U.S. pro-democracy effort rubs many in Egypt the wrong way

The U.S. plan to pour funds into Egypt to help organize political parties has sparked a backlash from Cairo's interim military government, its Islamist parties and even some reform-minded activists.

By Paul Richter and Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-us-egypt-20110811,0,4541703,full.story