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| Nine Brotherhood men slain during Cairo police raid | |
| 2015-09-26 | |
| [ArabNews] CAIR ...designated a terrorist group by the UAE... O:
"The Brotherhood members clashed with security forces," said one of the officials, adding that they were meeting to plan what he called "terrorist attacks." The Brotherhood, which was removed from power by the army in 2013, has accused authorities in the Arab world's largest state of killing members it says were unarmed in similar operations. In July, the Brotherhood called for a revolt after police potted 13 prominent members in a swoop on an apartment in the Cairo suburb of the 6th of October. The men's families and lawyers said they were unarmed. Among the dead in that raid was Nasser Al-Hafi, a prominent lawyer for the Brotherhood and a former politician. Egypt's Interior Ministry said the 13 men were plotting attacks. Diplomats and analysts say Cairo's clampdown has pushed some members of the Brotherhood, which renounced violence decades ago, to take up arms against the state. The group says it is committed to peaceful activism. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his face ... Egypt's military has announced it is winding down its largest campaign in the Sinai against radicals, following a 16-day operation in which it said scores of Daesh members were killed. The army said the campaign in the Sinai Peninsula had "achieved its goals" in destroying myrmidon hideouts and equipment, in joint operations by special forces, armored divisions and the air force. The next phase would see the military and police assert full control over the North Sinai towns of El-Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, it said in a statement. Earlier, the military had announced having killed scores of Death Eaters and captured dozens. | |
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