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US Bankrolled Anti-Morsi Activists

Documents reveal US money trail to Egyptian groups that pressed for president's removal.

(BERKELEY, CA) - President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president.

But a review of dozens of US federal government documents shows Washington has quietly funded senior Egyptian opposition figures who called for toppling of the country's now-deposed president Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt After the Coup... Is Obama Backing ElBaradei?

ElBaradei’s objective is to secure Barack Obama’s personal support during his jockeying for the expected forthcoming Egyptian presidential election.

(BEIRUT) - Washington sources say once it became evident that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi might well be ousted, Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei contacted the Washington, DC law firm of Patton Boggs.

ElBaradei’s representatives reportedly also made contact with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations which claims to represent the 52 largest American Jewish groups.

The Egyptian

Watch my short video, one minute plus, in which I have tried to visually sum up the story of the Egyptian revolution 2011-2013.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Tons of thoughts, conversations and writings that have been reflecting on the Egyptian Revolution which first sparked off on January 25 2011.

But not so many have managed to grasp the true essence of who steered this revolution and why they did it in the first place.

The Arabs And Their Spring

What happened? Why did the "Arab Spring" turn into a regional winter? Why didn't the Egyptian democracy last more than a year?

(LONDON) - It is not a secret that summer skipped Europe this year and some meteorologists even predict a sun eclipse for the next seven to ten years. When asked to explain this dire prediction a few experts ended up blaming the Arabs, ‘it is all because of the Arabs, they took all the spring.’

Joking aside, looking at the Arabs and their "Spring" reveals a chilling sight. It is basically an ongoing bloodbath.

Egyptians; Manipulated to Revolt?

I have no sympathy for any group anywhere that seeks power from narrower viewpoints such as ethnicity or religion. So this is not a requiem for Mohamed Morsi.

(UGANDA) - If the detest for Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood came genuinely from Egyptians, I would welcome it since I detest ideologies constructed around ethnicity and religiosity.

However, I simply can’t buy the economy as an excuse to sack Morsi.

African Opposites: Morsi and Mandela

We can only speculate the possible outcome if Morsi was moreso like Mandela and took a page out of his populist book.

(SALEM) - The people's voice prevailed at both ends of the African continent. Those polar opposites, as history will render in its final report, came from South Africa and Egypt. Both had its champions of causes, one for Human Rights; the other for domination by his faith.

We are of course speaking of the vast contrast between Nelson Mandela, a onetime Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Mohammed Morsi, just ousted as the President of Egypt.

Egypt Walks Out of Nuclear Talks in Geneva

Arabs want Israel to give up its unacknowledged arsenal of nuclear weapons.

(GENEVA al Jazeera) - Egypt walked out of global nuclear talks in protest over failure to implement a 1995 resolution for a Middle East as a zone free of nuclear weapons.

Egypt's foreign ministry ended its participation out of frustration that the zone has yet to be created.

EGYPT: Use of Blasphemy-like Charges Must End

Government officials clearly stated their troubling view that there should be consequences, including criminal prosecution, for individuals who insult the religious feelings of others.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed concern about the Egyptian government’s continued application of blasphemy-like charges.

The government has used this charge to stifle dissent and limit the freedoms of religion and expression.

A Sudanese Genocide in Egypt?

“One need only look to Egypt’s immediate neighbor, Sudan, and its bloody history, to know where the former may be headed”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Moderates, secularists, and Christians recently demonstrated in mass at Tahrir Square.

They even besieged the presidential palace—is all too familiar.

Egypt`s New Pharaoh And The Useful Idiots

The Muslim Brotherhood follows patterns similar to all revolutionary parties that replace an ancient régime...

(WASHINGTON DC Sabbah Report) - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran after 14 years in exile and set out to destroy the secular opposition forces.

These included the Communist Party of Iran, which had been instrumental in bringing down the shah.