Egypt will not be swayed by aid threat in NGOs case: PM - BENNY, ANDRE, 240????

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Egypt will not be swayed by aid threat in NGOs case: PM
Reuters via Yahoo News ^ | 2/8/2012 | Tamim Elyan & Yasmine Saleh



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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please include the 100 US senators that voted for the NFZ and the shitload of republican candidates who also said we should bomb them.

maybe the ones who 'stayed out of it' so they could criticize obama for whatever he did.

bottom line - they're a bunch of pricks, right?  they're still acting pricks so we're going to pull 1.3 bil in foreign aid.  

WhatThemotherfck does that have to do with the getbiggers youre calling out?  Unless we specifically said "33, i guarantee you once we get mubarrak out, it'll be candy land and everyone will be nice and peaceful all day long!"  then why call us out for it?

On March 21, Romney told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt:  ”I support military action in Libya. I support our troops there and the mission that they’ve been given.”

Newt?  his support - then lack of support - for the NFZ was wide known.

Santorum?  "exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military... " Support it too.


So really dude, just about everyone was on board with a new war, and nobody believed it would be nothing more than a new gorup of assshats running it after we took out kadaffi.

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please include the 100 US senators that voted for the NFZ and the shitload of republican candidates who also said we should bomb them.

maybe the ones who 'stayed out of it' so they could criticize obama for whatever he did.

bottom line - they're a bunch of pricks, right?  they're still acting pricks so we're going to pull 1.3 bil in foreign aid.  

WhatThemotherfck does that have to do with the getbiggers youre calling out?  Unless we specifically said "33, i guarantee you once we get mubarrak out, it'll be candy land and everyone will be nice and peaceful all day long!"  then why call us out for it?

On March 21, Romney told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt:  ”I support military action in Libya. I support our troops there and the mission that they’ve been given.”

Newt?  his support - then lack of support - for the NFZ was wide known.

Santorum?  "exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military... " Support it too.


So really dude, just about everyone was on board with a new war, and nobody believed it would be nothing more than a new gorup of assshats running it after we took out kadaffi.

Was I on board with it?   

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Was I on board with it?   

nope.  but how the fcck is your thread title calling out getbiggers, when the vast majority of our govt supported this?

dems and repubs alike voted 100 to 0 in senate resolution 85 to give bush his NFZ.  It wasn't a liberal thing.  it was a warmonger thing.  kadaffi was a terrorist who killed americans, and i'm fine with killing terrorists, so i supported the bombing, fcuk yes.  Did I think the new dipshits would play ball?  They might.  And if not, they'll be booted in a year and the next group might, if they want our money.  none of them will have the 40 year entrenchment we saw with kadaffi.  we can get to these new line of bitches.

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nope.  but how the fcck is your thread title calling out getbiggers, when the vast majority of our govt supported this?

dems and repubs alike voted 100 to 0 in senate resolution 85 to give bush his NFZ.  It wasn't a liberal thing.  it was a warmonger thing.  kadaffi was a terrorist who killed americans, and i'm fine with killing terrorists, so i supported the bombing, fcuk yes.  Did I think the new dipshits would play ball?  They might.  And if not, they'll be booted in a year and the next group might, if they want our money.  none of them will have the 40 year entrenchment we saw with kadaffi.  we can get to these new line of bitches.

This is about egypt. 

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This is about egypt. 

oh in that case, what exactly did the getbiggers say about egypt?  I thought this was a simple case of "a bunch of dipshits overthrow their govt and the US stays out of it".

the new groups are pricks.  who would have thunkit?

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oh in that case, what exactly did the getbiggers say about egypt?  I thought this was a simple case of "a bunch of dipshits overthrow their govt and the US stays out of it".

the new groups are pricks.  who would have thunkit?

We gave the MB 200 million moron!    Get w the program! 

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