EGYPT: SEVEN GERMAN NAVAL SHIPS HAVE PASSED THROUGH EGYPT'S SUEZ CANAL ON THEIR WAR TO TAKE PART IN THE US.-LED HUNT FOR MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA NETWORK

Record ID: 646856

  • Title: EGYPT: SEVEN GERMAN NAVAL SHIPS HAVE PASSED THROUGH EGYPT'S SUEZ CANAL ON THEIR WAR TO TAKE PART IN THE US.-LED HUNT FOR MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA NETWORK
  • Date: 21st January 2002
  • Summary: (U4) SUEZ CANAL, EGYPT (JANUARY 21, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV/SV/LV VARIOUS OF GERMAN AND CANADIAN SHIPS PASSING THROUGH SUEZ CANAL (13 SHOTS) 2.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th February 2002 12:00
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  • Location: SUEZ CANAL, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVAAQ2BV6SF22TG7UGQ0D48T9LFG
  • Story Text: Seven German navy ships have passed through Egypt's
    Suez Canal on their way to take part in the U.S.-led hunt for
    members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.



    Three German frigates and four supply ships were
    passing through the waterway on Monday (January 21) morning,
    along with one Canadian frigate.

    The ships were expected to complete the transit later on
    Monday.

    A Canadian embassy official in Cairo said the frigate was
    likely to replace HMCS Halifax, one of a number of Canadian
    ships that has taken part in the operation since October.

    A German embassy official said the German ships would join
    international forces gathered in the Indian Ocean region as
    part of the U.S.-led war on terror declared after the
    September 11 attacks by suspected Islamic militants on U.S.

    cities.

    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder won parliamentary
    backing in November to provide up to 3,900 troops for the U.S.

    campaign.

    Since Afghanistan's Taliban government collapsed in
    November the war has turned into a U.S.-led hunt for
    operatives from the al Qaeda Islamic militant group.

    Members of the network, which Washington says carried out
    the September 11 attacks, have been on the run since U.S.

    strikes ousted them from bases in Afghanistan.

    (rb/cah)




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