America Cancels War Drills With Egypt (Overstretched)

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CAIRO, Egypt (AP)

The United States has canceled this year's "Bright Star" maneuvers with the Egyptian military because American forces are over- stretched, the charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.

"This decision was made purely on technical grounds because of commitments we have in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in fighting the war against terrorism," Gordon Gray said in remarks posted on the embassy's Web site. ---

Egypt receives more than $2 billion worth of military and civil aid from the United States as a consequence of its signing the Camp David peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

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1. Gee, where's everybody at?

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