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Saudi Arabia accused of giving Egypt $1B to oust Morsi

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A Saudi Arabian activist said his government provided  Egypt's military  with $1 billion to stage a coup against former president  Mohammed Morsi  and install interim leadership. Political activist  Mujtahid bin Hareth bin Hammaam , who operates an active  Twitter  campaign aimed at exposing corruption in the  Saudi government , said Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received the money on July 3,  United Press International  reported. The reason for the payoff, he alleged, was so  Egypt ’s transfer of power would flow smoothly. But now the  Saudi government  isn’t sure it spent its money wisely, he said. “ King Abdullah  knows well that failure of the coup in  Egypt  will be a disaster for al-Saud because any new government will be stronger and will adopt anti-Saudi Arabia policies,”  Mr. Mujtahid  tweeted, according to  UPI . “That is why  King Abdullah  is one of the supp...