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WASHINGTON — Egypt dismayed by the policy of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been turning to China and Russia, a report said.

The Middle East Media Research Institute asserted that Egypt was becoming anti-American while engaging with China and Russia. In a report, the institute said the anti-American sentiment was fueled by Obama’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood regime, overthrown in a military coup in July 2013.

“Since Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s removal from power, the Egyptian public and media — both pro- and anti-Morsi — have been fiercely attacking the U.S.,” the report, titled “In Egypt, Public Campaign Against
Obama, U.S.; Calls For Intensified Cooperation With Russia, China,” said.

Authors L. Lavi and N. Shamni said Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi was behind the anti-American sentiment in the state-controlled media.
One reason for the backlash against Washington was the decision to block a scheduled delivery of four F-16 Block 52 fighters to Cairo in July.

“Sisi’s anti-U.S. onslaught has taken the form of declarations by
senior Egyptian government officials, articles in newspapers identified with
the regime and the army, and political and popular campaigns in social media
and on the street,” the report said.

Egypt’s pro-regime media have smeared Obama, calling him mentally
retarded, his mother a prostitute and his administration the
“Adolf Obama Reich.” One article contained a prayer that Obama, branded a
Brotherhood supporter, die in agony.

“Many articles contended that Obama and his administration supported
terror by virtue of their support for the MB,” the report said. “Columnists
also opposed U.S. intervention in Egypt’s internal affairs, and, in response
to American threats to cut off aid, argued that Egypt was better off without
it.”

The Egyptian media reported on the decline in U.S. influence and the
rise of China and Russia. In Alexandria, pro-regime supporters erected
billboards that showed a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin and
captioned, “Bye Bye America.”

Many of the articles said Obama’s support of the Brotherhood constituted
U.S. endorsement of terrorism. They said the president encouraged the
Brotherhood dream of establishing an Islamist caliphate in Egypt.

“Mr. Obama, it doesn’t matter that you have lost your principles,” Kamal
Abdul Al Fatah said in the Al Wafd daily. “The worst thing is that you have
removed from America its covering of honor and principles of freedom,
leaving it naked in the world.”

Egypt’s official Al Ahram daily warned that Cairo would no longer be
part of the U.S. sphere of influence. Yusri Abdullah, a lecturer at Helwan
University, said Moscow would become the leading supporter of Egypt as
during the 1950s.

“It may be that, as a result of this, the expected and longed-for
erosion of the American influence in the region will begin, particularly in
light of the fact that the main role that the U.S. is playing in the world
is under threat, following Russia’s powerful entrance into the arena of
events,” Abdullah wrote. “In addition to China, which is always looking to
pursue its economic interests, which it might very well find in Cairo in the
near future.”

The state-owned media as well as a campaign on Facebook also called on
Egypt to diversify its military suppliers to include China and Russia. The
media pointed to warnings by Congress to suspend the annual $1.3 billion in
U.S. military aid.

“Egypt should end the shame of the toxic American and European aid, and
declare once and for all that it does not need it,” Ahmad Al Sayed Nagar
wrote in Al Ahram. “It should focus on financial and economic cooperation with sister Arab countries and with friends with which it has already cooperated unconditionally — Russia, China, India, and others — since political, economic, and national
independence are more valuable than any aid.”

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