1.
Canada body-parts murder victim identified
WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressman wants to phase out military aid to Egypt, claiming the country is stockpiling weaponry amid diminished threats.
Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, said he plans to introduce legislation that would convert the annual military aid of $1.3 billion to economic assistance, Middle East Newsline reported Tuesday.
Egypt has created 11 battle units for the navy, Lantos said, and has procured the Harpoon-2 and fast-attack craft.
"Egyptian military exercises are ominously geared toward an Israeli enemy that doesn't obviously exist," Lantos said. "This is a policy choice."
Egypt has been a major non-NATO ally of the United States since 1996. In 2003, the Bush administration approved a $300 million grant to Egypt for its contribution and pledges for cooperation related to the war in Iraq.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
FRANKFORT, Ind., June 1 (UPI) --
The Mexican-born salutatorian of an Indiana high school who almost missed her graduation because she missed a visa deadline said she's glad to be home.
|
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
|
WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. employers added 69,000 jobs in May and the jobless rate ticked higher to 8.2 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
|
UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
