Podcasts about Port Said

Anthony Eden started his premiership well, chalking up a general election win and the lowest level of unemployment Britain has seen at any time since the Second World War. Little else went well, however. His Foreign Secretary, Harold Macmillan made a statement to the House of Commons exonerating Kim Philby from suspicion of being a Soviet spy. That was a statement he would live to regret.Far worse for Eden was what happened in Egypt. The nationalist Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal in 1956. Despite Eden's lack of enthusiasm for European integration and his far greater commitment to the Commonwealth, and to the so-called special relationship between the UK and the United States, he decided to respond without consulting the US and in concert with France, one of those European powers he was so unenthusiastic on getting close to. They in turn colluded with Israel to invade the Egyptian territory of Sinai, after which they would react with horror, call on both sides to cease firing, and when that didn't happen, send in troops themselves.Unfortunately, the world reacted with widespread anger at the actions of the Israeli-French-British coalition. The US, indeed, put huge pressure on Britain by threatening to sell British bonds, which would have massively damaged the British currency. They later blocked oil supplies to Britain.The result was that though the military action only got started on 29 October 1956, when Israel went into the Sinai, Britain called a ceasefire on 7 November. That angered the French, who have behaved with little confidence in the British or American military ever since. It also led to the ultimate defeat of the coalition, with the British government having to announce an unconditional withdrawal of its forces on 3 December 1956.Eden was made the scapegoat for the debacle. He resigned in January 1957, after less than two years in post. Many expected the succession to go to Rab Butler, who'd deputised for Eden while the latter was away recovering from a collapse in his health at the height of the crisis, but Harold Macmillan proved much too wily for him, outmanoeuvring him and taking the top position himself.We'll be getting to know Macmillan era next week.Illustration: Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, 5 November 1956. Public DomainMusic: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

//The Wire//2300Z February 13, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: VEHICLE RAMMING ATTACK STRIKES GERMANY. STABBING ATTACK REPORTED NEAR TURKISH CONSULATE IN LONDON. US NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER COLLIDES WITH MERCHANT VESSEL IN EGYPT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Germany: Early this morning a vehicle ramming attack was conducted in the city of Munich, resulting in the wounding of 28x people who were participating in a labor strike protest demonstration. Two people remain in serious condition, which are a mother and small child. The suspect, who has been identified as "Farhad N.", is an immigrant from Afghanistan who was allegedly already marked for deportation due to prior criminal offenses.AC: Of note, American Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy were scheduled to meet in Munich for a security conference. As this is a developing situation this morning, it is not clear as to how this terror attack may impact the scheduling of the security conference.Middle East: This afternoon the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with a commercial vessel in the vicinity of Port Said in Egypt. The TRUMAN collided with the M/V BESITKAS-M, a bulk cargo carrier flagged out of Panama, and did not experience any flooding. AC: Very few details have come to light regarding how an American aircraft carrier can even be involved in a collision (due to being surrounded by escort ships and host to extreme levels of security), however it's possible that the collision took place in the very busy waterways leading to the Suez Canal. Even taking into account the challenges of maritime navigation through these waters, it is hard to imagine a scenario in which a collision with an aircraft carrier can occur.United Kingdom: Limited reporting on social media this afternoon indicated that an incident took place outside the Turkish Consulate in London. A man approached the Consulate and set a Koran on fire while standing on the sidewalk outside the compound. A random passerby promptly stabbed the man. AC: Absolutely zero British media has covered this story, or even mentioned that it happened. As such, no details can verify that this incident actually happened, beyond video evidence posted on social media.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The horrific attack in Munich is made more poignant in the context of local German political activity. Three days ago, a very large demonstration involving an estimated 200,000 Germans was carried out in Munich, specifically in opposition to both the AfD political party, and various immigration issues. Three days later, one of the "immigrants" that those people were protesting to keep in their nation, rams his vehicle into a crowd.As a result (and very likely intended to get ahead of this tragedy reigniting immigration issues), outgoing Chancellor Scholz immediately called for the attacker to be punished and deported, a sharp departure from Germany's very pro-immigration stance across most of the nation. Scholz's very likely replacement, Friedrich Merz, echoed the same sentiments while on the campaign trail, stating that "something has to change in Germany". However, all of this rhetoric is very likely to be more of a knee-jerk reaction rather than a genuine change of heart or policy. For instance, immediately following his statements this morning, Merz announced a new targeting effort aimed at Elon Musk, for allowing Merz's political opposition (yet also very likely to be a coalition partner, the AfD party) to have a presence on Twitter/X.Analyst: S2A1Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground//END REPORT//

Am 26. Dezember 2024 enterte die finnische Küstenwache den Tanker „Eagle S“. Er war mit Erdöl beladen aus dem russischen Hafen Ust-Luga ausgelaufen und auf dem Weg ins ägyptische Port Said. Die finnischen Behörden werfen der Crew, die aus georgischen und indischen Staatsbürgern besteht, vor, mit dem Anker des Schiffes das zwischen Estland und FinnlandWeiterlesen

Den 29 oktober 1956 inledde Israel en invasion av Sinaihalvön. Detta var en förevändning för Storbritannien och Frankrike att ingripa militärt. De krävde att både Egypten och Israel skulle dra sig tillbaka från kanalen, samtidigt som de attackerade egyptiska mål.USA och Sovjetunionen fördömde attacken. President Eisenhower vägrade stödja sina allierade och krävde ett eldupphör. FN:s generalförsamling röstade för att skicka en fredsbevarande styrka. Under ekonomiska och diplomatiska påtryckningar tvingades angriparna dra sig tillbaka i december.Detta är det andra av två avsnitt av podden Historia Nu om Suezkrisen där programledaren Urban Lindstedt samtalar med idéhistorikern Klas Grinell som är aktuell med boken Suezkrisen.Den 29 oktober 1956 inledde Israel sin invasion av Sinaihalvön. Operationen, kallad "Kadesh", syftade till att återöppna Tiransundet och Aqabaviken. Israeliska fallskärmsjägare landade nära Mitlapasset, vilket markerade början på en snabb framryckning. Två dagar senare anslöt sig brittiska och franska styrkor till offensiven.Striderna intensifierades snabbt. Israeliska styrkor avancerade genom Sinai, medan brittiska och franska trupper landade vid Port Said och Port Fuad för att ta kontroll över Suezkanalen. Egyptens president Nasser svarade med att blockera kanalen genom att sänka 40 fartyg.Konflikten mötte omedelbart internationellt motstånd. USA:s president Eisenhower och Sovjetunionens ledare Chrusjtjov fördömde invasionen. Under intensivt diplomatiskt tryck, särskilt från USA, tvingades de invaderande styrkorna snart att dra sig tillbaka. En FN-ledd fredsbevarande styrka (UNEF) sattes in för att övervaka tillbakadragandet och upprätthålla freden.Under starka ekonomiska och diplomatiska påtryckningar tvingades angriparna dra sig tillbaka. I december 1956 lämnade de sista brittiska och franska trupperna Egypten. Israel drog sig tillbaka från Sinai i mars 1957.Suezkrisen blev en diplomatisk seger för Nasser och Egypten. Nasser framstod som en hjälte i arabvärlden för att ha stått emot de gamla kolonialmakterna. Den visade också USA:s växande inflytande i Mellanöstern på bekostnad av de gamla kolonialmakterna. Suezkrisen markerade slutet på Storbritanniens och Frankrikes roll som stormakter.Bild: Premiärminister Gamal Abdel Nasser och några medlemmar av RCC (Revolutionära kommandorådet) välkomnas av jublande folkmassor i Alexandria efter undertecknandet av ordern om brittiskt tillbakadragande. (Salah Salem sitter framför Nasser med solglasögon), Kamal el-Din Husseini (bakom Salem), Anwar Sadat (endast delvis synlig, bakom Husseini), Abdel Hakim Amer (står bakom Nasser, ansiktet syns inte). Abdel Latif Boghdadi och Hussein el-Shafei är närvarande i bilen, men syns inte. Wikipedia. Public Domain.Musik: "Allahu Akbar" (arabiska: الله أكبر, bokstavligen 'Gud är störst') är en egyptisk pro-militär patriotisk sång komponerad av låtskrivaren Abdalla Shams El-Din 1954 och skriven av poeten Mahmoud El-Sherif 1955. Den användes först av de egyptiska väpnade styrkorna som marschsång under Suezkrisen 1956. Sången användes också som Libyens nationalsång under Muammar Gaddafis styre från 1969 till 2011. Wikipedia. Public Domain.Lyssna också på Sexdagarskriget 1967 – när kartan i Mellersta Östern ritades om.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Efter att Egypten nationaliserade Suezkanalen den 26 juli 1956 inledde Storbritannien, Frankrike och Israel ett militärt anfall mot Egypten. Målet var att återta kontrollen över Suezkanalen och avsätta den egyptiske ledaren Gamal Abdel Nasser. Krigshandlingarna hotade att utlösa det tredje världskriget.Suezkrisen satte ljuset på spänningarna mellan de gamla kolonialmakterna och framväxande nationalistiska rörelser i tredje världen, med Egyptens ledare Gamal Abdel Nasser som en alltmer självklar ledare, samtidigt som kalla krigets konfliktlinjer stärktes.Detta är det första av två avsnitt av podden Historia Nu om Suezkrisen där programledaren Urban Lindstedt samtalar med idéhistorikern Klas Grinell, som är aktuell med boken Suezkrisen.Fransmannen Ferdinand de Lesseps fick 1854 koncession av den osmanske vicekungen Said Pasha att bygga Suezkanalen. Suezkanalen invigdes med pompa och ståt den 15 november 1869. Bygget hade kostat dubbelt så mycket som budgeterat och krävt tusentals arbetares liv. Kanalen blev snabbt en viktig handelsled och strategisk tillgång.Under 1900-talets första hälft kontrollerades kanalen av brittiska och franska intressen. Efter andra världskriget växte egyptiska krav på självständighet och kontroll över kanalen. 1952 tog en grupp unga officerare, däribland Gamal Abdel Nasser, makten i en militärkupp i Egypten.Gamal Abdel Nasser föddes 1918 i en enkel familj. Som ung officer deltog han i kriget mot Israel 1948. Frustrerad över korruptionen och ineffektiviteten i den egyptiska armén grundade han den hemliga organisationen De fria officerarna. Den 23 juli 1952 genomförde De fria officerarna en statskupp som störtade kung Farouk. Inledningsvis utsågs den äldre generalen Muhammad Naguib till president, men 1954 tog Nasser över makten.Nasser blev Egyptens president 1954. Han ville modernisera landet och minska beroendet av väst. Ett viktigt projekt var Assuandammen, som skulle ge elektricitet och bevattning. När USA drog tillbaka sitt löfte om finansiering 1956 beslutade Nasser att nationalisera Suezkanalen för att finansiera dammen.Den 26 juli 1956 höll Nasser ett tal i Alexandria där han tillkännagav nationaliseringen. Detta utlöste en internationell kris. Storbritannien och Frankrike, som hade stora ekonomiska intressen i kanalen, protesterade kraftigt. De hävdade att Egypten inte kunde garantera fri passage och effektiv drift. Och i hemlighet började de att planera en militär intervention tillsammans med Israel.USA:s president Eisenhower var mer återhållsam. Han ville undvika en militär konflikt och föreslog en diplomatisk lösning. Sovjetunionen stödde Egyptens rätt att nationalisera kanalen.Bild: Rök stiger från oljetankar bredvid Suezkanalen som träffades under den inledande anglo-franska attacken mot Port Said den 5 november 1956. Wikipedia. Public DomainMusik: "Allahu Akbar" (arabiska: الله أكبر, bokstavligen 'Gud är störst') är en egyptisk pro-militär patriotisk sång komponerad av låtskrivaren Abdalla Shams El-Din 1954 och skriven av poeten Mahmoud El-Sherif 1955. Den användes först av de egyptiska väpnade styrkorna som marschsång under Suezkrisen 1956. Sången användes också som Libyens nationalsång under Muammar Gaddafis styre från 1969 till 2011. . Wikipedia. Public DomainLyssna också på Palestinierna betalade priset för Europas antisemitismKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today we have two great conversations with two of our favorite recent cookbook authors. Have you found your way into the world of Suzy Karadsheh and the megapopular YouTube channel and website The Mediterranean Dish? We sure have, and it's changing the way we cook. Born and raised in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean city of Port Said, Egypt, Suzy grew up just a boat ride away from countries like Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, Greece, and Israel. In this episode, we hear about Suzy's terrific new cookbook, The Mediterranean Dish: Simply Dinner. Also on the show, we have a great talk with Jeremy Salamon. He's the James Beard Award–nominated chef behind Agi's Counter, one of our favorite restaurants in all the land. We talk about his life as a young chef, the near-universal praise for Agi's Counter's unique approach to modern Hungarian cooking, and his debut cookbook, Second Generation: Hungarian and Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table. I hope you enjoy these conversations.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you.MORE FROM SUZY KARADSHEH & JEREMY SALAMON:White Bean Shakshuka [The Mediterranean Dish]A Crown Heights Lunch Counter Stirs New Life Into the Nostalgic Egg Cream [Eater]This Is TASTE 139: Suzy Karadsheh [TASTE]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Egyptians traditionally celebrate Sham Enessim, the country's pharaonic spring holiday, by eating faseekh, a fermented mullet. But in the weeks prior to this year's holiday, which fell on May 6, the price of seafood shot up 180 percent. In Port Said, where seafood is generally an affordable staple protein, the price hikes hit especially hard. Salmah Elmasry, "A Fishy Business in Port Said," CSIS, July 30, 2024.

