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By HA/AGB/MGH
PRESStv
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011
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USS Kearsarge warship |
The US is sending warships, including
one with 800 troops, and other military assets to Egypt as the
revolution in the North African country gains momentum.
Officials in Washington have stated that the move is to be prepared in case of an evacuation of Americans from Egypt.
Pentagon has dismissed widespread assumptions that military
intervention in Cairo is being contemplated, asserting that the
objective of the deployment is mainly for the evacuation of US citizens
in case the situation in Egypt further deteriorates.
Separately, a US aircraft carrier has been asked to abort its mission and stay in the Mediterranean.
The move comes after reports last month that a US Army aviation
regiment had been mobilized for deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to
back the Multinational Force and Observers overseeing the Egypt-Israel
peace treaty.
The recent move comes against the backdrop of deepening political
stalemate in Egypt, where swarms of demonstrators are still spilling out
into central Cairo's Liberation Square, demanding the ouster of
embattled President Hosni Mubarak.
On Sunday, opponents of Mubarak, including Egypt's main opposition
group, the Muslim Brotherhood, held negotiations with Vice President
Omar Suleiman as part of efforts to extract the country out of its
political standoff.
Muslim Brotherhood, however, has discarded the regime's proposed
reform plans, asserting that protesters would not accept anything but
Mubarak's resignation.
In another development, US President Barack Obama called for a
"representative government" in Egypt after government and opposition
parties failed to narrow down their differences.
Millions of Egyptians took to the streets on Sunday to honor
hundreds of protesters killed during the anti-government rallies of the
past 13 days.
According to the United Nations, at least 300 people have so far
been killed and thousands more have been injured during nationwide
protests in Egypt.
PRESStv
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