that they are forbidden to re-export the shipment or sell it to third parties,” a shipping document published by the Egyptian daily Al Masri Al Yom.

The shipment arrived amid a crackdown by the Islamist regime of
President Mohammed Morsi against the secular and pro-democratic opposition. Egypt receives $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military assistance.

The Interior Ministry ordered the teargas for $2.5 million and
delivered by an Egyptian Air Force air transport. A ministry spokesman, Hani
Abdul Latif, said the teargas would help security forces protect government
and critical facilities.

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