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Obama's new buddies are at it again. Now it's Blackmail. What a mess.
Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypts Peace Treaty With Israel.
A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairos peace treaty with Israel the latest sign that Egypts emerging political forces intend to call Washingtons bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations.
Egyptian judges have referred 16 Americans and 27 others linked to NGOs for trial, accusing them of using foreign funds to encourage disruptive protests. Among the targeted NGOs whose assets and funds have been seized are the U.S. government-funded International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute.
On Capitol Hill, the chorus of senior lawmakers calling for aid to Egypt to be suspended over the affair is growing, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the funds could be in jeopardy.
So far, the defiant response from Cairo has been attributed mostly to government figures with links to the deposed Mubarak regime, including the anti-Western minister for international cooperation, Fayza Abul-Naga. The military-appointed Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri who also served during the Mubarak era told reporters last Wednesday that the authorities wont change course because of some aid.
But now the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), which won almost 50 percent of the seats in recent legislative elections and dominates parliamentary committees, is making its position clear, too.
Any U.S. aid cut to Egypt, top MB lawmaker Essam el-Erian told the pan-Arabic al-Hayat newspaper, would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel...
This is only the beginning of the anti-American populism/nationalism/Islamism we are going to be seeing in Egypt from now on, Mideast expert Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Israel, wrote in a column Sunday.
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Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt
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Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypts Peace Treaty With Israel.
A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairos peace treaty with Israel the latest sign that Egypts emerging political forces intend to call Washingtons bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations.
Egyptian judges have referred 16 Americans and 27 others linked to NGOs for trial, accusing them of using foreign funds to encourage disruptive protests. Among the targeted NGOs whose assets and funds have been seized are the U.S. government-funded International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute.
On Capitol Hill, the chorus of senior lawmakers calling for aid to Egypt to be suspended over the affair is growing, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the funds could be in jeopardy.
So far, the defiant response from Cairo has been attributed mostly to government figures with links to the deposed Mubarak regime, including the anti-Western minister for international cooperation, Fayza Abul-Naga. The military-appointed Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri who also served during the Mubarak era told reporters last Wednesday that the authorities wont change course because of some aid.
But now the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), which won almost 50 percent of the seats in recent legislative elections and dominates parliamentary committees, is making its position clear, too.
Any U.S. aid cut to Egypt, top MB lawmaker Essam el-Erian told the pan-Arabic al-Hayat newspaper, would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel...
This is only the beginning of the anti-American populism/nationalism/Islamism we are going to be seeing in Egypt from now on, Mideast expert Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Israel, wrote in a column Sunday.
Read More:
Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt
DRUDGE REPORT 2012®