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| Egypt 'freezes assets' of Muslim Brotherhood leaders |
| 2013-07-14 |
| Egypt's public prosecutor has frozen the assets of 14 Islamist leaders, according to judicial sources. The Muslim Brotherhood head Mohammed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater are reported to be among them. Mr Badie and other Brotherhood figures are already the subject of arrest warrants, while the ousted President Mohammed Morsi remains in custody. On Sunday, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defended the decision to remove him from power. In a speech, he said he had urged the Islamist president to hold a referendum on his rule days before he was overthrown. "The response was total rejection," he added. Gen al-Sisi said no group would be barred from politics: "Every political force... must realise that an opportunity is available for everyone in political life and no ideological movement is prevented from participating." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 About time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-07-14 20:49 |
| #2 "Why aren't my checks clearing? I still have checks in my checkbook!" |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-07-14 20:06 |
| #1 Oooo, that's gonna leave a mark. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-07-14 17:34 |