I caught this little item a few days ago but didn’t get to post on it. File under: “Bullshit“.
The former head of the Egyptian army’s Operations Branch, General Hassan al-Gridli, claims that during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, his army treated Israeli POWs humanely and even organized “tourist trips to Cairo.â€
[..] In statements made to the Egyptian establishment newspaper Al-Aharam, Al-Gridli said that when he and then-Defense Minister Ahmad Ismail Ali went to inspect the POW camp in which Lieutenant Colonel Asaf Yaguri and other Israeli officers were being held, “the defense minister asked to verify that the prisoners were receiving good treatment†and ordered the camp commander to organize tourist trips to Cairo sights for the captives.
Yes, and they also gave them fluffy bunnies and kitties and puppies while they waited to be repatriated into Israel.
Uh-huh.
Tours of Cairo.
Riiiiight.