Now birds are detained for spying
In a case that ruffled feathers in Egypt, authorities have detained a migratory bird that a citizen suspected of being a spy.
A man in Egypt's Qena governorate, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Cairo, found the suspicious bird among four others near his home and brought them to a police station Friday, said Mohammed Kamal, the head of the security in the region.
With turmoil gripping Egypt, authorities and citizens remain highly suspicious of anything foreign. Conspiracy theories easily find their ways into cafe discussion — as well as some media in the country.
Earlier this year, a security guard filed a police report after capturing a pigeon he said carried microfilm. A previous rumor in 2010 blamed a series of shark attacks along Egypt's Mediterranean coast on an Israeli plot. It wasn't.
In the bird's case, even military officials ultimately had to deny the bird carried any spying devices. They spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.
Yet later, the state-run daily newspaper Al-Ahram quoted Kamal as saying the incident showed the patriotism of the man who captured the bird in the first place.
The bird remains caged for now, as Abdallah said authorities must receive permission from prosecutors to release the animal.
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Did they interogate it? And put on the lie detector test ? Poor bird its heart rate beats faster it surely fails.
.... The bird remains caged for now, as Abdallah said authorities must receive permission from prosecutors to release the animal.
well beats being a French monkey
How silly. Everyone knows that Storks deliver babies, so there is a poor mother out there waiting for her newborn to arrive :O(