Egypt exposed in covert plot to send rockets to Russia

Leaked Docs: One Of America’s Closest Allies Tried To Send Weapons To Russia

"One of America’s closest allies in the Middle East had plans to send military supplies to support Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, recently revealed classified documents show.

President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi of Egypt, a major recipient of American foreign aid, recently called on subordinates to build roughly 40,000 rockets to be covertly shipped to Russia, a leaked American intelligence document shows.

The Washington Post wrote, “A portion of a top secret document, dated Feb. 17, summarizes purported conversations between Sisi and senior Egyptian military officials and also references plans to supply Russia with artillery rounds and gunpowder. In the document, Sisi instructs the officials to keep the production and shipment of the rockets secret “to avoid problems with the West.”

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In 2022, we gave Egypt $174,293,353 in aid. The Justice Department, at the request of the Defense Department, has opened a criminal investigation.”