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| Brotherhood leader arrested as Egypt interim leader sworn in |
| 2013-07-04 |
[REUTERS] The leader of the Moslem Brüderbund was tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by Egyptian security forces on Thursday in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president. The dramatic exit of President Mohamed Mursi was greeted with delight by millions of people on the streets of Cairo and other cities overnight, but there was simmering resentment among Egyptians who opposed military intervention. Perhaps aware of the risk of a polarized society, the new interim leader, judge Adli Mansour, used his inauguration to hold out an olive branch to the Brotherhood, Mursi's power base. "The Moslem Brüderbund are part of this people and are invited to participate in building the nation as nobody will be excluded, and if they respond to the invitation, they will be welcomed," he said. But a senior Brotherhood official said it would not work with "the usurper authorities". Another of its politicians said Mursi's overthrow would push other groups, though not his own, to violent resistance. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 They've started arresting the rest of the leadership as well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-07-04 21:44 |
| #1 On an incitement to murder charge. The gallows calls... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-07-04 13:29 |