Problems at Cairo airport as aid activists leave
Heated arguments have erupted as authorities attempt to send home some 500 international activists who were part of an aid convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, a Cairo airport security official said today.
The official said many activists could not pay for their plane tickets and the Foreign Ministry was asking their respective embassies to foot the bill.
The Viva Palestina aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip arrived Tuesday at the Mediterranean port of El-Arish where participants scuffled with Egyptian security when part of the convoy was not allowed through.
The official also said a special plane from Istanbul for Turkish activists was delayed on the tarmac.
