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Al-Ahram Weekly 4 - 10 November 1999 Issue No. 454 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 4 - 10 November 1999 Issue No. 454
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BRIGHT STAR BEGINS TO FADE: Troops from 11 nations, led by Egypt and the United States, joined forces to liberate a neighbouring country occupied by hostile forces. And so the Bright Star war games, the largest joint military manoeuvres the region has seen, reach their final stages, reports Amira Ibrahim.
The final stages of the manoeuvres, watched by Defence Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Gen. Anthony Zinni, commander-in-chief of the US Central Command, involve the liberation of territory occupied by hostile forces, and the restoration of security.
Eleven nations participated in the latest round of the biannual Bright Star exercises, deploying more than 73,000 troops, 30,000 of them Egyptian.
According to Tantawi: "Bright Star has allowed Egyptian troops to become acquainted with several advanced technologies and weapons." And this, he continued, "is usually a step towards acquiring those technologies."
photo: Hussein Fathi
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