Also, by the end of 2013, the U.S. and Europe had provided almost US$3 billion in loans for the Egyptian junta regime.

It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia and the UAE sent 2,000 troops to Bahrain in 2011 and successfully quelled Arab-Spring inspired unrest there from the majority underprivileged Shiite community against the Sunni monarchy. Thousands were killed and arrested as a result of the crackdown on protests in the small persian gulf country. The shiite community is now more suppressed than ever.