EGYPT SIGNS UNPRECEDENTED $3 BILLION MIG-35 DEAL WITH RUSSIA In this agreement between Cairo and Moscow, Egypt will receive 24 of Russia’s advanced Mikoyan MiG-35 fighter jets, along with military and strategic advisers, as well as training for the Egyptian Air Force. The deal is worth $3 billion. EGYPT Imprisons Obama Muslim Brotherhood: Takes Action…
(Rothschild’s Reuters) – U.S. officials have met members of the Muslim Brotherhood‘s political party, a U.S. diplomat said, after Washington announced it would have direct contacts with Egypt‘s biggest Islamist group whose role has grown since U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
President Hosni Mubarak defied the demands of President Barack Obama and his army generals to quit at once and leave Egypt and said he would serve out his term until September and not run again. He also swore to die in Egypt – meaning no exile for him. Mubarak said he would devote his…
