If the news is confirmed, it would be the closest thing to treason. The alleged traitor, Egypt, denies it. But if it were true, I might not be able to do anything else. We are talking about one of the pearls of the secret documents of the United States whose leakage in different forums and social networks is driving the heads of the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies of the country and the Joe Biden Government as a whole crazy : As The Washington Post reported on Monday, one such paper revealed that in February Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi ordered the country’s military chiefs and senior officials to produce 40,000 rockets for, along with abundant ammunition for ‘artillery and gunpowder, send it all to Russia covertly.
According to the “top secret” record, from one of the US agencies issuing the leaked papers, Sisi stressed to military commanders the need to keep the plan secret “to avoid problems with the West”.
According to Al Qahera News, a media outlet affiliated with the Egyptian State, a government source in the country called the Post’s news “informational nonsense.”
Egypt keeps a careful equidistance in the face of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Cairo maintains increasingly good relations with Moscow. And he defends the cessation of hostilities with a view to the opening of negotiations to find a political way out of the conflict.
“Our position regarding this crisis is based, from the beginning, on not getting involved in it and committing to maintain the same distance with the parties”, said the spokesman for Egyptian Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Abu Zeid , in response to questions about the veracity of the leaked document.
But Egypt is an important partner of the United States, from which it has received $1.3 billion in annual military aid for decades. And, given its influence in the Middle East, where it is a vital player in the mediation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its support of Russia with lethal means in this war could have serious consequences.
US Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby declined to comment on the document about Cairo’s alleged plans, which was first leaked in March on the popular gaming messaging platform Discord. Kirby pointed out that Washington has “no evidence that Egypt has provided lethal weapons to Russia”. And he added that this country remains an “important security partner” for the United States.
The leak of dozens of documents containing US espionage secrets, mostly related to the conflict in Ukraine and posted on Telegram and Twitter, has opened up tensions with several partners mentioned in the papers, including Israel. One of the reports, from the CIA, states that its counterpart in the Jewish nation, the Mossad, encouraged popular protests against the Government for its attempt to control justice. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the publication, calling it “false and baseless” reports.
The secret papers crisis continues.
