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Article: In Egypt, Souring Attitudes Toward United States; Stance on Israeli-Palestinian conflict likely outweighing foreign aid.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- December 16, 2008
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Byline: Ian T. Brown and Ahmed Younis
Synopsis: Despite the United States giving Egypt roughly $2 billion in development assistance annually, Egyptians' confidence in the sincerity of U.S. efforts to establish democracy in the region has only declined over the past three years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Egyptians' opinions about U.S. efforts toward democratization are significantly more negative in 2008 than they were in 2005. When Gallup asked Egyptians this year if the United States is serious about establishing democratic systems in the region, 75% disagreed, a 12-percentage-point increase from 63% in 2005. And only 1 in 25 Egyptians agreed the United ...
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