Egyptian Military Using American made AH-64 Attack Helicopter To Scare off unarmed protesters near Presidential Palace. Attack helicopter courtesy of US taxpayers. Unit cost $20 million dollars. Not including the 30 mm M230E1 Chain Gun, the Apache carries a range of external stores on its stub-wing pylons, typically a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, and Hydra 70 general-purpose unguided 70 mm (2.756 in) rockets..
On September 20, 2014 the Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby provided the following readout of a call from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Egyptian Minister of Defense Col. General Sedki Sobhy:
“Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke this morning with Egyptian Minister of Defense Colonel General Sedki Sobhy to confirm that the U.S. plans to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt to support their counterterrorism efforts.
Secretary Hagel and General Sobhy also discussed regional security in the Middle East and North Africa and the U.S. led coalition to counter-ISIL.
Secretary Hagel thanked General Sobhy for Egypt’s role in brokering a cease fire to end the Gaza crisis.
The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a strong bilateral relationship and agreed to continue to engage regularly.”
Source: DoD http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=16949
See related video: Apache fly over protesters in Egypt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyW4ePRhATU
See Egyptian human rights abuses/ excessive use of force http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA-g-6i1ZkE