In this interview Egyptian writer, photographer, activist and author Hossam el-Hamalawy speaks about the ways that Egyptian social movements and organizing is impacted by the struggle for freedom in Palestine. Hossam speaks about how the current Egyptian government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has played a critical role in both suppressing dissent of social movements in Egypt today and how that is linked to efforts to silence real conversation and mobilization for Palestine. Hossam also speaks about how social movement forces in Egypt today are finding ways to push back. Read Hossam's texts here: https://arabawy.org Broadcasting on Thursday, July 18 on Radio AlHara at 3pm Palestine time, 8am eastern time. https://www.radioalhara.net Photo by Hossam, described this way: "Thousands marching into Tahrir from Giza, crossing the Qasr el-Nil Bridge, as clashes with the police troops fare in Mansour Street. Angry protests against the police continue in Cairo, following the massacre of Ultras Ahlawy Members in Port Said on 1 February 2012." This interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.

State gas firm EGAS is seeking at least 17 LNG shipments in a tender, to be delivered over the next three months. International Cooperation Minister has signed agreements with US Ambassador to Egypt for eight USAID grants worth USD130 million to further the state's developmental objectives.The new ministerial lineup could reportedly be delayed for several days.The Suez Canal Economic Zone signed USD10.8 billion worth of green hydrogen and ammonia projects in 2023.Pharos Energy revealed that it had received USD13.8 million of its arrears owed by the EGPC of which USD10 million were paid in dollars. Egypt's merchandise exports increased in the first five months of 2024 by about 10% to USD16.6 billion.Turkish ready-made garment maker Şirikcioglu has obtained approval from Egypt's government to establish a denim factory in Port Said with an estimated investment cost of USD700 million.The Ministry of Finance expects to collect USD2 billion in revenues from the initiative to facilitate the import of cars for Egyptians abroad.Kima released 3Q23/24 unaudited financial indicators. Bottom line turned into losses during 3Q23/24 with a net loss of EGP411 million as compared to a net profit of EGP262 million in 3Q22/23 and EGP163 million in 2Q23/24 due to growing interest expenses. On a nine-month basis, net profit declined by 91% YoY to EGP102 million in 9M23/24 from EGP1.1 billion in 9M22/23. Kima is currently trading at a 2023/2024f PE of 21.2x and EV/EBITDA of 8.6x.Energean has agreed to sell its assets in Egypt, Italy, and Croatia to Carlyle for up to USD945 million. Ades Holding signed a two-year SAR185 million contract with the Suez Oil Company to deploy a jack-up rig in the Suez Canal, a subsidiary of the state's Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). ValU, HRHO's subsidiary, signed a partnership agreement with Alameda Healthcare to provide flexible payment solutions for customers.Beltone Holding aims to bring its assets under management (AUMs) to EGP50 billion over the next three years, up from a current EGP28 billion.BINV is looking to invest EGP1.5-2 billion throughout the year with a focus on the healthcare and pharma sectors.Cairo-based fintech startup Sahl is mulling over filing for a digital bank license from the Central Bank of Egypt. 

A dual-nationality Egyptian-American TikTok influencer, known as the "New Cairo Slaughterer," is arrested for the sadistic torture and murder of multiple women, lured through social media and nightclubs, and disposed of in desert areas, revealing a chilling pattern of drug-fueled violence and meticulous planning. Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/talkmurdertomeContent warning: the true crime stories discussed on this podcast can involve graphic and disturbing subject matter. Listener discretion is strongly advised.Fair use disclaimer: some materials used in this work are included under the fair use doctrine for educational purposes. Any copyrighted materials are owned by their respective copyright holders. Questions regarding use of copyrighted materials may be directed to legal [@] Talkocast.com

Following the bloodshed of Port Said, the families of the supporters killed in the stadium are left to mourn their loved ones and seek justice in whatever way they can. The Ultras themselves, now labeled as a terrorist organization, are left to ponder their unclear future. Reporter Kieran Morris catches up with the Ultras more than a decade after the massacre, and investigates whether a government can ever truly ban the passion of football fans.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amidst the protests that swept through Egypt during the Arab Spring, an unlikely group helped tip the scales towards Democracy – soccer fans. The Ultras Ahlawy were hardcore supporters of the Cairo-based football club, Al Ahly. They were also effective in the fight to oust Egypt's leaders. But after the attempted revolution, pro-government forces took their revenge on The Ultras in a violent attack inside the Port Said soccer stadium. In the end, dozens were killed. Reporter Kieran Morris tells the story of when sports and politics collide.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Stevenson: “I was born to a Scottish-Irish father, and a Lebanese mother who had grown up in Egypt. So it was quite a mix to be born into as a cultural being. I spent three years in Pakistan between the ages of three and six-and-a-half. On the way back to Scotland, we got caught in Egypt. It was at the time of the Suez Crisis with the British government. I remember the troops on the shore of Port Said; we got out just before the Suez Canal was closed.  I came back to Scotland, which I barely knew because I had traveled to Pakistan at age three. I found it cold and gray.  Settling into school was extraordinarily difficult for me because I had started kindergarten in Lahore, Pakistan. Evidently I spoke pretty decent Urdu. I can only remember a few words of it now. It's so incredible how children just absorb information in extraordinary ways because they are so adaptable.  I ended up attending a total of three different primary schools and I hated it. I hated the whole school experience.  When I went to high school, it wasn't any better. I just could not settle myself. I was fidgety, distracted, disinterested, and bored. I was constantly thinking of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and being a rock star. I wanted to stand on stage, and at the age of thirteen that's exactly what I did. I started a band. At school, none of that counted for anything, because you are judged entirely on academic grounds. So it was no surprise that by the age of fifteen, I was asked to leave school on no uncertain terms.  My parents were going through a divorce and it was horrible. It was nasty. I escaped to London to get away from it all. I got a job in a shop selling furniture and it was all going well until it wasn't. Apparently, none of the customers could understand a word I said because of my Scottish accent.  So I was sacked three days into my first job.  I ended up sleeping out for about a year, which was quite formative in negative as well as positive ways. It was a challenging and threatening experience where I learned that I could survive and found out who I was as an individual. After that, I went through an extraordinary journey.”   Have a listen as I interview my special guest Mike Stevenson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/linda-vettrus-nichols/message

