MEMRITV August 24, 2014 Clip No. 4446
TV Host: Egyptian Frogmen Captured U.S. Battleship Commander in 2013
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Egyptian TV host Muhammad Al-Ghaity recently claimed that in 2013, the
"great heroic Egyptian frogmen" had overcome the captain of a U.S. Sixth
Fleet battleship that had entered Egyptian territorial waters. Al-Ghaity
made his claims on Tahrir TV on August 24.

Following are excerpts:

Muhammad Al-Ghaity: Hillary Clinton said that [in 2013] the Egyptian air
force flew over the U.S. Sixth Fleet. Several vessels of this fleet had come
from their port in Naples, southern Italy. While the Egyptian planes circled
above, preparing for a strike, the great heroic Egyptian frogmen, under the
command of the hero, Vice Admiral Mohab Mamish – Until now, nobody knows
what this man did! They dove under the American battleships, and when they
surfaced, they captured the captain of one of the U.S. battleships.

At that moment, a great Egyptian general, whose name I will not mention, but
who is a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, called Obama and
said: "We do not seek an escalation, but if you want one – you got it." The
general conveyed Al-Sisi's message: "The Sixth Fleet must leave Egyptian
territorial waters immediately, or else we will tell the whole world what we
did."

All of this was recounted by Clinton – except for the part about Mamish. I
take full responsibility for the Mamish bit. He was in charge, and he said
to the frogmen: "Either return victorious, or return as martyrs. You must
teach this fleet a lesson for crossing into Egyptian territorial waters even
by a single meter."

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