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Muslim Brotherhood warns Egypt's generals (Arab Spring continues)
Guardian ^ | 6/18/2012 | Jack Shenker

Posted on 06/19/2012 1:13:59 PM PDT by Signalman

The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt's ruling generals in a "life or death" struggle over the country's political future, after declaring that its candidate had won the presidential election and would refuse to accept the junta's last-ditch attempts to engineer a constitutional coup.

As final ballot results trickled in and unofficial tallies suggested that Mohamed Morsi had secured approximately 52% of the popular vote, the Brotherhood deployed its harshest language yet against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), promising to bring millions of Egyptians back on to the streets if attempts to rebuild the old regime continued.

"Over the past 18 months we were very keen to avoid any clashes or confrontations with other components of Egypt's political system because we felt that it would have negative consequences for the democratic system and for society as a whole," said Fatema AbouZeid, a senior policy researcher for the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party and a media co-ordinator for the Morsi campaign. "But now it's very clear that Scaf and other institutions of the state are determined to stand in the way of what we're trying to achieve, and we won't accept this any more. Egypt will not go back to the old regime through any means, legal or illegal.

"If we find that Scaf stands firm against us as we try to fulfil the demands of the revolution, we will go back to the streets and escalate things peacefully to the highest possible stage," she said. "Now we have a new factor in Egyptian politics, the Egyptian people themselves, who will not accept a return to the old regime in any form, not after so much Egyptian blood was shed to remove it.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brotherhood; despotism; egypt; iran; islamicimperialism; israel; theocracy; theocraticrule; waronterror

1 posted on 06/19/2012 1:14:01 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Oh goodie, popcorn!
Jeffersonion democracy /s


2 posted on 06/19/2012 1:20:41 PM PDT by TsonicTsunami08
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To: TsonicTsunami08

With Russians at the gate, no less!


3 posted on 06/19/2012 1:22:42 PM PDT by battlecry
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To: Signalman

Meanwhile the left wing wackos here in the US are pretending to be surprised that the Muslim Brotherhood are the main contenders for filling the power vacuum.


4 posted on 06/19/2012 1:28:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: Signalman

I certainly hope this conflict is long and drawn out.


5 posted on 06/19/2012 1:53:52 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: Signalman

The Muslim Brotherhood; Hussein “has their back”.


6 posted on 06/19/2012 2:08:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Signalman

“The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt’s ruling generals in a “life or death” struggle over the country’s political future”


Wonderful! How about televising a giant circular firing squad where all these vermin kill each other?

In a life or death struggle for anything to do with Mud-Slimes, I vote for death of all Mud-Slimes.


7 posted on 06/19/2012 2:49:05 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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