Spy bird found dead

(AP) Stork detained as spy in Egypt found dead

CAIRO

A stork once detained by Egyptian authorities on suspicion of being a winged spy has been found dead.

Mahmoud Hassib, the head of Egypt's southern protected areas, said Saturday that local residents found the dead bird on an island in the Nile, south of the ancient city of Aswan.

In August, a local resident found the stork in Egypt's Qena governorate, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Cairo. Both he and police were suspicious of the European wildlife tracker found on it. Authorities later let the bird go.

However, controversy trails the bird into death. An Egyptian wildlife organization claimed on its Facebook page the bird was "eaten by local villagers." Hassib denied that the bird had been eaten, though he didn't know an exact cause of death.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/09/07/Stork-detained-as-spy-in-Egypt-found-dead

(This might be the same bird earlier identified as a swan. Or, it might be an entirely different spy from Israel. So far, camels and donkeys rmain loyal Muslims.)

UPDATE: Mystery solved.

From Aug. 31 AP story:

“The bird remains caged for now, as Abdallah said authorities must receive permission from prosecutors to release the animal.

“But one mystery still remains: Abdallah and others called the bird a swan. Photographs obtained by The Associated Press showed what appeared to be a stork locked behind bars in the police station.”

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23307566/egyptian-authorities-detain-suspected-spy-swan#ixzz2eIesdSgy


(What that means is, Egyptian intelligence offials don't know their swans from their storks.

(Poor bird.