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Africa North
Egypt arrests Badie for inciting violence
2013-08-21
Follow-up from yesterday. At least this joker is properly named.
EgyptÂ’s army-backed authorities detained the Muslim BrotherhoodÂ’s leader on Tuesday on allegations of having incited the murder of protesters, Egyptian state television reported. It said Mohammed Badie was ordered held for 15 days to face accusations of having incited the deaths of protesters outside the BrotherhoodÂ’s Cairo headquarters in late June.

The arrest of Mohammed Badie, 70, the BrotherhoodÂ’s general guide, followed the bloody suppression of rallies demanding the reinstatement of EgyptÂ’s ousted president Mohammed Mursi.

The BrotherhoodÂ’s Freedom and Justice Party newspaper reported the movement had named Mahmoud Ezzat, an influential former deputy to Badie, as its temporary leader.

However, a spokesman for the BrotherhoodÂ’s political party, Khaled Hanafi, said he could neither confirm nor deny the report. Ezzat has not appeared in public since Mursi was removed.

Badie was charged in July with incitement to murder in connection with protests before MursiÂ’s ouster and is due to stand trial on August 25 along with his two deputies. Footage shown on local media showed the bearded leader sitting grim-faced in a grey robe near a man with a rifle following his detention in Cairo in the early hours.

The release of the images seemed designed to humiliate the Brotherhood chief, whose arrest means the groupÂ’s top echelon is now behind bars, with other leaders dropping out of sight.

The Brotherhood condemned the detention of Badie, whose 38-year-old son was killed in Cairo clashes on Friday. “When the hand of oppression extends to arrest this important symbol, that means the military coup has used up everything in its pocket and is readying to depart,” it said. The state news agency said Badie was now in Cairo’s Tora prison, where other Brotherhood leaders are held.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Reminds me of t Disney Vilian "Iben Baad".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-08-21 10:11  

#2  "When the hand of oppression extends to arrest this important symbol, that means the military coup has used up everything in its pocket and is readying to depart"

Methinks there's still something in its cartridge pouches, though.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-08-21 09:58  

#1  Y'all remember the Bush poster, "Miss me Yet?"

I'd like to see a version with Mubarak's face on it.

Not that he was a hero, but he is looking better every day.
Posted by: Bobby   2013-08-21 06:31  

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