U.S. Cancels Egypt's Bright Star

  • Middle East Newsline
  • August 16, 2013
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has canceled plans for an imminent
military exercise in Egypt.
President Barack Obama said his administration would cancel plans for
the Bright Star exercise in Egypt. Obama said the cancellation was meant to
protest the killing of more than 600 people during Egypt's military
crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
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