United Arab Emirates financed Egypt military coup: TV leaks

‘An audio recording newly released by an Egyptian TV station shows that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) helped a military coup in Egypt which led to the ouster of the first freely-elected President Mohamed Morsi and the coming to power of Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as the new president.

The leak by Egypt’s Mekameleen TV, believed to date back to January 14, shows how the UAE supported and funded the military coup in the African country in 2013.

A part of the audio reveals that Sisi’s office manager, General Abbas Kamil, asks UAE Minister of State Sultan Al-Jaber to provide the Egyptian army with new funds.’

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