The US will give $1.3bn in military aid to Egypt despite concerns that Cairo has not met conditions imposed last year that it should take concrete steps towards a more democratic form of government.<br /><br />The Egyptian military's continued crackdown on non-violent protesters and Cairo's harassment of NGOs that promote civic engagement had led to calls for the aid to be withheld.<br /><br />And critics say that in deciding to give Egypt the money, the US is putting its strategic interests ahead of human rights.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports.
