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| Opponents Have Failed at Politics, Says Egypt Brotherhood |
| 2013-03-24 |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's ruling Moslem Brüderbund deputy leader on Saturday said opponents have taken to violence after proving incapable at politics, a day after vicious festivities outside the Islamists' headquarters. Rashad al-Bayoumi, the Brotherhood's deputy Supreme Guide, said Friday's violence that maimed more than 160 people was "a tragedy." "If it proves anything, it points to a type of vile character. I hold those who called for such protests politically and legally accountable," he told Agence La Belle France Presse. "This announces the failure of those people to conduct a clean political confrontation, so they had resorted to these despicable means," he said. The Brotherhood on Saturday circulated footage of its members being beaten, burned with petrol bombs and stabbed during Friday's festivities, which began after hundreds of opponents marched on the Islamists' Cairo headquarters. The group called on security forces to crackdown on those responsible for the violence. "Only God knows the extent of anger and frustration in the Brotherhoods' heart," it said in a statement. "It is time for security forces to forcefully strike the perpetrators." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Is this the time to resurrect Mao's aphorism about gun barrels? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-03-24 09:42 |
| #1 The Brotherhood on Saturday circulated footage of its members being beaten, burned with petrol bombs and stabbed during Friday's festivities Anwar Sadat was not available for comment. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-24 08:11 |