More than twelve United States Naval
warships and at least one Israeli ship crossed the Suez Canal towards the Red
Sea on Friday.
[ British
Arabic Language newspaper, Al-Quds Al-Arabi]
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A U.S. warship. |
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Photo by: Reuters |
According to the report, thousands of
Egyptian soldiers were deployed along the Suez Canal guarding the ships'
passage, which included a U.S. aircraft carrier.
According to eyewitnesses, the U.S. battleships were the largest to have
crossed the Canal in many years, Al-Quds reported.
Egyptian opposition members have criticized
the government for cooperating with the U.S. and Israeli forces and allowing
the ships' passage through Egyptian territorial waters.
They said they viewed the event as Egyptian
participation in an international scandal, and added that the opposition would
not sit with its arms crossed while the country allowed a fleet of U.S.
and Israeli military ships to cross.
The Suez Canal is a strategic Egyptian
waterway which connects between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
