Thursday, May 12, 2011

Arab revolt - The role played by Washington

Several organizations funded by the U.S. government played a proactive role in the uprisings of the Arab world, révèleThe New York Times. Among them: the NGO Freedom House, based in Washington, and the International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute, affiliated organizations at both major U.S.

parties. If these organizations did not start hostilities against the local autocrats, it has been many years that they contribute to the financing and training of pro-democracy activists in the region, "said the American daily. In particular, they supported the leaders of the youth movement in Egypt, 6 April, the Centre for Human Rights in Bahrain, Yemen and the young leader Entsar Qadhi.

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