*Key news articles for today* Egypt aims to raise some USD6.5 bn through the privatization of state-owned companies and assets by the end of the year, Finance Minister said. A large chunk of the USD6.5 should be raised by June through stake sales of Wataniya, Gabal El Zeit wind farm, Port Said and Damietta Container & Cargo Handling companies, United Bank, and a Siemens-built power plant in Beni Suef.The government decided to establish a higher council for each industrial sector, according to the CEO of the General Investment Authority. He added that the Authority is looking forward to attracting USD12 billion in FDI by the end of the current fiscal year.Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir discussed the plan to establish a Turkish industrial zone in Egypt, with the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Turkish city of Bursa. The zone will be similar to the existing industrial zone in the city of Bursa, which specializes in the fields of textiles, cars, aluminum, machinery, equipment and advanced technologies.ORHD (FV: EGP20.38, OW) achieved impressive 4Q23 sales of EGP6.4 billion, up 66.1% y/y and 13.9% q/q, bringing FY23 sales up 74.9% y/y to a company record of EGP19.4 billion. We maintain our Overweight recommendation of ORHD based on our FV of EGP20.38/share.Amer Group is selling all of its shares in Casual Dining for Tourism Development, the firm that runs and operates Chili's restaurants in Egypt.CIEB's BoD proposed cash dividend distribution of EGP2.47/share, implying a payout ratio of 60% (+15pps higher than our estimates of 45%) and Dividend Yield of 9.2%, pending AGM approval.HRHO's leasing and factoring arm, Corp-Solutions, will provide financing services for investors who want to establish projects in Elsewedy Industrial Development's Sokhna 360 industrial city.Non-banking financial services firm GlobalCorp has issued a EGP1.35 bn securitized bond issuance, which is part of an EGP10 bn securitization program.ALCN released 2Q23/24 full financials showing:  Net profit of EGP1.2 billion in 2Q23/24 (+7.4% YoY, +23.9% QoQ).On semi-annual basis, net profit increased by 21.9% YoY to record EGP2.2 billion in 1H23/24.ALCN is currently trading at FY23/24 P/E of 18.8x.SWDY (FV: EGP34.96, OW) announced that its sister company, El Sewedy Cables Qatar, has been awarded a letter of award to the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation “Kahramaa”. This contract aims to supply electrical cables with a value exceeding USD327 million for a period of three years.KIMA sent a release to EGX announcing that the company is still in negotiations with banks over loans to finance the ammonium nitrate project. Banque Misr has acquired a 2.2% stake in the EKHO in an EGP963 million transaction.Egypt's Sovereign Fund is looking to cooperate with the India's Hinduja Group in building a factory to manufacture cars in Egypt with a capacity of 6 thousand units per annum.FRA granted Fawry Microfinance the license for SMEs Financing.

//The Wire Weekly Rollup//February 4-10, 2024//-----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Red Sea/HOA: This week conflict escalated in the form of more substantial attacks, increased U.S. airstrikes in Yemen, and allegedly newly fielded weapons systems. Throughout the week, CENTCOM confirmed U.S. forces regularly engaged Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) that were allegedly being staged for an attack. No additional details were provided regarding this alleged newly-fielded weapons system. On Tuesday, Houthi forces continued their attacks on commercial shipping, targeting two cargo vessels. The M/V STAR NASIA was targeted by several cruise missiles which impacted near the ship causing minor damage. The M/V MORNING TIDE was also targeted with three cruise missiles unsuccessfully.Middle East: The situation in Gaza, having deteriorated significantly over the past few weeks, has become increasingly more serious following the increase of tensions between Israel and Egypt. These tensions come as Israeli rhetoric increasingly indicates imminent operations in the Philadelphi corridor, on the Egyptian border. Thursday afternoon, Israeli sources announced the commencement of operations in Rafah, ordering the evacuation of the city in advance of the invasion. Similarly in the north, large military “exercises” near the Lebanese border have also exacerbated the situation, and possibly could be an indication of a widening conflict. In response, Egypt has deployed multiple battalions from the 4th Armored Division (of the 3rd Field Army) to the border region.Europe: Farmer protests continue as before. Including now well over two dozen nations, protests and demonstrations remain highly variable in different locations. In Spain and France, demonstrations are quite kinetic, with police largely not effective in reducing the impact of protesters actions.Switzerland: A 32-year-old Iranian asylum applicant armed with an ax held 15 people hostage on a train in Yverdon Wednesday night. After several hours of negotiation, the assailant was shot by police breaching the train. No hostages were injured during the ordeal.-HomeFront-CA: Early Wednesday morning a USMC CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter went missing in transit from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. SAR efforts were challenging due to weather conditions and the rugged terrain in the vicinity of the aircraft's last reported position. Thursday, rescue teams located the crash site in Pine Valley, and recovered the remains of all 5 crew members. No further details have been provided on the cause or exact location of the crash.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: In 2024, a “red line” issued by an Arab state doesn't mean too much, but the Egyptian response to the situation in Rafah will largely be dependent on Israel's actions. Egyptian forces already have deployed a few dozen tanks to the border region, but there are few indications that Egypt seeks to initiate conflict, despite previous claims. However, as the US has dispatched the CIA director to conduct yet another visit to Egypt, the arrival of the harbinger of nothing good is likely to increase tensions as intended.A complicating factor is the characterization of the tensions between Israel and the Arab world. For instance, on the face, relations with all Arab states suffered due to the Israeli occupation of Gaza. However, behind the scenes (and away from the rhetoric), many Arab states have taken efforts to aid Israel. For instance, a joint project between Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE includes the creation of an overland trade route to allow shipping companies to avoid the Red Sea trade route, and allow for the delivery of cargo to Israel. Over the past few days (and very quietly), cargo vessels have been observed leaving Port Said in Egypt, and delivering 

Maersk has reshuffled routes citing risks to seafarers and cargo on Red Sea.Red Sea disruptions, surging Chinese demand, and supply outages are boosting competition for oil supplies that do not have to transit via the Suez Canal, Reuters reported.French electrical equipment manufacturer Schneider Electric discussed potential electricity, water abstraction and greenhouse projects that rely on solar power with officials from the South Sinai governorate.The WB is studying a new program with Egypt for ownership of government companies. Egypt is negotiating with the WB on 8 other programs.The volumes of Israeli gas imported by Egypt exceeded the pre-Israeli war on Gaza level, as they rose during January by 15% MoM to record about 1.15 billion cubic feet per day.The Ministry of Transport intends to repeal the temporary registration of the Port Said and Damietta Container Handling Companies on the EGX, preferring to sell shares to a strategic investor.Egyptians brought 3.8 tons of gold from abroad in the eight months following the government's decision in May.CIRA (FV: EGP18.24, OW) released 1Q23/24 financial showing a squeeze in bottom line by 7.3% YoY to reach EGP99 mn due to the rising interest expenses. CIRA is currently trading at a FY24 P/E of 22.9x and an EV/EBITDA of 8.0x.CIRA has received the go-ahead from the Higher Education Ministry for Cairo Saxony University to have , its first academic year in September.CIRA decided to merge 3 of its own companies to include the schools these companies run under its umbrella and increase the company's equity value.SUGR (FV: RGP98.0, OW) released 4Q23 financial indicators. 4Q23 bottom-line recorded EGP220 mn (+91% YoY, -30% QoQ), bringing FY23 net profit to EGP1,624 mn (+91% YoY). SUGR is currently trading at a FY24 P/E of 6.8x and an EV/EBITDA of 4.7x.HELI (FV: EGP18.84, OW) signed a co-development agreement on 865 feddans in New Heliopolis with Middle East for Investment and Touristic Development leading to minimum guaranteed revenue of EGP23.0 billion and expected revenue of EGP39.7 billion. ORHD (FV: EGP20.38, OW) plans to open the commercial phase of Fanadir Marina in El Gouna in March or April 2024, according to local press.HELI (FV: EGP18.84, OW) plans to offer 460 units in New Heliopolis for sale.The Trade and Industry Ministry is studying canceling the anti-dumping duties on reinforced steel imports in light of soaring steel prices. The Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry at the Federation of Egyptian Industries addressed the Cabinet to direct the Central Bank to source USD150 million to release part of the raw materials held at the ports so that pharma companies can operate at full capacity.The CBE has approved British multinational lender Standard Chartered's request for a license to set up a branch in Egypt. HRHO's ValU enters into a partnership agreement with “Bosta” to enhance digital payment solutions to its customers.Egypt's digital exports stood at USD6.2 bn in 2023, up 26.5% YoY.

#RedSEa: The results so far & What needs to be done? Ari Cicurel is the Assistant Director of Foreign Policy at JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/strikes-against-the-houthis-should-not-be-a-one-off/ https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/israels-operation-swords-of-iron-1-17-24/   1869 PORT SAID

Suezkrisen är konflikten som såg till att Storbritannien och Frankrike slutligen tappade greppet om sina kolonier i Mellanöstern. Storbritanniens och Frankrikes regeringar hade, sedan den egyptiske presidenten Gamal Abdel Nassers tillträde 1952, irriterat sig på Nassers ökade inflytande och destabiliserande politik i Mellanöstern.När Nasser beslutade att nationalisera Suezkanalbolaget för att finansiera ett dammbygge längs med Nilen fick dock de båda länderna nog och började planera för en militär intervention, men det skulle inte gå som de tänkt sig.I dagens avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden diskuterar idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved och professorn i historia Martin Hårdstedt Suezkrisen 1956-1957.Det var inte bara Storbritannien och Frankrike som involverade sig i den här konflikten. På båda sidor fanns supermakterna, som för ovanlighetens skull höll en gemensam linje och stödde Nasser. USA hade under en tid försökt närma sig Egypten och såg sig själva som dekoloniseringspolitikens fanbärare.Det var således inte självklart att USA skulle stödja sina allierade Storbritannien och Frankrike i deras anspråk i Mellanöstern. Sovjetunionen å andra sidan hade under Chrustjovs ledning samtidigt försökt närma sig Mellanöstern för att lämna sin tidigare isolationistiska utrikespolitik. I Nasser såg Sovjetunionen en intressant partner som tycktes ha förmågan att pressa bort västerländska intressen i området, och såg då en möjlighet att använda Suezkrisen som hävstång för att hjälpa Nasser i detta.I slutändan var det dock Israel och FN:s agerande som skulle leda till att Storbritannien och Frankrike fick lämna Egypten och Suezkanalen med byxorna nere. Israel hade tagit på sig rollen att starta konflikten genom ett överraskningsanfall mot Sinaihalvön. Storbritannien och Frankrike skulle sedan använda detta anfall som förevändning för en intervention i området riktad mot Suezkanalen. Problemet var bara att Israels krigsmål var att slå ut den egyptiska militära förmågan, men när egypterna lyckades genomföra en snabbreträtt från Sinai och lämnat området åt Israel så såg man från Israels håll ingen anledning att fortsätta konflikten. När FN, under USA:s ledning, klubbade igenom en resolution om vapenvila så accepterade Israel denna.Detta drog undan mattan för den ”intervention” som britter och fransmän förespråkat. Plötsligt stod deras koloniala ambitioner i öppen dager.Krisen, om än kort, fick stor påverkan på framtida utveckling i området. Konflikten mellan Israel och Egypten kom inte till någon lösning. Istället skulle den leda till ytterligare två stora krig under de kommande 20 åren. Storbritannien och Frankrike tappade sin prestige i Mellanöstern, och snart vände sig stat efter stat mot sina tidigare styresmän. Sovjetunionen hade lyckats förödmjuka de gamla väststaterna och fick ökat inflytande i området i utbyte. För Frankrike och Israel blev konflikten också en katalysator för deras ambitioner att skaffa kärnvapen.Bild: Rök stiger upp från oljetankar bredvid Suezkanalen som drabbades under den första engelsk-franska attacken mot Port Said, 5 november 1956. Wikipedia, Public DomainKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eroul cărții este un doctor în arta extrem-orientală, ce părăsise țara sa de miazănoapte pentru a-și continua cercetările în India. E, în mod evident, un alter ego al autorului, iar personajele, decorurile și întâmplările din roman sunt umbre deformate proiectate de propria-i viață indiană. Primul capitol se folosește de impresiile de călătorie ale lui Eliade din Port Said și de pe vaporul „Hakone Maru“. În spatele lui Fräulein Lucy Roth se află vieneza Stella Kramrisch, pe care, în realitate, autorul o întâlnise abia la Calcutta. Mărturisirile pe care i le face „doctorul“ ni-l înfățișează chiar de la început ca pe un văr valah al lui Doctor Faustus. El ar fi un „înviat din morți“, ce fusese stăpânit ani întregi de Diavol – „puternic și rău“, „vietate cu aripi și duh, duh cu răsuflare și copite“. Nu lupta chinuitoare împotriva lui l-a eliberat, ci doar „deșteptarea“, înțelegerea faptului că Diavolul e „închipuire sau concept“ Sursa: Grup Editorial Litera Lectura: Alina Covaci Multumesc! Puteti sustine financiar creatorul donand o suma foarte mica de bani, ajutandu-l astfel sa se dezvolte. In cazul nostru, acest ajutor mic ar insemna mult. Donatiile ar fi reinvestite in aparatura noua (aparatura imposibil de cumparat cu resursele pe care le avem acum), astfel continutul nostru ar creste in calitate si ne-am dezvolta vizibil. Va imbratisez si @Lecturi Online placute in continuare! :) Fă-mi cinste cu o cafea ☕

