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AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has developed the first military unmanned air vehicle in the Arab world. A partnership between the military-owned King Abdullah I Design and Development Bureau and Jordan Aerospace Industries could result in the Hashemite kingdom becoming the UAV center for the Arab world. Industry sources and executives said Jordan has become the first country to develop, produce and market indigenous UAVs for the military and security market. The UAVs were designed and developed by JAI. They include stand-alone and integrated tactical systems that are all in the size of mini-UAVs. "The militaries in the countries in the...

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has approved assistance for a project to upgrade engines for Egypt's combat helicopter fleet. The Defense Department has awarded General Electric a $7.8 million contract for the improvement of the T-58 engines in the Egyptian Air Force. The contract calls for General Electric, based in Lynn, Mass., to provide components and services for the T-58. A Pentagon statement said most of the award called for General Electric to improve the T-58 engines in the U.S. Navy. More than three percent of the contract was meant for Egypt. Egypt's U.S.-origin helicopter fleet includes the AH-64A...

A partnership between the military-owned King Abdullah I Design and Development Bureau and Jordan Aerospace Industries could result in the Hashemite kingdom becoming the UAV center for the Arab world. Industry sources and executives said Jordan has become the first country to develop, produce and market indigenous UAVs for the military and security market. The UAVs were designed and developed by JAI. They include stand-alone and integrated tactical systems that are all in the size of mini-UAVs. "The militaries in the countries in the region are in need of UAVs," JAI president Muayad Samaree said. "So far, we are the...

<p>CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (search) said Monday they would welcome an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as a positive step toward a Middle East peace agreement and a future Palestinian state.</p> <p>"I think any withdrawal from the occupied territory is very highly appreciated," Mubarak told reporters following a private meeting at Bush's ranch.</p>

Special Report - No. 28 April 2, 2004 No.28 Anti-American and Antisemitic Cartoons in Leading Egyptian Government Weekly Al-Ahram: 1998-2004By: Steven Stalinsky* Background Al-Ahram newspapers [1] are controlled by the Egyptian government and edited by the government-appointed Ibrahim Nafi', who also serves aschairman of the Arab Journalists Association. Following a MEMRI dispatch from an October 10, 2000 issue of Al-Ahram based on a centuries-old blood libel, according to which Jews used the blood of a priest in Damascus to make Passover matzoh, the French Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et L'antisémitisme (LICRA) filed a complaint against Nafi' for incitement...

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has found evidence that Libya traded nuclear and missile expertise with Egypt. Inspections by a British-U.S. team of Libyan facilities in late 2003 and early 2004 have uncovered evidence that Libya was both the source for and recipient of nuclear and missile technology and expertise from Egypt. Officials said the evidence confirmed suspicions over the last three years of a secret trade between Cairo and Tripoli in strategic weapons obtained from North Korea. "The evidence of Egyptian involvement in Libya's missile and nuclear weapons program is highly damaging and most of the doubts we...