Germany Freezes Arms Exports to Egypt

[tekisui]

Source: M&C

Berlin - Germany has frozen arms exports to Egypt because of the unrest there, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Economics said Friday.

German arms exports to Egypt have averaged between 10-40 million euros (13.6-54.5 million dollars) annually in recent years, according to sources in Berlin.

more: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1617090.php/Germany-freezes-arms-exports-to-Egypt

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Good Move Germany i'd like the other players to

come on board to this too.

[Paper Roses]

7. Now if the rest of the world would stop shipping arms, this Earth

would be a far better place. That is especially true of the US.
Ship food and medicine.

[malaise]

2. Decisive action

Bravo!

[bemildred]

3. That's more like it. nt

[justiceischeap]

4. I saw a great quote about this elsewhere (can't remember where). They said

they weren't about to export arms that could be used on protestors.

[dipsydoodle]

5. The problem isn't so much

"arms" its the amount of aid which the Egyptian government currently spends on funding the Central Security Force to keep the population in order.

With US$1.5 billion p.a. in aid from the US the US is effectively funding the CSF.

[xchrom]

6. excellent. nt