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U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to Egypt, despite Morsi's harsh...
U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to Egypt, despite Morsi's harsh rhetoric
By Maxim LottPublished January 22, 2013FoxNews.com
The planes were part of a 2010 foreign aid package, that critics say should have been canceled. (Courtesy: Carl Richards) The planes, made by Lockheed-Martin, are already marked with the Egyptian flag. (Courtesy: Carl Richards)Four F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. this morning, bound for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children.A source who works on the Naval Air Force Base in Dallas confirmed the departure of the state-of-the-art fighter planes to FoxNews.com. Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010 with then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally..
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