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| Senior Brotherhood figure Wally Haddad arrested |
| 2013-10-15 |
[Al Ahram] Egyptian authorities tossed in the calabooseDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! senior Moslem Brüderbund figure Walid Al-Haddad early on Monday, security sources said. Al-Haddad, external relations coordinator of the Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, was apprehended in the Kafr Tohormous district in Giza, south of Cairo, over allegations related to "inciting violence." Egypt's authorities have carried out a sustained clampdown on the Islamist group and their allies since Morsi's deposition on 3 July. The majority of the group's mid- and upper-echelons have been rounded up, along with several thousand other members and Islamist activists. Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, has been held at ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , and was given an extra 30-day preventative detention on Sunday. Those behind bars also include Brotherhood spiritual leader and its highest authority Mohammed Badie along with his second-in-command Khairat El-Shater. Morsi's backers have accused the army of staging a coup, and decried the move as a violation of democratic principles. The Brotherhood has spurned a transitional roadmap set forth by Egypt's interim authorities, intending to hold parliamentary and presidential polls by early next year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Sometimes I wonder if the military planned it this way - let all the bruders step out into the limelight, and THEN arrest 'em all. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-15 12:05 |