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| Muslim Brotherhood Number 2 dies in Egypt prison |
| 2020-08-14 |
| [IsraelTimes] Essam al-Erian, 66, was arrested in 2013 following army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, on the back of mass protests against his brief rule A big shot of the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund died Thursday in an Egyptian prison where he was serving multiple sentences including on terror-related charges, his lawyer said. Essam el-Erian, 66, was arrested in 2013 following the army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on the back of mass protests against his brief rule. "The authorities notified me of his death, and I informed his family to arrange for receiving his body [for burial]," lawyer Abdelmoneim Abdelmaqsood told AFP. "It was a natural death," he added. Egyptian media reported that Erian died of a heart attack, following an argument with a fellow inmate. "I used to be Somebody™!" Erian was the vice president of the Brotherhood’s political wing, the now-dissolved Freedom and Justice party. He was sentenced in multiple cases on charges including incitement to violence, murder and espionage. According to Abdelmaqsood, the cases brought against Erian carried sentences amounting to "a total of 150 years" in prison. Since Morsi’s overthrow, the authorities have cracked down on the Moslem Brüderbund’s rank and file, jailing thousands of members and supporters. They have also blacklisted the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. But the Islamist group has consistently denied any link to violence. Authorities placed Erian on their terror blacklist, a designation that has allowed them to freeze his assets. Morsi himself died in jug in June 2019, after falling ill during a court hearing. Morsi’s rule was marked by deep divisions in Egyptian society, a crippling economic crisis and often-deadly opposition protests. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Half of Zero's former cabinet would be in jail if the USA did that. Not to mention Zero himself. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-08-14 12:32 |
| #5 Nothing Too Painless I Hope. |
| Posted by: Sonny Black 2020-08-14 08:34 |
| #4 MEMORIES of 2012: "Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have reacted angrily to statements by US Senator John McCain in which he thanked the group for its role in lifting the travel ban on indicted foreign NGO workers. The US government paid the $330,000 bail of foreign workers in Egypt's ongoing NGO case, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed on Friday. According to Nuland, 13 US citizens and seven other foreign nationals departed Egypt on a US military plane on Thursday. ... The NGOS are accused of working in Egypt and raising US funds without appropriate government authorization. |
| Posted by: b 2020-08-14 08:09 |
| #3 Since Morsi’s overthrow, the authorities have cracked down on the Moslem Brüderbund’s rank and file, jailing thousands of members and supporters. They have also blacklisted the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Half of Zero's former cabinet would be in jail if the USA did that. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-08-14 04:06 |
| #2 Oops, I meant Murray Saul, legendary Cleveland radio personality. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-14 03:54 |
| #1 As Mort Sahl used to say, "It's Friday! FRIDAY! Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidayyyyyyyyyy!" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-14 03:46 |