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Egyptian Police Arrest 11 Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
 The article's title:Egypt police arrest opposition leaders The subtitle: Egyptian security authorities have arrested 11 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including the group's Secretary-General Mahmud Izzat. And it goes on from there: Aljazeera's correspondent in Cairo said on Sunday that 11 further members of the group were also arrested, including six from the al-Jiza governorate, three from Cairo, and one each from Alexandria and al-Gharbiya... They also reference an AP article with a different number of arrests. Izzat, who is head of the Cairo operations of the banned but tolerated opposition movement, is the highest-profile member arrested since 1996, a police official said. Mohammed Mahdi Akif, the supreme guide of the group, told Aljazeera on Sunday that the arrests were in response to the group's determination to continue demanding freedom of citizens and respect of the constitution and the law. Akif vowed the arrests would not prevent the group from abiding by its demands. "The arrests, practised by the government to terrify us, would not change the Muslim Brotherhood group's determination to continue demanding people's right to freedom," he said. We certainly are backing ourselves into a corner with our support of "Horseman Without A Horse" Mubarak. He runs a virtual dictatorship and allows as his only opposition the virtual parent organization of Al Qaeda, which then gets to pretend they're all about freedom and democracy. Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-22 |
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