#REDSEA: The EU passes on guarding the Red Sea.. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/maersk-pauses-transit-through-red-sea-until-further-notice-after-attack-on-ship-a494ae24?mod=hp_lead_pos6 1866 Port Said

In today's episode, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from Cyprus and the United Kingdom for the people of Gaza arrived at Egypt's Port Said. Meanwhile, the driver of a pick-up truck which crashed into another vehicle, killing its four occupants, was remanded in custody for six days. Elsewhere, the military plans to beef up Cyprus' air defences. All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

#Ukraine:  What are the options in the Red Sea?  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/russia-interest-rates-inflation.html 1866 Port Said

En förskräcklig plan har satts i verket, som hotar att förstöra mänskligheten såsom vi känner den, om den går i lås. Men allt är inte förlorat. Om några modiga själar kan avslöja och sammanföra viss information, kan de stå emot mörkret och förhindra att det otänkbara sker. I möten med mörka kulter, besynnerlig lore, hemska monster och en mängd oöverkomliga fiender, påbörjar utredarna en upptäcktsresa för att möta den ultimata skräcken. Detta är deras historia. Detta är det fyrtiofjärde avsnittet av Syndikatets inspelning av Masks of Nyarlathotep, och det tjugofjärde och sista av kapitel 3. Monty har dragit till Belfast för att framföra sorgebudet till Ians bror och David försöker hålla demonerna borta i aunt Roses barrikaderade lägenhet. Till slut är det dock dags att avresa från Southampton, mot Port Said. Vid den tidpunkten kan väl inga fler överraskningar dyka upp? Masks of Nyarlathotep (5th ed) är skrivet av Larry DiTillio, Lynn Willis, Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, Paul Fricker och Scott Dorward och är utgivet av Chaosium Inc, till deras spel Call of Cthulhu (7th ed). Omslaget är gjort av Sam Lamont och Rhys Pugh © Chaosium Inc. Spelledare: Adam Yngvesson David Di Fazio: Simon Karlsson Nathaniel Fawcett: Martin Sellgren Montgomery Hartman: Eric Herlin Selim Turanoglu: Daniel Skaljac Palm

Egypt is on track to meet its target of attracting 15 million tourists this year despite the impact of the war in Gaza.The Environment Ministry is aiming to attract USD600 million in investment into six projects during 2024.The Ministry of Finance will present the new draft law on income taxes for social dialogue during the coming period for approval before taking the necessary measures to refer it to the Cabinet then the House of Representatives. The law sets the tax due at EGP1000 annually for projects whose annual turnover is less than EGP250k.The Head of the Ports Sector at Abu Dhabi Ports Group said that the group decided to focus on the company's multi-purpose terminal project in Safaga Port and postpone plans to acquire shares in container handling companies such as Port Said and Damietta affiliated with the Holding Company for Maritime Transport.The first gold auction will be held on Egypt's commodities exchange next week.The Egyptian Railways Authority inked a terms and conditions agreement with the Egyptian National Railway Industries Company (NERIC) to assemble 500 rolling stock, along with their maintenance and spare parts, over the span of 15 years.The Madbouly government is resorting to bartering with Kenya to continue importing black tea in a bid to protect FX reserves. ORAS (FV: EGP192.45, OW) signed a contract with the National Authority for Tunnels to execute all civil works for Greater Cairo Metro Line 4, which will run underground from Giza to Fustat and connect to existing Lines 1 and 2. A number of local and international companies signed contracts to design, supply, and install the electromechanical systems for the 1.8k km national high-speed rail project led by Siemens including ORAS, SWDY, and Arab Contractors.The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co. inked a framework agreement to design and construct in collaboration with local subcontractors, including Hassan Allam Holding, ORAS, Concord, Arab Contractors, and others, the 16-km fourth phase of Cairo's light-rail transit (LRT) project that will extend the route into Tenth of Ramadan City. EGAL (FV: EGP53.58, OW) declared a cash dividend of EGP6.50/share for FY22/23. Distribution date is 23 November 2023. Record date is 20 November 2023. This implies a dividend yield of 9.4% and a payout ratio of 74.7%.ADQ, along with other Gulf institutions especially Qatari ones, are showing interest to acquire a strategic stake in EGAL of up to 30%. The new VAT law on cigarettes that the Parliament passed the draft amendment for last week has been passed into law as of yesterday.Cheiron's Pico Petroleum and the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) will invest USD119.5 million over the coming five years to increase production at the Geisum and Tawila West concession in the Gulf of Suez. The companies also requested that they be given 20-year licenses for the concession, so they continue operating and investing in the area after their current licenses expire in 2027.MHOT EGM approved 1:1 stock dividends.Raya Technology, a subsidiary of RAYA, is in negotiations with a consortium of local banks to obtain a syndicated loan of EGP1.1 billion to finance its expansion plans.United Bank's financing arm United Finance raised EGP617.5 million in a securitized bond issuance. Seven Consumer Finance Company, BTFH's subsidiary, aims to bring its portfolio to EGP1.5 billion by the end of 2023, compared to a current portfolio exceeding EGP1.3 billion, with the possibility of the target increasing to EGP2 billion. State-owned El Nasr Automotive is reportedly close to inking a partnership agreement with an unnamed Chinese investor to manufacture four-wheeled electric light

Quella della crisi di Sigonella è una puntata speciale, disponibile solo sull'app del Post per le persone abbonate: un modo per ringraziarle per la loro partecipazione al progetto del Post e per permettere che il Post possa continuare a fare il suo giornalismo in modo gratuito per tutte e tutti. Se vuoi ascoltarla puoi abbonarti qui.Il 7 ottobre 1985, verso le 12:30, una nave da crociera italiana, la Achille Lauro, venne dirottata da quattro terroristi palestinesi armati mentre navigava al largo delle coste egiziane. A bordo in quel momento c'erano 344 membri dell'equipaggio e 210 passeggeri mentre 544 persone erano sbarcate al Cairo e sarebbero tornate a bordo in serata, a Port Said. I passeggeri erano di molte nazionalità.I terroristi dichiararono di essere membri del Fronte di Liberazione della Palestina, movimento palestinese dissidente in contrasto con la leadership di Yasser Arafat. Iniziarono così giorni di trattative, minacce da parte dei terroristi, pressioni statunitensi per un intervento armato.Durante il sequestro venne assassinato un passeggero americano di 69 anni, disabile a causa di un ictus di qualche anno prima. Si chiamava Leon Klinghoffer.La notizia che a bordo era stato commesso un omicidio venne data da un radioamatore libanese che intercettò una comunicazione tra i terroristi sulla nave e i mediatori palestinesi incaricati da Yasser Arafat, presidente dell'Olp (l'Organizzazione per la liberazione della Palestina), di trovare una soluzione diplomatica. Il comandante della nave, interpellato dalle autorità italiane, negò che a bordo fosse accaduto qualcosa di grave.I quattro terroristi liberarono la nave a Port Said, in Egitto, dopo che l'Italia accettò di fornire loro un salvacondotto.Iniziò a quel punto un'altra fase della vicenda. L'aereo egiziano con a bordo i quattro terroristi, partito in direzione di Tunisi, venne dirottato da caccia americani e fatto atterrare nella base dell'aeronautica militare italiana di Sigonella, in Sicilia. Gli Stati Uniti volevano prendere in custodia i dirottatori ma anche uno dei mediatori, Abu Abbas, considerato da loro l'ideatore del dirottamento e il capo del gruppo.Militari americani della Delta Force e italiani si fronteggiarono armati, la tensione tra Stati Uniti e Italia fu altissima. Per la prima volta, dopo la fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, Usa e Italia si trovarono su fronti opposti. A essere dirottata era stata una nave italiana e i reati erano stati commessi su suolo italiano: gli americani non avevano quindi nessuna giurisdizione.Alla fine i militari americani della Delta Force lasciarono la pista dell'aeroporto, i quattro terroristi vennero arrestati dalla polizia giudiziaria italiana mentre un aereo con a bordo Abu Abbas, ripartito da Sigonella, fu oggetto di un altro tentativo di intercettamento da parte di velivoli militari americani.Abu Abbas trovò infine rifugio in Jugoslavia.La crisi di Sigonella ebbe conseguenze politiche e diplomatiche importanti. Il governo italiano presieduto da Bettino Craxi fu accusato di doppiezza dalla stampa americana e da molti membri dell'amministrazione di Washington che imputarono agli italiani la responsabilità di aver fatto fuggire un terrorista, ispiratore dell'omicidio di un cittadino americano. In Italia le reazioni furono invece opposte. Bettino Craxi visse un periodo di grande popolarità, indicato dalla maggioranza della stampa e dell'opinione pubblica come colui che non si era piegato alla prepotenza degli Stati Uniti.Indagini è un podcast del Post, scritto e raccontato da Stefano Nazzi

