Egyptian radio anchor who wrongly claimed Six Day War victory dies
Ahmed Said, who announced Egyptian troops had reached Tel Aviv, when in fact the air force had been defeated, passes away aged 93
The radio announcer who claimed Egyptian troops had reached Tel Aviv when they had actually suffered a crushing defeat in the Six Day War with Israel has died at the age of 93.
Ahmed Said, who died on Monday, worked for the Voice of the Arabs, a Cairo-based station used by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser to whip up Arab nationalism.
During the 1967 war, Said told listeners that Egypt had shot down dozens of Israeli warplanes.
In reality, Israel had destroyed nearly all of Egypt’s air force on the Tarmac.
In just six days, Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza from Egypt, the West Bank and east Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria.
Said was buried on Tuesday, the 51st anniversary of the start of the war.
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