Americans Barred From Leaving Egypt Seek Refuge at Cairo Embassy While Obama Speeds Money to the Muslim Brotherhood

More fetid blossoms off Obama's endorsed Islamic spring in Egypt. Americans are being barred from leaving Egypt.

Reuters reported three days ago that Hussein Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to Egypt. Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats, part of a U.S. delegation that held unprecedented talks last week with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, said Washington wanted to provide "more immediate benefits" to Egypt.

Restating the obvious: aid should cease not increase. Obama, the pro-jihad president.

Americans Barred From Leaving Egypt Take Refuge at Cairo Embassy Wall Street Journal

CAIRO—Three American democracy advocates barred by Egyptian authorities from leaving the country have sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, officials said Monday, as tensions between the two allied nations sharply escalated over a probe into foreign-funded organizations.

The unusual step comes amid a row over an Egyptian crackdown on U.S.-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights that has jeopardized more than $1 billion of crucial U.S. aid to Egypt, one of its biggest recipients.

A group of senior Egyptian generals landed in Washington on Sunday to try to mend one of the most serious rifts in years with the U.S.

The investigation is closely intertwined with Egypt's political turmoil since Hosni Mubarak's fall nearly a year ago. The generals who took power have accused "foreign hands" of being behind protests against their rule and frequently depict the protesters as receiving foreign funds in a plot to destabilize the country.

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Egyptian authorities are preventing at least six Americans and four Europeans from leaving the country, citing a probe opened last month when heavily armed security forces raided the offices of 10 international organizations. Egyptian officials have defended the raid as part of legitimate investigation into the groups' work and funding.