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Jack MoylesSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4607052/advertisement

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Jack MoylesSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5588867/advertisement

The central banks of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt agreed Thursday to a currency exchange deal. The Egyptian and Chinese central banks discussed a potential swap line during talks in Beijing last week, the CBE said Wednesday.Global index provider FTSE Russell said on Thursday it will add Pakistan and Egypt to watch lists for possible demotion in its equity index suites. The President announced that Suez Canal revenues stand currently at USD10 billion and are expected to exceed USD10.5 billion by the end of 2023.The budget deficit is expected to widen to 6.9% of GDP in the current fiscal year before narrowing to 4.7% by FY27/28, Finance Minister said.GAFI's CEO said on Saturday that FDI inflows climbed 10% YoY in FY22/23. GAFI plans to apply tax incentives for new projects starting November.GAFI is reducing the time needed for good customs release from 147 days to 14 days.The Minister of Planning announced that Egypt targets an annual sustainable growth rate of 7-8%.EBRD has cut its Egypt growth forecast for 2024 by 0.7% to 4.5%.The government will end scheduled power cut starting 10 October, according to local press.The Export-Import Bank of China is lending Egypt USD400 million to finance the third phase of the electric light rail train (LRT).GASC has bought 170k tons of wheat in an international tender on Wednesday.The Supply Ministry is working towards importing 200k tons of raw sugar in the coming months to maintain at least six months worth of supply in reserve.Trial operations of the electricity connection between Egypt and Saudi Arabia will start by the end of May 2025.We upgraded our FV to SUGR from a previous EGP45.0/share to EGP67.3/share with an Overweight recommendation. Our upgrade is mainly backed by the fast-paced rally in global sugar selling prices. SUGR's financial performance is highly correlated to sugar prices and the exchange rate. We expect a 2023 DPO of 50% and a DY of 13%. SUGR is currently trading at a FY24 P/E of 6.8x and an EV/EBITDA of 3.9x.The banking sector's net foreign assets deficit declined by USD360 million to reach USD25.9 billion last August.MICH OGM held on 26 September 2023 approved:Dividends distribution for FY22/23 with a DPS of EGP3.00/share. Dividend yield amounts to 9.3% and payout ratio is 40.36%. Distribution of stock dividends with a ratio of 1:2 along with the cash dividends. Approval of initiating a new company for chlorine granules production in cooperation with Egyptian Chemical Industries Holding Company and Cadence for Energy and Consultancy Company. Kima's (FV: EGP7.48, EW) BoD issued a correction for FY22/23 results: top line new figure is EGP6.612 billion instead of the previously announced EGP6.611 billion. Net profit amended figure is EGP1.151 billion instead of EGP1.196 billion.Oil output will likely remain unchanged amid an ongoing oil price rally when OPEC+ leaders meet on Wednesday. Brent crude closed at USD95.31/bbl last Friday. Oil Minister announced a plan to drill 110 exploratory oil and gas wells by 2030, with investments amounting to USD4.8 billion.ETEL announced that Medusa Submarine Cable System (which will land in Port Said in 2025) will be connected to the Red Sea landing stations of Suez, Zafarana, and Ras Ghareb through Telecom Egypt's extensive terrestrial crossing network.SPMD released 2Q23 consolidated financial results showing attributable net loss of EGP24.8 million compared to net loss of EGP36.1 million in 2Q22 and net loss of EGP24.2 million in 1Q23. Revenues came in at EGP14.1 million in 2Q23 (-15.0% YoY, -10.9% QoQ).RCare Fund is eyeing a new healthcare investment opportunity in Egypt, according to local press. 

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Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography

Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucia Carminati's book Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said: Labor Migration and the Making of the Suez Canal, 1859-1906 (U California Press, 2023) probes migrant labor's role in shaping the history of the Suez Canal and modern Egypt. It maps the everyday life of Port Said's residents between 1859, when the town was founded as the Suez Canal's northern harbor, and 1906, when a railway connected it to the rest of Egypt. Through groundbreaking research, Carminati provides a ground-level perspective on the key processes touching late nineteenth-century Egypt: heightened domestic mobility and immigration, intensified urbanization, changing urban governance, and growing foreign encroachment. By privileging migrants' prosaic lives, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said shows how unevenness and inequality laid the groundwork for the Suez Canal's making. Lucia Carminati is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo. She is a historian of migration and the modern Middle East, researching the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations.  Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department. His research focuses on the intersection of law, the occult sciences, and the environment across the western Indian Ocean. He can be reached by email at almaazmi@princeton.edu or on Twitter @Ahmed_Yaqoub. Listeners' feedback, questions, and book suggestions are most welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will come on board as an advisor to the Egyptian government on the state's privatization program.SCZone Chairman is in New Delhi to kick off a promotional roadshow looking to attract Indian investments to the economic and industrial areas in Ain Sokhna and Port Said.The Suez Canal Authority intends to establish a new holding company, which includes 7 affiliated entities, with the aim of accelerating the process of offering stakes in those entities on the EGX.Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) has received a preliminary valuation of ESRS subsidiary IRAX that puts the company's worth at some EGP1,060/share. We remind you that our FV for ESRS is EGP54.6/ share and EGP1,357.5/share for IRAX. Thus, we see the deal, if executed, to be value accretive for ESRS. ESRS should make a mandatory tender offer for IRAX's remaining outstanding shares, which raises the question of how the deal will be funded. Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP) and its subsidiary Transcargo International (TCI) are planning to launch a tender for the construction of nine silos for storing cement and dry bulk cargo at a cost of some EGP1 billion. The companies under our coverage in the Food and Beverages sector all witnessed an outstanding quarter when it comes to enhanced profitability and margins: Rising top-line levels backed by prices rather than volumes. Lagging cost rises due to stocking-up of low-priced inventory. Rise in GPMS backed by the price increases and lagging costs. Higher EBITDA margins backed by cost cutting initiatives. Higher net interest expense levels due to higher working capital financing needs and higher effective interest rates. FX losses rising. EFID is our top pick (FV: EGP22.80, OW). EFID decided to raise their FY23 capex plan to EGP800 mn from a previous EGP400 mn, and raise the newly acquired Fancy Foods paid in capital by EGP400 mn.We updated our valuation for EKHO to USD1.86/share (EGP57.00/share) with an overweight recommendation. The company distributes USD-denominated dividends, even for the EGP-traded stock, which are expected to reach 7 cents in 2023, with a dividend yield of 6.9%. EKHO's share is currently trading at 2023e PE of 6.4x and EV/EBITDA of 3.6x.Trading of TAQA shares was postponed until after eid Al Adha holiday. MICH's EGM approved increasing the company's authorized capital form EGP400 million to EGP1 billion. The Real Estate Development Chamber intends to hold a meeting with the Central Bank during the next few days to review mechanisms for real estate financing.ZMID AGM approved the distribution of EGP0.15/share cash dividends (DY of 2.5%) to be distributed over two installments: EGP0.05/share and EGP0.10/share.Weekly Commodities | Last Price           WoW Change, %Brent, USD/bbl  76.6      2.4%Diesel-HSFO Spread, USD/ton     310.0    13.9%Egypt Urea, USD/ton      300.0    -6.3%Polyethylene, USD/ton  990.0    -3.9%Polypropylene, USD/ton              910.0    -1.6%Steel/Iron Ore Spreads, USD/ton             414.4    -1.0%Aluminum, USD/ton       2,230.7 0.1%Copper, USD/ton            8,555.0 2.5%Egyptian Retail Cement, EGP/ton             1,735.0 -1.1%Steam Coal, USD/ton      128.5    -5.3%

The US Federal Reserve is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged within the 5.0-5.25% range at its policy meeting this Tuesday and Wednesday. Egypt's core inflation rose to 40.3% y-o-y from 38.6% in April. We expect the MPC to leave rates unchanged at the June 22 MPC meeting. The government is targeting oil and gas exports of USD 21 bn in 2023, up 15% YoY and another c.15% increase in 2024 to USD 24 bn. Short-term deposits from Arab countries with the Central Bank of Egypt reached USD 14.9 billion as of December 2022. Long-term deposits from Arab countries stabilized at USD 15 billion. The Egyptian Stock Exchange is considering setting up a sub-market for startup companies to help them raise capital from the public market. The Egyptian Stock Exchange is formulating a plan to launch a comprehensive market for futures contracts in Egypt.  Baker Tilly, the independent financial advisor determined TAQA's indicative fair value at EGP8.90/TAQA share, or EGP12 billion. This implies a 2022 P/E of 32.1x and P/B of 6.2x. We remind you of the multiples valuation for TAQA: If we assume that the company will grow by 20% in 2023, profits of EGP450 million, and a book value of EGP2.4 billion. If we utilize 10x P/E and 2x P/B (19% ROE), the average valuation for TAQA will be EGP4.6 billion. This translates into EGP3.44/share.The share swap deal through which SKPC will acquire Ethydco will be executed at 1:1.6, i.e. every 1.00 share in Ethydco will be swapped for less than 1.6 shares in SKPC. (Al Mal) This means that the valuation has been mirroring the capacities and has slightly adjusted for the difference in debt profiles between the two entities. It also means that within the merged/combined entity, SKPC will be 38% and Ethydco will be 62%. ORHD's (FV: EGP20.38, OW) El Gouna will see USD100.0 million in fresh investment in the next two years allocated toward building a new hotel and expanding existing ones.PHAR has revised upward the estimated total cost of its Biosimilar plant to EGP2.5 billion, up from an initial estimated cost of EGP1.2 billion. MCRO plans to add 26 new products to its portfolio during the coming two year. The company targets 2023e sales of around EGP1.0 billion.Investors are in talks with the Public Enterprises Ministry to acquire stakes in two pharma companies including “Chemical Industries Development Company – CID” through a capital increase. The Egyptian government allocated EGP85 billion in FY23/24 for the works of the high-speed train. The entire project is set to cost some USD23 billion (c.EGP700 billion). Worth highlighting that Siemens Mobility, ORAS (FV: EGP181.70, OW), and Arab Contractors were contracted to build the first phase of the high-speed rail line, while Deutsche Bahn and SWDY (FV: EGP22.87, OW) are on board to manage and operate the first line. South Sinai governorate is studying to offer 3 water desalination plants in 2024 with a total capacity exceeding 45k cubic meters per day.The offering of Port Said and Damietta companies for container and cargo handling will take place after deciding on the acquisition offer submitted to the two companies by a subsidiary of Qatar Sovereign Fund. AMNOs are waiting for NTRA's approval on price increases within days. Market speculations point at an increase of 10-15% on telecom services provided by MNOs.Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has begun manufacturing devices at its Tenth of Ramadan factory. According to local media, ARAB's (FV: EGP0.65, EW) Board preliminarily approved an IFA valuation of ARAB's subsidiary, Amer Syria, at USD13.0 million (EGP0.34/ARAB share). This compares to the USD18.0 million (EGP0.48/ARAB share) offer received by ARAB for Amer Syria in March 2023.Weekly Commodities |            Last Price&nb

Expect to see fast movement on privatization transactions in Egypt, including big-ticket asset sales, before the end of June.Moody's signaled that it could downgrade Egypt's credit rating for the second time this year if its external position continues to deteriorate.ACWA Power, Alcazar Energy, and Infinity are reportedly among seven companies interested in acquiring Egypt's two largest wind farms, the 580-MW Gabal El Zeit and the 545-MW Zafarana wind farms.Core inflation slipped to 38.6% YoY in April from 39.5% YoY in March, and down to 1.7% MoM in April from 2.4% MoM in March.Ministers approved a draft decision that allows Egyptians living abroad to import gold to Egypt without paying customs duties for a six-month period.The EGX executed yesterday National Paints' acquisition of 81% of PACH's shares that amounted to 19.3 million shares at a selling price of EGP39.80/share.The United Arab Emirates' Energy Minister said there is no need for more oil production cuts.Parliament approved a loan agreement worth some USD2 billion from a consortium of international banks to fund the 660-km first phase of the planned high-speed rail network. Siemens Mobility, ORAS and Arab Contractors are the contractors, while NGE and its subsidiary TSO have been chosen to build half of the first phase.Egyptian construction companies submitted offers to partner with Libyan companies in reconstruction projects in Libya. ETEL announced the successful landing of the 2Africa subsea cable in Port Said.CPCI 3Q22/23 net profit reached EGP6.0 million (-91.3% YoY, -47.1% QoQ), bringing 9M22/23 net profit to EGP56.1 million (-62.9% YoY).CNFN aims to exceed EGP300 million in the portfolio of the green financing product it recently launched.

MSCI said it would not “implement any changes as part of upcoming index reviews for any securities classified in Egypt.” Inflation figures for April recorded 30.6% YoY from 32.7% YoY in March 2023.  Macro targets revealed by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning for FY23/24:Real GDP growth will inch down to 4.1%Headline inflation will average 16.0% over the 12-month periodFiscal deficit to widen to 7.0% of GDP and primary surplus to increase to 2.5%Proceeds of EGP 70 bn (USD 2.26 bn) through the privatization programBrent crude prices averaging USD 80 per barrelWheat prices averaging USD 240 per tonDebt-to-GDP to fall to 91.3%Ration card holders will now face tighter limits on how much subsidized food they can buy per month under a Supply Ministry directive issued yesterday.Abu Dhabi wealth fund, ADQ, is close to acquiring a 20-25% stake in Egyptian Linear Alkyl Benzene (Elab). The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of this month.MOIL BoD approved yesterday the offer submitted from the Saudi company Al Gihaz Holding that allows the latter to buy the marine units owned by “Valentine Maritime” at a value of USD115.6 million (USD0.25 per share).EMFD plans to open two new hotels, the Address Marassi Beach Resort and the Vida Marina Resort & Yacht Club Marassi, on the North Coast in 2023, and the Vida Residences Cairo Gate in Cairo in 2024.The Universal Healthcare scheme is currently operational in Port Said and Luxor and is being trialed in South Sinai and Ismailia. The trial phase will also extend to Aswan and Suez within weeks.

The index of the manufacturing and extractive industries “excluding crude oil and petroleum products” decreased during the month of January by about 2.66%, to reach 105.69 points, compared to 108.58 points in the previous December.The value of Egypt's agricultural exports during the first 5 months of the 2022-2023 export season reached to USD 1.24 billion, compared to USD 907 million during the same period of the last export season, with a growth rate of 36.7%.Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority intends to reduce port fees for container ships to attract more investments in the port and stimulate trading.Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority assigned the process of paving internal roads at Sokhna port for three local contracting companies with a total value of EGP 6.1 billion.The Sovereign Fund of Egypt has signed an agreement with a newly-founded local real estate firm to redevelop the Interior Ministry's former headquarters. A Developments will invest EGP 800 mn in the project.Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency aims to allocate EGP 3.1 billion during 2023 to stimulate small projects.FRA approved Eagle chemical's offer to acquire 75-100% of PACH shares, 1 EGP higher than National Paints Holding offer. Shareholders in PACH will get a 10-day window to sell their shares to Eagle Chemicals.  The mandatory tender offer (MTO) will open once the company publishes an announcement.MFPC stated yesterday in a release that it didn't finish the melamine project's feasibility studies yet, adding that it will seek bank loans in the financing structure. Poultry prices witnessed a significant decline by EGP10-12/Kg since the start of Ramadan due to a decline in demand backed by the stocking up of poultry products before Ramadan. State-owned pharma manufacturer HoldiPharma plans to build five new factories in partnership with private-sector firms. The facilities will require around EGP2.5 bn of investment.The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide JPY44 bn (c. USD 36.3 mn) in concessional financing to support the rollout of the Universal Health Insurance System under an agreement signed with the Finance Ministry yesterday.FRA is reviewing fair value studies of the state-owned Damietta and Port Said terminal operators ahead of stake sales in the two firms.ETEL's BoD has accepted Eng. Adel Hamed's request to be relieved from the position of Managing Director and CEO to assume a new role at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. ADIB announced the issuance of the “Takka” prepaid card after receiving the CBE's approval. The card will be issued in cooperation with “Meeza” and Abu Dhabi Islamic Consumer Finance company.HRHO announces the completion of the eighth issuance of securitization bonds, to “Premium International”, with a value of EGP 193.7 million.

