US FUNDS SUBVERSION IN MENA REGION  Deal Reached on FY2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
The recently-passed omnibus package for Fiscal Year 2012 includes the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. For Morocco, foreign military financing will not be appropriated until a report is submitted about steps being taken to ensure various freedoms in Western Sahara. Military assistance will not be obligated to the armed forces of Yemen if it is determined to be controlled by a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).  In Libya, up to $20 million will be available for democracy promotion efforts, though such funds should be made available on a cost-matching basis.

Numerous stipulations exist for Egypt as well, with $250 million in Economic Support Funds (at least $35m set aside for education and $10m set aside for scholarships & not-for-profit organizations). Concerning Egypt’s Foreign Military Financing, $1.3 billion has been appropriated, but funds can be suspended if Israel-Egypt treaty obligations are not being met or if the Secretary of State deems that the Egyptian Government is not supporting the transition to civilian government and protecting democratic principles, though the bill also contains a a waiver for those provisions on the basis of national security. Sixty million dollars will be made available for Enterprise Funds for Egypt as well.

Tunisia has been designated $20m for Enterprise Funds, and up to $30m for loan guarantees. For Lebanon, $12m for scholarships has been appropriated, and additional funds to “professionalize” the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), though funding will be revoked if the LAF is controlled by an FTO.  Funds are also made available to “promote democracy and protect human rights in Syria, a portion of which should be programmed in consultation with governments in the region.”

In addition, the Joint Explanatory Statement of the bill notes the Middle East Partnership Initiative is funded at $70m, the National Endowment for Democracy at $117m, and the Democracy Fund at $114m.The spending bill also includes new language about the way American tear gas has been used against protesters, which requires the State Department to submit a report “detailing any crowd control items, including tear gas, made available with appropriated funds or through export licenses to foreign security forces that the Secretary of State has credible information have repeatedly used excessive force to repress peaceful, lawful, and organized dissent.”  

[ED NOTE:OK SO HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE,TUNISIA WILL BE FLOODED WITH AID FOR CIA FRONT NGO'S,MORROCO WILL CONTINUE TO GETS ITS MILITARY AID,(STIPULATION ABOUT ITS CONDUCT OVER WESTERN SAHARA, I ASSURE IS POLITICAL POSTURING AND THEATRICS)US CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR YEMENS MILITARY WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS IT STAYS UNDER SAME AGENDA AND TERROR POLICIES AS EXERCISED UNDER SALEH(US PUPPET)...''FUNDS WILL CONTINUE TO SYRIAS OPPOSITION'',IN LINE W/ US CLIENT REGIMES IN REGION(GCC GULF CRIMINAL CABAL),AND THE US MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE WILL BE HEADED BY CIA FRONT NATIONAL ENDOWMENT!!!THIS INITIATIVE IS A NEOLIBERAL TROJAN HORSE OF COURSE..AND MILITARY AID TO EGYPT WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THEY DONT BREAK THE EGYPT-ISRAHELL TREATY(EVEN THOUGH MAJORITY OF EGYPTIANS OPPOSE IT),AND US AGAIN PROVES NOT ONLY THAT IT DOENST SUPPORT EGYPTIANS PEOPLES DEMANDS FOR DEMOCRACY,BUT THAT IT INDEED ,IS BEHIND THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE EGYPTIAN MILITARY REMAINS IN POWER THUS CRUSHING PEOPLES DEMANDS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR A REAL DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION...