Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A New British Mandate Over Egypt? UK to advise Egypt on quelling Sinai militants


General Sir David Richards will lead team advising how to ween Bedouin tribes in the Sinai Peninsula away from smuggling

The Guardian


"Britain is to provide military advice to the Egyptian government to help it crack down on militants in the Sinai Peninsula who are destabilising relations with neighbouring Israel.

In his first meeting with the Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in New York, David Cameron will announce that Britain's most senior military figure will travel to Cairo. General Sir David Richards, the chief of the defence staff, will lead a British effort that will also see a stabilisation team despatched to Egypt. The team, which will mainly consist of field experts from the Department for International Development, will advise on how to ween Bedouin tribes in Sinai away from smuggling......"

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