Last time we spoke about the successful execution of operation KE and the battle of Wau. Operation KE was a success and the Japanese had managed to evacuate 10652 men. Simultaneously while Operation KE was going on, the Japanese had refocused on New Guinea and sought to secure their important bases at Lae and Salamaua. In order to secure them the Japanese commenced a new offensive, this time aimed at Wau which held a significant airfield that could be used to threaten Lae and Salamaua. The Japanese managed to land significant forces to hit Wau, but the Australians tenaciously held them back long enough to get reinforcements to Wau to push the Japanese back. The Japanese offensive turned into a catastrophic failure, yet despite being pushed back the Japanese would regroup and plan another offensive to take Wau. But for today we are diving back into the CBI theater. This episode is the First Chindits Expedition: Operation Longcloth  Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.    The story of Operation Longcloth and the actions that will take place in Burma require us to talk about some notable figures, one who is to put it frankly, a very bizarre but fascinating man. Orde Wingate was born into a military family in February of 1903, his father was a religious fundamentalist who became a member of the Plymouth Brethren. Wingate and his 6 siblings experienced a very repressed childhood and were kept away from other children for fear of spiritual contamination and would endure a regime of religious mania spending entire days reading and memorizing the Old Testament. For Orde, the religious indoctrination was accompanied by a spirit-shrinking spartan regime, something like a secular boot camp. When his family moved to Godalming, in 1916, Orde was sent to a Charterhouse school. He was very much an outsider there and did not mix with the other children nor participated in any sports. Then in 1921 he was accepted into the Royal Military academy at Woolwich, training as an officer in the Royal Artillery. At this point he suffered a salient trauma, Wingate began breaking all the rules and underwent a ritual known as “running”. The other military students summoned Wingate from his room, stripped him naked and had him run between lines of senior students who whacked him with knotted towels before he was tossed into a tank of icy water, it was the good old running the gauntlet. Wingate would stare the other boys right in the eyes and define them to do their worst to him. Many were intimidated by this and ceased hitting him as a result. Then Wingate would toss himself into the icy water tank. Wingate had thus shown himself to be a student of note at an early age.  By 1923 Wingate received his commission as a gunnery officer and a post at Salisbury Plain where he soon gained a reputation for being a skilled horseman and particularly good at the fox hunt.  But many who knew of him described him to have a dark side, yet again he always broke the rules and conventions. This became more of an issue by 1926 when he took a post at the military school of Equitation where he became very alienated by his peers and superiors by his arrogant insubordination. But Wingate enjoyed a powerful patronage for at this point in his life his fathers first cousin, “Cousin Rex”, Sir Reginald Wingate, the former Governor-General of Sudan and High commissioner in Egypt took him under his wing. Wingate took leave and began studying Arabic at the London School of Oriental and African Studies and then served in Sudan and Ethiopia. He also carried on a 5 year affair with a woman named Enid Peggy Jelley, to whom he got secretly engaged. But after 6 years after boarding the liner Cathay at Port Said, returning for his marriage to Peggy, he fell in love with a 16 year old girl named Lorna Paterson who was traveling home from Australia. As soon as he got home to Peggy he notified her he was in love with another.    Wingate married Lorna in 1935, a woman 13 years younger. In 1936 Wingate became an intelligence officer with the British Mandate in Palestine and almost immediately became an ardent Zionist, though he was not himself Jewish. Palestine at this time had an enormous Jewish population since the end of the first world war and a large influx of those fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The Arab population saw them as a future threat and guerilla groups sprang up. Archibald Wavell the newly arrived commander in chief in Palestine had Wingate form the Special Night Squads (SNS) to combat Arab terrorism. Wingate was an early proponent of using paramilitary actions at night to induce a unique and singular terror in his enemies. He got the SNS to use slavering dogs, a very calculated piece of cruelty since the animals were regarded as unclean by Muslims. The SNS were basically legitimizing Zionist counterterrorism, using Jewish thugs to strike back at Arab thugs.  Wingate performed war crimes and horrible atrocities while leading the SNS and was recalled. This should have been the end to his career, but Wavell and Sir Edmund Ironside kept making up excuses to cover for criticisms against him. These two men managed to get Wingate back into the game by 1941 where he was brought over to Ethiopia to help fight against the Italians. Backed by Wavell, he attempted another go at the SNS, this time named the Gideon Force, a band of irregulars made up of British, Sudanese, Ethiopians and some ex SNS. Wingates force proved spectacularly successful and this time with no controversy. But still because of his tactlessness and insubordination, Wingate ended up getting whisked out of Ethiopia at the end of hostilities.  Wingate found himself in Cairo in a major depression, he tried to kill himself with a Ethiopian knife but was saved by a man who drove him to the hospital. There is considerable evidence to suggest Wingate was bipolar and had experienced an acute episode of downswing for his manic-depression. Wingates enemies and critiques were delighted at the news of his downfall and hoped he would be court-martialed and tossed into an asylum, but Wingates backers prompted him up yet again. His suicide attempt was attributed to delirium induced by malaria, but as Churchill's personal physician Lord Moran would write in his diary about Wingate ‘Wingate seemed to be hardly sane . . . in medical jargon a borderline case.'  Wingate was certainly a bizarre person, he was also an exhibitionist and extremely eccentric as many sources put it. He was careless in dress, always unkempt, had zero respect for military convention and hierarchy and expected his superiors to satisfy his every whim. When General Auchinlack succeeded Wavell as commander in chief in the middle east he met Wingate who came to his office in shorts, with a dirty solar topi and a greasy blue jacket. Wingate loved to go around camps naked, often appearing out of a shower nude to bark orders at other men. He liked to wear an alarm clock around his wrist that would go off on odd occasions for no particular reason that anyone could figure out. He was rarely seen with his trademark Wolseley helmet and fly whisk. He carried on a string around his neck a raw onion which he occasional snacked upon, cant make that one up people. He had a lot of food fads which he imposed upon his subordinates, such as vegetarianism. He rarely changed his clothes and thought doing laundry was unnecessary.  Wingate went through a limbo period until 1942 where Wavell asked for his services to help in South-East Asia. Originally Wingate was told he would be training Chiang kai-sheks forces guerrilla warfare and he was quite unenthusiastic for 2 reasons. 1) such an endeavor he deemed to be like teaching one's grandmother to suck eggs. 2) he wondered what the point was of sending a Middle East expert to the CBI theater? Yet as of February the 27th Wingate found himself departing to be the liberator of Delhi with the rank of major. It would take 3 weeks for him to get over to Wavell and by that time Rangoon had fallen. Wavell told him that his job had thus changed, now he would be in charge of all guerilla operations against the Japanese within Burma.Wingate was sent to Maymyo east of Mandalay to take over the Bush Warfare School being run by another colorful character named Michael Mad Mike Calvert. Calvert was coming back to Maymyo, returning from a failed operation and found Wingate sitting at his desk. Calvert glared at him and asked who he was and calmly Wingate simply stated his name. And would you know it, they got on perfectly fine and even became friends. The two men both decided their first task should be to go down to see Slim at Prome. Slim had met Wingate back in East Africa in 1940, both men serving under Wavell against the Italians. Upon discussing the matters of organized guerilla groups, Slim agreed to some of Wingates ideas but doubted his Ethiopian experience would be relevant for the task. As Slim was becoming very aware, jungle warfare in Burma was a special type of beast. Wingate was very impressed by Slim and said of the man ‘There is only one soldier worthy of the name East of Suez. He is a bad-tempered little terrier by the name of Slim.' When Chiang Kai-shek was departing back to China after a visit in March, Wingate managed to take a seat on the plan alongside him, hoping to learn about warfare in Burma from the generalissimo. However their aircraft was chased by Japanese fighters, ruining times for conversation. Wingate was informed at Chongqing that he would not be receiving Chinese fighters for his programs as they were now going to Stillwell as a result of the catastrophe in Burma. When he returned to Burma he was informed by Calvert they had sent 100 Bush warfare people into the Irrawaddy and only 11 survived, things were chaotic to say the least. Wingate then took Calvert for a week long car tour of the Burmese frontier making careful notes of animals, insects, reptiles, and terrain details. In Delhi on april 24th, Wingate announced he no longer had any interest on training a guerrilla group, but instead wanted to create a more proactive long-range penetration (LRP0 group. He had 3 major motifs for this, 1) the Japanese troops behind the lines had to be inferior to those as the front, thus the British should get behind. 2) They needed to use communications based on radio and supplied by air. 3) They had to cut the Japanese supply lines and destroy their arms dumps, thus typing up disproportionate numbers of the enemy. He continuously made his case to his superiors and many thought him nuts to think he could train men for jungle warfare in just 8 weeks time. But Wingate kept pushing for it, insisting also that all the men must be volunteers and that he needed at minimum 3000 men.  The finer points of his idea brought up the need to supply special units with airdrops, not a particularly new idea, but certainly a gung-ho one. His superiors wanted to outright reject his ideas, but Wavell yet again was championing his cause. Wingate won out the day and it was agreed to allocate men to his project. The 77th Indian brigade was formed and it was certainly a motley collection. The main British component was the 13th battalion of the King's liverpool regiment raised in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool in 1941. These were older, married men with no dreams of martial glory, typically employed in the coastal defense of Britain then suddenly shipped to India after the Japanese went supernova in the east. They displayed a lack of enthusiasm for Wingates ideas, many of them were also too old for jungle combat. Wingate rejected 250 of them off the bat and Wavell gave permission to fill the gaps with other units. The rest would come from two oriental units,the first being the 2nd battalion Burma rifles. These were mainly warriors from anti-Japanese hill tribes, the Kachins, Chins, Karens and such, those personally affected by Japans aggression and eager for payback. They were eager and better yet, they taught Wingate a lot about jungle warfare. The other were Gurkhas whom always held high regard amongst the British, though Wingate thought them arrogant, ill-disciplined and overrated. I find that truly bizarre, because all literature i have ever read about Gurkha's troops has been nothing, but praise and something out of a Rambo film. One historian of the Gurkhas said of Wingate ‘Wingate was the only officer in 130 years of service ever to criticise the performance of Gurkha soldiers, characterising them as mentally unsuited for their role as Chindits. Of course the same might be said of Wingate.' Likewise the Gurkhas found Wingate arrogant, overly domineering and someone who paid little heed to them who had vastly more experience fighting in Burma. They also really did not like him because of his rude and autocratic treatment of them.  Wingate divided his force into 8 columns each commanded by a major and each given 15 horses and 100 mules. The columns would be sustained by airdrops, thus an RAF signaling section was attached to each. They trained in the central provinces of India and in the Saugur jungle due south of Gwalior. Within the jungle training the idea was to hit the men with every possible scenario they might face, to push them to the absolute limit. They endured hell. Encounters with giant snakes, mosquitoes, leeches, days filled with half rations deliberately to simulate living off airdrops. Men collapsed from heat, marching with full packs through vegetation. When the monsoons hit, they were marching through mud, rivers and torrential rain. Many days began at 6am with half an hours bayonet drill, followed by unarmed combat. After breakfast they learnt woodcraft, map reading, compass reading, how to forage and distinguish poisonous plants. They learnt how to blow up bridges, lay ambushes, how to storm airfields, how to properly clear paths in jungles, it was grueling.  From the beginning of the training programme there were sickness levels allegedly as high as 70%. Wingate was ruthless, in the case of those saying they were suffering from dysentery, he ordered his officers into the bathrooms to inspect the mens stools to prove if they were lying. Amongst many of his enemies, the Medical Corps would be a large one. Wingate continued to alienate himself and made more and more enemies. At one point Wingate misunderstood the Burmese word for Lion “chinthe” as Chindit and declared it to be the name of his LRP group henceforth, thus they became known as the Chindits. His Burmese aide, Sao Man Hpa told him the word made no sense in Burmese, to which Wingate told the man Chinthe made no sense in English.  