| "So how about it? Youse guys let us go and we support Hosni for reelection?" "Howzabout we don't let youse go and Hosni steals the election hisself?" |
Egypt's general prosecutor ordered the further detention of 60 Muslim Brotherhood members who were arrested amid anti-government protests this week, security officials said yesterday, part of a new crackdown against the banned Islamic group. The men were among more than 230 members that the Brotherhood says were arrested in connection to Sunday's demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak their first major rally in years which prompted a massive security seal on the centre of Cairo.A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 60 men appeared at the prosecutor's office and were ordered held for 15 more days to face further questioning on suspicion of belonging to an illegal organisation. At the end of that period, prosecutors can extend the detention, release them or send them to court for trial.