Tuesday, September 18, 2012

US aid to #Egypt stalled - it seems perhaps #Obama wasn't kidding around with the not an enemy not an ally


US aid to  stalled - it seems perhaps  wasn't kidding around with the not an enemy not an ally talk
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Correction: 
A previous version of this article said anti-American protests outside U.S. government buildings in Egypt stretched into a seventh day Monday. The protests stretched from Tuesday until Saturday last week. This version has been corrected. 

U.S. aid to Egypt stalled

View Photo Gallery — Anti-U.S. protests erupt across the Muslim world: The protests that started outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo have spread as far as India and Bangladesh.

By Anne Gearan and , Published: September 17

Anti-American protests that started in Cairo and spread across the Muslim world have stalled negotiations to provide crucial U.S. economic assistance to Egypt, U.S. officials said Monday.
The violent demonstrations sparked by an anti-Islam video, and Egypt’s initially clumsy response, have temporarily halted talks about a proposed $1 billion in debt relief and how to speed millions in other aid to Egypt, according to several U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the news 
Posted by Robby Ball at 7:18 AM