Biden OK’s $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt, disregarding government oppression
Jan 30, 2022 17:50 UTC
The U.S. State Department recently approved a sprawling $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt even as the Biden administration continues to withhold a far smaller sum of military aid — $130 million — over expressed concerns about human rights abuses by the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a disconnect that critics said makes a mockery of U.S. leaders’ rhetoric.
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