Egypt Continues Missile Projects in North Korea

The CIA has dismissed Egyptian assertions that Cairo has ended its missile relationship with North Korea.

In both congressional testimony and in its latest report, the U.S. intelligence community has reported that Egypt continues to cooperate with North Korea in ballistic missile programs. The CIA said Egypt remains a key client of North Korea, which is offering intermediate and long-range missiles to the Middle East.

CIA director George Tenet referred to Egypt during testimony last week to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. In testimony on February 6, Tenet grouped Egypt together with Iran, Libya and Syria as North Korean clients for missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

Congressional staffers said Tenet’s assertion came in the wake of several hearings in which House and Senate members questioned Egypt’s missile cooperation with North Korea. In closed hearings, U.S. intelligence officials reported that Cairo had sought No-Dong missile engines from Pyongyang.

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