Posted on 02/13/2012 10:59:52 AM PST by Whenifhow
Senior Muslim Brotherhood official tells 'Al Hayat' if the US cuts aid to Egypt, it would be violation of 1979 peace accords.
US aid to Egypt is guaranteed by the Camp David Accords, and stopping it would be a violation of that treaty, a high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker said Sunday. Essam El-Erian, who also serves as chairman of the Egyptian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said that should aid from Washington be cut, the Brotherhood would consider changing the terms of Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
El-Erian told the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat the US needs to understand that “what was acceptable before the revolution is no longer,” and that should the aid provisions outlined in the treaty be modified, it could open the door to further changes in the agreement. A Gallup poll released last week found 71 percent of Egyptians oppose US economic aid to their country, and a similar percentage oppose Washington sending direct aid to civil society groups. Last month the US administration announced it would speed up aid to Egypt as the country copes with mounting economic problems during the transition from president Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade term in power. Congress has already approved $1.3 billion in military aid and $250 million in civilian aid for the current fiscal year. That assistance, however, is conditioned upon Egypt meeting all of its obligations under its peace treaty with Israel. That factor that may help explain the unpopularity of US aid – the treaty is widely unpopular in Egypt, and many see the conditions on US aid as an infringement on the country’s sovereignty. The poll found Egyptians are just as likely to support aid from fellow Arab states as they are to oppose it from the US.
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Oh, great.
Extortion.
Well, Barry the Chicago thug will at least understand that...
Ah! Blackmail!
Wasn’t the accord signed agreed on by the “old” government? I don’t think this applies to whatever government commits a coup against the original signers. I don’t know much about this stuff, am I totally wrong?
I see another instance of incredibly succesful North Korea policy emerging. You know that’s the one where we give them a gazillion dollars in aid if they play nice and then they do what they want anyways.
“the Brotherhood would consider changing the terms of Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel.” That will be the threat if they don’t get anything and everything they want.
Bet they drop the charges against the 19 Pro-democracy dopes.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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With all the noise about reducing spending, if one cent goes towards these 6th century sand monkey throwbacks we HAVE to have a revolution.
Taking hostages is OK, then ?
i KNOW for certain of Nat Guard units over to Egypt
NOW
purportedly FOR A YEAR.
Curious.
i KNOW for certain of Nat Guard units over to Egypt
NOW
purportedly FOR A YEAR.
Curious.
Interesting - thanks!
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