...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the
One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
of financing radical Islamists linked to al-Qaeda.
Mohammed Ibrahim told news hounds security forces had locked away
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
more than 50 members of "extremist groups" with ties to the network founded by the late Osama bin Laden
... who used to be alive but now he's not...
and now led by his Egyptian successor, Ayman al-
Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as
the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
The minister said the suspects were connected with attacks on police and soldiers that have multiplied and killed more than 100 people since the army deposed Morsi on July 3.
The Brotherhood "supports and massively finances from abroad numerous radical gunnies in several groups" that have since the summer "launched a series of terrorist acts seeking to sow terror", Ibrahim said.
He said some of those held had been pardoned of offences during Morsi's year-long rule, and that others were linked to jihadist groups Ansar Beit al-Maqdis in the Sinai and the Libya-based Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active...
Ibrahim said that among them was Mohammed al-Zawahiri, brother of the al-Qaeda chief, who was placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
in August after being freed in the 2011 revolt that ousted Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
Ibrahim said some of the arrests came after a failed attempt
Curses! Foiled again!
on his own life on September 5 when a jacket wallah attacked his convoy in Cairo.
He said others were detained after an August 19 attack killed 25 police in the Sinai -- the deadliest in years in the arid desert peninsula.
Yet more included men accused of the murders of several coppers, among them the November 17 killing of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Mabruk.
Mabruk, an officer involved in the crackdown against Islamists and the Brotherhood, was rubbed out in Cairo.
Ibrahim also fired off a new warning to pro-Morsi demonstrators, who have called for a week of anti-military protests under the banner "The Massacre of the Century".
The slogan refers to the August 14 crackdown by security forces on Morsi supporters in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Square where at least 627 people died.
"As of now, any demonstration that is not peaceful or that blocks roads will be met with force, whatever losses are incurred by either side," he warned.