Epstein Secrets

nderwater drones. The ships will stay out of the narrow Strait of Hormuz, to avoid direct interaction with Iran's navy. In advance of the exercise, the United States Navy earlier this summer doubled the number of minesweepers in the region, to eight vessels. The deployments are part of a larger series of military rei

untry's domestic affairs. The first step toward delineating Egypt's foreign policy priorities was taken in Cairo. Morsi and Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil met, [in EFTA00711939 the week of Aug. 19], with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde to request a $4.8 billion loan f

nce for Hamas as their own ties with the Israelis have gotten colder. And these new allies aren't outliers like Iran and Syria. They are friends of the United States and very much in the center of the international community. Where's Waldo? It's testament to the weakness of Abbas and the PLO that it is Hamas's

ompletely in 2005, Morsi has condemned the Israeli "aggression" in Gaza and recalled Egypt's ambassador to Israel. He has sent his Prime Minister, Hesham Kandil, to Gaza to express solidarity and strong support. But he may well have conveyed something else in private, namely: Find a way to bring this to an

Brotherhood from pursuing those aims =nytime soon. The administration can begin by telling Morsi very clearly th=t while he is free to disagree with the United States on the Israeli-Pales=inian conflict, he cannot disagree on the importance of maintaining Egypt-=sraeli relations, which have served to prevent war b

esident Mohamed Morsi of Egypt has so far rallied to Hamas's side: he n=t only recalled his ambassador from Israel but is sending his prime minste=, Hesham Kandil, here on to "confirm Egypt's solidarity with the peopl= of Gaza in the face of the wanton Israeli aggression," according to a s=atement from his spo