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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/06/AR2008010602055.html
Egypt to Bolster Gaza Border
[Washington Post] Ellen Knickmeyer - Egypt has agreed to spend $23 million in U.S. military aid on robots and other advanced technology to detect smuggling tunnels along its border with Gaza, Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) said Sunday. Egypt also has accepted a U.S. offer to send experts from the Army Corps of Engineers to train Egyptian border guards in the technology. Congress voted last month to withhold $100 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt until the country intensifies policing of the border.