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Posted on 02/08/2012 11:03:35 AM PST by Qbert
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said on Wednesday it would not be swayed by threats to aid when investigating foreign-funded pro-democracy groups and NGOs, a case that has prompted Washington to warn that U.S. military support worth $1.3 billion a year may be in jeopardy.
The United States wants Egypt to drop travel bans on at least 19 U.S. citizens involved in the case but Egypt's government says it cannot intervene in a judicial probe of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over whether they violated laws such as receiving foreign cash without official approval.
A total of 43 foreign and local activists are banned from leaving Egypt and their case has been referred to a criminal court. "Egypt will apply the law ... in the case of NGOs and will not back down because of aid or other reasons," army-appointed Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri told a news conference.
The case has put a deep strain on relations with Washington, which counted Egypt as a close strategic ally under ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Both U.S. Congress and the White House have warned that the crackdown could threaten the aid budget.
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Judge Sameh Abu Zaid, one of two judges leading the probe, told a separate news conference on Wednesday that the raids on NGO offices at the end of last month, and which first drew U.S. criticism, were conducted in line with Egyptian criminal law.
He said a travel ban was imposed when some called for questioning left the country. Lawyers produced travel documents as proof of absence. "In such situations, the judges place a travel ban to be able to continue the investigation," Abu Zaid said.
"There is a lot of evidence, some of it dangerous. We have about 160 pages of evidence," the judge said.
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Ring. Ring. Ring. Hello, this is Jimmy in Plains. How can I help you?
Jimmy, quick what should I do?
Who is this?
This is your president speaking.
Oh...my advice is update your resume...you’re going to need it.
Some of the groups are Soros funded and influenced. They were helping agitate a revolution. It is the subversion tactics Soros has claimed is fun and has him hooked on overthrowing governments.
Soros enjoys taking countries down
...SOROS: "When you try to, let’s see, improve society you affect different people and different interests differently and they are not actually commensurate. So you very often have all kinds of unintended adverse consequences. So I had to experiment. And it was a learning process. The first part was this subversive activity, disrupting repressive regimes. That was a lot of fun and that’s actually what got me hooked on this whole enterprise. Seeing what worked in one country, trying it in the other country. It was kind of what developed a matrix in fact that we had, national foundations, and then we had certain specialized activities."
video at link
Yep. Islamic religious rule and democracy are simply incompatible.
It doesn’t really matter what the MSM calls these groups, though- this whole thing is backfiring on Obozo.
Egypt is tired of this intervention and now is trying a different tact.
If people choose to entangle themselves in other countries matters, this is the least that will happen.
Why does Egypt need $1.3 billion of our tax dollars? Who sends us aid?
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