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Saudi Arabia Designates Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Group
Reuters ^ | Friday, March 7, 2014 | Rania El Gamal with Maggie Fick and Omar Fahmy

Posted on 03/07/2014 3:49:36 PM PST by kristinn

Saudi Arabia has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, in a move that could increase pressure on Qatar whose backing for the group has sparked a row with fellow Gulf monarchies.

The U.S.-allied kingdom has also designated as terrorist the Nusra Front and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, whose fighters are battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Interior Ministry said in a statement published by state media.

Friday's move appeared to enforce a royal decree last month in which Riyadh, which backs some rebel groups in Syria with money and arms, said it would jail for between three and 20 years any citizen found guilty of fighting in conflicts abroad.

It underscored concern about young Saudis hardened by battle against Assad coming home to target the ruling Al Saud royal family - as has happened after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious authorities have spoken out against Saudi fighters going to Syria, but the Interior Ministry estimates that around 1,200 Saudis have gone nonetheless.

Last month's decree said a committee would be set up to determine the groups to be outlawed. The ministry's statement on Friday said the groups mentioned were those the committee had agreed on and that had been approved by the authorities.

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The Saudi Interior Ministry also listed as terrorist Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi movement and Hezbollah, a radical Shi'ite group in Saudi Arabia's eastern province which authorities say is linked to Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: mbterrorists; muslimbrotherhood; nusrafront; saudiarabia
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1 posted on 03/07/2014 3:49:36 PM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

I wonder if the US is next since Obumer is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.


2 posted on 03/07/2014 3:51:20 PM PST by katwoman5779
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To: kristinn

...AND WE WONDER WHY THE WHITE HOUSE IS STILL CLOSED TO THE American citizen....and the bootlicking MSM has a bunch of their photogs sitting around doing nothing since they can't take photo's

3 posted on 03/07/2014 3:53:26 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: katwoman5779

“I wonder if the US is next since Obumer is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
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Well, at least at the administration’s staff & appointee levels, perhaps literally in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.


4 posted on 03/07/2014 3:54:24 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: katwoman5779

Naaahhhh, obama will never recognized his muslim brother hoodlums as terrorists.


5 posted on 03/07/2014 3:54:49 PM PST by null and void ( Obama is Law-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!)
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To: kristinn

But, but...wait. Obama has Muslim Brotherhood operatives working in the White House.

How can this be? There must be a mistake.

/dripping sracasm


6 posted on 03/07/2014 3:58:00 PM PST by Jeff Head
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To: kristinn

Obama is deeply saddened.


7 posted on 03/07/2014 3:58:00 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: SatinDoll

bookmark to self


8 posted on 03/07/2014 4:01:55 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I wonder if Hillary misses her BFF, Mohammed Morsi?

9 posted on 03/07/2014 4:02:12 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: kristinn

Well that is sure to piss off the Socialist Mulatto Punk.


10 posted on 03/07/2014 4:03:08 PM PST by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: katwoman5779
I wonder if the US is next since Obumer is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ahh, Saudi Arabia offered to fund the US attack on Syria's military and Bashar Assad if Obama would order it.

Just think of the cool new uniforms our guys would have had.

11 posted on 03/07/2014 4:07:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: kristinn

The big news here might be the tie to Hezbollah.
Could make things interesting.


12 posted on 03/07/2014 4:11:08 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: kristinn

And how many MB operatives are in Barry’s regime?


13 posted on 03/07/2014 4:17:17 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: kristinn

So Obama won’t be allowed in to Saudi Arabia to get his instructions? (Guess they’ll have to keep arriving via TelePrompTer ). Note that the Saudis finance most of the worlds terrorist training schools so this is just a disagreement within the terrorist family is all.


14 posted on 03/07/2014 4:30:14 PM PST by faithhopecharity (")
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To: kristinn

Pot, meet kettle.


15 posted on 03/07/2014 4:41:02 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: kristinn

But the MB is Obama’s BFF.


16 posted on 03/07/2014 4:42:31 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: kristinn

This news is way cool. The Muslim Brotherhood was one of the original breeding grounds for al qaeda. Al Qaedas currently leader is Al Zawahiri is from the muslim brotherhood. The Muslim brotherhood was one of the principal backers of Hamas. Obama’s people fawn all over the Muslim brotherhood as the future of Islam.

now the Muslim brotherhood is banned in both egypt and Saudi arabia. Their members are hunted criminals.

This is huge news.

I’m shocked that people don’t recognize this for what it is. An absolute historical sea change.


17 posted on 03/07/2014 5:26:44 PM PST by ckilmer
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To: kristinn

“jail for between three and 20 years”

They will all be granted asylum in the US.


18 posted on 03/07/2014 6:54:41 PM PST by Selene
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To: kristinn

Coke vs. Pepsi


19 posted on 03/07/2014 6:59:40 PM PST by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

“I wonder if Hillary misses her BFF, Mohammed Morsi?”

And her body woman, Huma.


20 posted on 03/07/2014 7:01:07 PM PST by Zuse
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