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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19561-2002Aug14.html
U.S. Links Egyptian Aid to Human Rights
(Washington Post) - The Bush administration will oppose any additional foreign aid for Egypt to protest the Egyptian government's prosecution of human rights campaigner Saad Eddin Ibrahim and its poor treatment of pro-democracy organizations, administration sources said yesterday. The Ibrahim case makes it "impossible" for the administration to contemplate extra money for Egypt, according to a White House official.