U.S to build Egypt fence 23 million

US to help Egypt prevent smuggling on Gaza border

America transfers $23 million worth of aid to Egyptians, agrees to send engineering teams to assist in locating smuggling tunnels; budget also for building sturdier fence on Gaza-Egypt border

US helping Egypt build border fence on Gaza frontier: American officials have agreed to a $23 million aid package from which most will go towards purchasing technology to prevent the fence from being perforated and for locating underground smuggling conduits, according to information received in the Israeli political circuit.

From details that were made known to Ynet, the US intends to send teams from the US Army Corps of Engineers to the Egyptian side of the Gaza-Egypt border in the near future. Theses teams will assist Egyptian forces deployed along the frontier pinpoint the locations of smuggling tunnels west of the border in the Rafah area.

n recent days, Cairo is completing the construction of a stone wall on the border. At the same time, Egypt has positioned a specially-trained police force near the new wall in order to prevent a new perforation in the fence. The US teams will brief the Egyptian force, which numbers around 750 personnel.

In Jerusalem, Israel officials are welcoming the move. Nonetheless, Israel also believes that more hard work is needed in order to stop the flow of terrorists and weapons from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula into the Gaza Strip.

Amos Gilad, head of the political-military bureau at the Defense Ministry, traveled to Washington this week to speak with US officials about an arrangement with the Egyptians over the border fence. Gilad also stopped in Cairo, where he met with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman. The two discussed the issue of reopening the Rafah border crossing.

Israel has requested that the terminal be operated under international supervision by European Union monitors and that Palestinian Authority representatives from Fatah man the crossing on the Palestinian side. The issue is still up for contention since Hamas opposes any type of supervision on the terminal.

An Israeli official cautioned that there was still a long way to go. "More time is needed to take care of all the sensitive issues," he said. Among other things, Egypt is asking to add 750 soldiers and police to its side of the Egypt-Israel border. The issue is currently a bone of contention between the Foreign and Defense Ministries.

The Defense Ministry claims that the issues necessitate the reopening of the Camp David peace accords that were signed between Israel and Egypt in 1978. Conversely, the Foreign Ministry is ready to accept an Egyptian bolstering of forces if it deals with the entire Israel-Egypt border not just the area around the Gaza Strip.

Well there you have it folks. Our government believes it is more important to help Egypt secure it’s borders, then it is to secure ours.

  We're building a border fence in EGYPT!!!!!!      

I can't even deal with this right now.

How foolish for the Egyptians to expect a fence from our technology! Haven't they seen, in terrain similar to theirs, it is not feasible or at least, easy to do? What kind of drugs is our government on?

Another 23 million taxpayer dollars going for aid to foreign countries. When does the American citizen get any benefit out of his money? When do we get our fence? The march to total bankruptcy is alive and well. Color the US as we knew it, "Gone".

Here is an interesting passage from the Frank Herbert book, "Dune", I reread recently:

"His planetary governors had cultivated a persistent pessimism to bolster their power base. They'd made sure that everyone became familiar with numerous cases of injustice and insoluble problems; they had been taught to think of themselves as a helpless people for whom there was no succor."

And,

"Change is dangerous. Invention must be suppressed. Individual willpower must be denied. Open competition had to be reduced to manageable limits. But that meant the recurrent threat of technology could only be used to confine populations - just as it had served its ancient masters. Any permitted technology had to be rooted in ritual."

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Kind of sounds familiar when put in the context of our government's agenda for us.

algebra said: Who wrote this article?

I believe it was copied from here but originated here.

In any case, this article need to be sent to every Senator and Representative with a very big "THANK YOU for considering our safety here at home!!!" 

You know the mules, coyotes, and drug cartels are laughing! 

I have sent this to Numbers USA and have asked them to send out a "fax" to let our representatives know that we are aware of what they are up to.

I have also sent this to Lou Dobbs to cover on his show.

Please someone send this to Glenn Beck.

 Thanks!

US to help Egypt to build Border Fence - 23 million