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Mo’ money, mo’ problems?
Here are the top 5 recipients of US foreign aid. They aren’t exactly poster-children for a democratic society.
Airport personnel check humanitarian supplies after 60 tons of aid from USAID were unloaded from a plane at the airport in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
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The countries receiving the most American aid aren't exactly posterchildren for a model, peaceful society. Before Sept. 11, Egypt topped the US foreign aid list for 35 years and, so far, the United States has not retracted it's promised $1.3 billion in military aid to the country, despite the army's violent crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
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The table below has the exact figures:
| Country | Military | Economic |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 10.3 | 0.34 |
| Israel | 3 | 0.04 |
| Egypt | 1.3 | 0.17 |
| Pakistan | 0.67 | 0.45 |
| Iraq | 0.94 | 1.4 |
| Country | Total requested, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Israel | 3.1 |
| Afghanistan | 2.5 |
| Pakistan | 2.2 |
| Iraq | 2 |
| Egypt | 1.6 |