Wingate defeated the 70 percent rate of illness, bringing down to a 3 percent, via brutal methodology, most genuinely ill men simply carried on too afraid to be punished. Wingates eccentric qualities spread amongst the men, like his necessity to wear shorts in the rain, to eat raw onions, and to keep a bunch of buffalo to milk because he believed their milk had salubrious qualities. Wingate should have been sacked at countless times, but the rubicon had been crossed and he was expected to lead his men by 1943. By December of 1942, the Chindits and Wingate were ready for action. They had been trained to carry 70 pounds on a march, were equipped with tropical uniform: army bots, mosquito nets, mess tins, sterilizing kits, each man had a rifle or Bren gun plus 50 rounds of .303 ammunition and 6 days worth of rations. The rations were 12 wholemeal biscuits, 2 ounces of nuts and raisins, 2 ounces of cheese, 4 ounces of dates, 2 ounces of chocolate, 20 cigarettes (which greatly annoyed Wingate as he deemed smoking a major hinderance), tea, sugar, powdered milk, salt and vitamin C tablets. The mules of his forces carried 3 inch mortars, ammunition, wireless radio sets and batteries. His force of 8000 were divided into 8 columns of around 400 men each: consisting of 3 rifle platoons, a support platoon with 2-3 inch mortars, 2 Vickers medium machine guns, a mule transport platoon and an RAF air liaison detachment. In addition he had 10 platoons for reconnaissance, scouting and sabotage operations. Now originally Wingates force was supposed to be part of a 3 pronged offensive, utilizing conventional British forces attacking Akyab and the ARakan while the Ledo and Yunnan forces led by Stilwell would secure northern Burma and reopen the land route to China. As we all know during this series, Burma was a colossal mess. Originally 4 Corps would assault Sitang and Kalewa while 15 Corps attacked Akyab and Arakan, but shortages in labour, transport and lack of skilled hands led to the cancellation of the major project. Even worse, Chiang Kai-Shek, greatly pissed off by the decisions made during the Casablanca conference, refused to sanction a Chinese expedition from Yunnan. With all hopes for the great 1943 offensive dashed, Wavell had to consider whether the Chindits were even relevant anymore. Wavell arrived to Wingates HQ on February 7th after countlessly telling the man things were simply postponed. In a 2 hour meeting Wingate fought bitterly to send his men into the fray, but Wavell stated he could not be party to the pointless waste of lives. Wingate made multiple arguments for sending his boys in, 1) cancellation would boost defeatism in the Indian army: 2) it was essential for the British to overcome their current ignorance of Japanese jungle fighting: 3) Fort Hertz, the remaining British outpost in Burma was in desperate need of relief: 4) without a Chindit crossing, the Japanese would dominate the jungle on either side of the Chindwin river: 5) the 77th brigade was not pitch perfect and any delay would be catastrophic to morale: 6) An attack by the 77th brigade would impair and set back Japanese preparations for an offensive. Wavell apparently impressed by Wingates enthusiasm agreed to let the Chindits have their day. The Chindits were not directed south-east to help with the Arakan operation, instead their assignments were to be to cut two railways, one between Myitkyina and Mandalay in northern Burma and the other, the Mandalay-Lashio line. The codename of the operation was Longcloth, which annoyed Wingate because it held no grandiloquence he sought.  In early february the 7 Chindit columns marched south east from Imphal to Moreh on the Assam/Burma border. Once across the border they split into 2 groups, the southern group consisting of columns 1 and 2, around 1000 men and 250 mules which was a feint to throw off the Japanese and the Northern group consisting of columns 3,4,5,7 and 8, around 2000 men and 850 mules who would destroy the railways. Small patrols were sent across the Chindwin marching some 30 miles into enemy territory and coming back without any incident, however doing that with 3000 men was another matter entirely. On February 13th, an advance party of the Northern group crossed at Tonhe around 50 miles north to act as a a doubled bluff to cover for the southern groups feint. Meanwhile a disinformation party with the southern group marched south and ordered a huge quantity of supplies from a village known to be aiding the Japanese, providing a great ruse. The second wave of 2000 men from the Northern group crossed the Chindwin unopposed on the 14th.  Crossing the Chindwin was not easy, while elephants and bullocks swam across with ease, the pack mules proved very skittish, most likely fearing crocodiles. Getting them to the far bank was a nightmare. The southern group also had its problems with their mule. They had the first task of ambushing a 250 strong Japanese garrison at Maingnyaung on the 18th, but ran into a skirmish with a Japanese patrol before they made it there. The enemy was thus alerted and bombarded them with mortars, this spooked the mules and the caused a stampede. Many mules were lost in the jungle, the element of surprise with it and the fiasco cost the southern group a delay of 3 days. The southern group slowly pulled away from the hill country east of the Chindwin, making for the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway. By the night of the 3rd of March they were ambushed in the Mu valley. It was a utter disaster. Radios, ciphers and most of their equipment were lost. Column 2 was almost annihilated, column 1 limped on to the banks of the Irrawady awaiting final orders from Wingate, who instead kept blaming their commander, Major Burnett. As for column 2 he said “the disaster to No. 2 Column, was easily avoidable and would never have taken place had the commander concerned understood the doctrines of penetration”.  Meanwhile Wingate and the Northern group rendezvoused 5 miles inland from the Chindwin and received their parachute drops. Wingate then pondered his options, he could make for Tonmakeng where intelligence reported no enemy presence and wait for the next supply drop and attack the 200 strong Japanese garrison at Sinlamaung or they could bypass it and head into the Mu valley. He kept the men marching and some of his scouts reported a Japanese garrison was at a gold mining village called Metkalet 15 miles east of the Chindwin near Tonmakeng. He ordered columns 3 and 5 under Calvert and Fergusson to attack at once. Then another disaster struck. Fergusson's column got stuck in a swamp and scouts returned again with a new report that no Japanese garrison was in Matkalet after all. So Wingate and Calvert directed the columns to Tonmakeng. Wingates thinking was it was better to strike at an enemy strength he knew, rather than the Mu valley which was an unknown. They reached Tonmakeng without further incident by february 22nd and learnt a Japanese garrison was at Sinlamaung, 10 miles away so WIngate dispatched 3 columns to attack it while the rest of the men waiting for a supply drop expected 3 days away. Disaster struck. The 3 columns were unable to locate Sinlamaung after 3 days and when they finally found it on the 25th, the Japanese garrison had just pulled out. Wingate met with his officers and they decided to march to Zibyutaungdan with Calverts column 3 in the lead. On March 1st they made it to Zibyutaungdan and then proceeded to descend into the Mu Valley. Wingate then ordered the Northern group to disperse into its columns and rendezvous later at the Irrawaddy or beyond. He also dispatched an advance party across the Irrawaddy to the Kachin highlands northeast of Mandalay to try and raise a guerrilla force among the pro-british people there.  By the night of March 3rd disaster struck. At the very same time the southern group was being ambushed, column 4 walked into an ambush, 2 miles west of Pinbon. Major R.B Bromhead, a descendant of the Bromhead famous for fighting the Zulu at Rorke's drift in 1879, did his best to get his panicked mules with their Gurkha handlers to disperse and regroup at a rendezvous point hoping to get help from columns 7 and 8, but while trying to do so, the men were attacked again and by the time they reached the rallying point columns 7 and 8 had moved on. With no food or radios and just a handful of mules left, the column had no choice but to retreat back to India. Within a days time, columns 2 and 4 were broken and on their way back to India. Wingate was livid, his credibility was at stake, but fortunately for him and his men the Japanese assumed when they whipped out Column 2 they had destroyed the entire invasion effort. By March 6th, Calvert and Fergussons columns were within striking distance of the Wuntho-Indaw railway. Calvert and Fergusson hatched a bold and daring plan to assault what was a 800 strong garrison at Pinlebu. They spoke with Major Walter Scott leading Column 8 and told him to attack Punlebu while they supervised a massive supply drop north-east of the town. The idea was that the attackers and supply collectors would support another. Doing so they would set up roadblocks to the north and east of Pinlebu and call upon the RAF to bombard the town, making the Japanese believe they were facing a huge force. The attack turned into an amazing success. The Japanese were quickly confused as Calvert and Fergusson had the railway line demolished. It was a bloody fight, but the line was blown up in several places. The Japanese counterattacked in force trying to stop the demolition. Calverts men also mined 2 railway bridges, one of them a 3-span 120 footer. In the bloody mayhem, Calvert and Fergussons men killed about a third of the Pinlebu defenders and cut railway lines in 70 separate places. During the evening Fergussons column no 5 blew up the 40 foot rail bridge at Bongyaung gorge, leading also to hundreds of rock and rubble going over railway lines around the gorge. Now 10 mites north of Wuntho, Wingate established his HQ in the Babwe Taung hills. He had a tough decision to make, should he retreat back to India or press further and cross the Irrawaddy? Wingate even considered turning his HQ into a new fort like Fort Hertz, to try and push the Japanese to give up the Irrawaddy towns. Wingate as you probably have guessed went with option number 2, despite how unbelievably dangerous it was. The Japanese were hard on their tail as the Chindits made their way trying to cross the Irrawady river. This is where I have to leave our story of the Chindits, but they will come back throughout the war.  We need to make a small detour to speak about the Casablanca conference that took place from January 14 to the 24th. Chiang Kai-Shek had been begging the Americans and British for more aid. FDR told Chiang Kai-shek he would champion his demands to Churchill at the Casablanca Conference, but Churchill brushed this all aside. The conference ended with two large decisions, the first being the controversial doctrine of unconditional surrender. The allies were now confident after the success of operation Torch, the victories at Alamein and at Stalingrad that the Germans were on the run. But over in southeast asia, the Japanese looked impregnable. Thus the 2nd decision made was basically to keep the Europe First course steaming ahead, the Pacific was simply second banana. But for America, the situation in the Pacific had distinctly changed, they had won the initiative and now sought to consolidate their conquests in the east. Admiral King applied considerable pressure to the matter, in private he began urging that if the Pacific did not get 30% of allied resource quote “it would necessitate the US regretfully withdrawing from the commitments in the European theater”. Admiral King wanted to continue the momentum in the Pacific by seizing the Solomones, the eastern New Guinea-Rabaul area, capture back Kiska and the Attu islands in the Aleutians begin operations in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Carolines, take Truk and extend the occupation of New Guinea to the Dutch borders. The British opposed this as they continued to argue the best course was to defeat Germany first then devote all resources against Japan. Now as for the CBI theater, plans were continuing for Operation Anakim and the Burma offensive, but the British were not looking to extend their commitments in the theater very much. They argued that the depleted condition of the eastern fleet prevented them from carrying on a naval supremacy campaign in the Bay of Bengal, and this led Chiang Kai-shek to refuse to support an offensive through northern burma, because of the lack of British naval forces at hand. Thus operation Anakim looked like it was only going to get off in late 1943. For all the failures of the conference, FDR did try to remedy the situation as best as he could with their Chinese allies. FDR made it known he wanted to treat China as a great power that the allies would help build up for the current war and postwar. He also acknowledged the dramatic need to keep supply routes to China open. Stilwell advised 5000 tons of supplies be sent over the Hump per month as a goal to hit by February of 1943, this would require 140 aircraft during good weather and 300 aircraft during monsoon seasons. But Washington at this time could only spare 75 aircraft, another disappointment to Chiang Kai-shek. Another important side aspect to the Casablanca conference was brought forward by Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud who were vying to become recognized partners to the allies with their Free French Forces. Until this point, the Japanese had a pretty awkward relationship with their technical ally, Vichy France. This awkward situation led them to simply ignore the Free French forces and by proxy they decided to not touch the French concession of Guangzhouwan which had declared itself part of Free France. French Indochina of course was fully invaded prior to 1941 and remained under nominal Vichy French control, but Guangzhouwan was beginning to stick out like a sore thumb. Chiang Kai-shek recognized Free France's authority over Guangzhouwan and many Chinese forces of the 4th Area Army led by General Zhang Fukui fled into the concession to escape the Japanese. This drew Tokyo's attention and they finally decided to put an end to the Free French presence in China. The 23rd army of General Sakai lent 2 battalions of the 23rd independent mixed brigade from Hong Kong to go over to the Luichow Peninsula. They landed at the village of Peichatsun on February 17th and began skirmishing with some Chinese defenders. They soon overwhelmed the defenders and seized the towns of Hsinlaitsun and Haikang, forcing the Chinese to withdraw towards Suichi. From there the Japanese continued north, seizing Suichi and Chihkan. After these seizures, the Japanese had fully encircled the French concession of Guangzhouwan. The Japanese and representatives of Guangzhouwan soon fell into negotiations and the Free French were forced to declare the concession an open city, allowing the Japanese to occupy it without a fight.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The eccentric or better said madman Wingate got his wish to send the Chindits into the fray, despite just about no one other than Wavell wanting him to do so. With Onions wrapped around their necks they made their first strike against a Japanese railway and it was a surprising mixed success. 

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I februar 2012 dør 74 mennesker når en horde fans stormer banen etter en fotballkamp i Port Said. Nesten alle ofrene er fans av Al-Ahly. Snart kommer det frem en teori om at tragedien var planlagt.