An Egyptian delegation’s angry assertion that the death of “less than 100” Christian Copts is “non comparable” to US gun violence is backfiring on Capitol Hill.
In a letter dated July 26, 18 Egyptian lawmakers furious at a recent State Department travel warning insist that “perception is always worse than the truth in this part of the world.” The letter was leaked by a congressional source dismayed by the apparent downplaying of the terrorist threat against religious minorities.