Egypt State Information Service (Cairo)

Egypt: Military Source - Suez Canal Is Black Line

29 January 2013

A Navy source stressed that any bid to interrupt traffic in the Suez Canal will be strongly confronted. The source said any attack attempt would be confronted with live ammunition.

More than 13 naval units equipped with different armaments are combing the Suez Canal waterway, the source confirmed, underlying that the Suez Canal is not a red line but a black line.

The source said future plans have been mapped out for dealing with any potential attack on the Canal. It further noted that the number of ships transiting the Canal did not decrease since the beginning of incidents and announcing the state of emergency.

  • Comment

Copyright © 2013 Egypt State Information Service. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Comments Post a comment