Egypt: moves to put 19 Americans on trial

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by: Hamza Hendawi

Monday, February 6, 2012

 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Egypt that failure to resolve the dispute over 19 detained Americans may lead to loss of American aid. Photo Credit:AP

Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

Egypt's military rulers had already deeply strained ties with Washington with their crackdown on U.S.-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights and accused of stirring up violence in the aftermath of the uprising a year ago that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The Sunday decision to send 43 workers from the various groups to trials marks a sharp escalation in the dispute. ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Egypt that failure to resolve the dispute may lead to the loss of American aid. Read the original article at AP