El Sisi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/el-sisi/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 El Sisi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/el-sisi/ 32 32 Egypt shows of new warplanes at second Suez opening https://jjcornish.com/2015/08/egypt-shows-of-new-warplanes-at-second-suez-opening/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/08/egypt-shows-of-new-warplanes-at-second-suez-opening/ Egypt’s newly-acquired military hardware will play a starring role in today’s opening of the Second Suez Canal. The invited kings, presidents and international VIPs will see the French and US fighter jets Egypt’s been able to buy after the weapons freeze following the 2013 military-backed overthrow of President Mohammed Moursi. ends intro President Abdel Fatah […]

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]]> Egypt’s newly-acquired military hardware will play a starring role in today’s opening of the Second Suez Canal.
The invited kings, presidents and international VIPs will see the French and US fighter jets Egypt’s been able to buy after the weapons freeze following the 2013 military-backed overthrow of President Mohammed Moursi.
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President Abdel Fatah El Sisi’s using the festivities surrounding the opening of the Suez mega project to show Egyptians that he’s keeping his promise to get them stability and development and to demonstrate his country’s return as a legitimate international player.
Newly-acquired French Rafale warplanes and US F16s will fly over the celebrations of what Egyptians are calling their gift to the world.
Around the country, Egyptians are celebrating the new waterway that El Sisi says will triple the country’s foreign exchange earnings.

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]]> El Sisi says he’ll beat the terrorism that threatened new Suez construction https://jjcornish.com/2015/08/el-sisi-says-hell-beat-the-terrorism-that-threatened-new-suez-construction/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/08/el-sisi-says-hell-beat-the-terrorism-that-threatened-new-suez-construction/ In a ceremony that was as much a show of force as national pride, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi has opened the new Suez canal promising to beat the terrorism that threatened its record breaking construction. Egypt new warplanes flew over the thousands of invited guests including Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir sitting a […]

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]]> In a ceremony that was as much a show of force as national pride, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi has opened the new Suez canal promising to beat the terrorism that threatened its record breaking construction. Egypt new warplanes flew over the thousands of invited guests including Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir sitting a few places away from French President Francois Hollande sheltering from the blazing sun. Naval attack craft sped by on the new waterway. ends intro President Abdel Fatah El Sisi’s opponents, months away from an election, accuse him of incorrectly crunching the numbers… ..when he says the two-way Suez will almost triple Egypt’s greatest source of foreign income. They say the depressed world economy won’t sent enough ships down the arterial waterway to justify his claims. Today, though El Sisi enjoys his moment of achievement, reminding Egytians that he is keeping his promise to give them stability and development.

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