I could not update or write anything on the blog for Ten Days or something because whenever I started on something, another huge thing happened that needed attention.
At the same time, I battled some cold or the flu or that variant and it already weakened me as I realized firsthand how due to the economic crisis, the effective material in Egyptian medicines “once a top product of Egypt highly demanded in the Arab world” was reduced due to importation woes.
In fact, I do not know if they are ten days or more, but I know I was starting an attempt to do something about Egypt’s victims in Libya’s Derna Deluge tragedy. If my calculations are right, we have the biggest human loss for Egyptian expats across the borders.
Nevertheless, nobody is ready to speak about it or hear it.
I hate to say it, but I am trying to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the October War but the shadow of what is happening whether the elections circus or rather that battle of proxies on one side and the economic developments in the past 48 hours from another side do not give me a chance.
Needless to say, I feel that this is the quietest anniversary Egypt has seen so far despite all knowing that there are huge preparations for big celebrations involving air shows and so on because it is the jubilee. Maybe the airshows will be held on the Egyptians Air Forces Day.
Now here is a terrible summary of what is happening in Egypt and outside and you tell me how I can deal with all that.
The Menendez Halal’s bribe allegations
On 22 September, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams and the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation “FBI” James Smith unsealed the indictment charging US Senator Robert Menendez, his wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez and three other men including Egyptian-American Wael Hana aka Will Hana with federal bribery charges.
“The Indictment alleges that MENENDEZ and his wife, NADINE MENENDEZ, accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes from HANA and the other two in exchange for MENENDEZ’s agreement to use his official position to protect and enrich them and to benefit the Government of Egypt.” Read the official statement issued by the US Justice Department.
In case you do not know, Veteran Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The allegations against Menendez include accepting cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, and a luxury vehicle from the businessmen.
He is also accused of Using his influence to try to sway the president's choice of the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey to benefit one of the business associates.
