are stronger in Egypt than in Tunisia where there was a division of policy between the less-politically-structured army and the more pro- Ben Ali police and palace guard. In Egypt, there are some 340,000 in the Army and probably as many in the domestic security services--police, riot police, numerous intelligence services. They receive their relatively high wages thanks to US government "aid" of $1.3 billion a year, Egypt being the second highest recipient of US funds after Israel.In addition, there is a bloated civil service whose well-being depends on their government jobs.
from René Wadlow: Toward Freedom: Egypt: People's Revolution on the March
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