(AhlulBayt News Agency) - "The United States is not looking to support democracy in Egypt - this is very clear from the 30 years of support that it has given to Hosni Mubarak who has been fighting against democracy and fabricating elections," Ali al-Ahmed said in an interview with Press TV.
Despite massive human rights abuse claims in the past 20 years of rule under Egypt's Emergency Law, the US continues to support Mubarak's regime with large financial and military support, says the Federation of American Scientists.
Protests against Mubarak's regime continued for the 16th day on Wednesday. Protesters often shout anti-US slogans to condemn the US support of the Egyptian president.
According to the US Congressional Research Service, the US has annually given Egypt, for over 30 years, an average of USD 2 billion with USD 1.3 billion of it going to Cairo's military force.
The Pentagon's Defense Security Assistance Agency included in its report that the Department of Defense has bartered over USD 11 billion in US arms offers to the Egyptian regime in the last decade alone.
Al-Ahmad concluded that the United States favors a regime which opposes Iran and follows Israeli policies with regard to the Palestinian issue.
Egypt was the first Arab country to normalize its ties with Israel and sign a peace accord with Tel Aviv.
The government in Cairo has also helped Tel Aviv in its blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has a common border with Egypt.
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