Ramifications of a Possibly Armed Muslim Brotherhood

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | June 16, 2009 | n/a

[Cindy]

An Egyptian newspaper claims the Muslim Brotherhood may have constituted a large, well-armed wing, with perhaps thousands of operatives, and its purpose is to engage in terrorist operations.

The report, published May 27 in Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm, carried the headline, "Why is Security Silent About the Secret Armed Organization of the Brotherhood?" A potential mission for this Muslim Brotherhood armed division would be to send 10,000 trained fighters to south Lebanon (Hezbollah territory) and to Gaza to attack Israel. Author Hussaneyn Kuroum notes there are some Muslim Brotherhood leaders who refute the existence of an armed wing, but the current Secretary General (Guide) Mahdi Akef, has made statements clearly indicating that the organization has such an armed element. The article questions what the Egyptian security services may or may not know about this unit.

Kuroum cites an interview in a separate Egyptian publication with Brotherhood opponent Wahid Hamid, who argues Akef's brash talk has meaning:

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=212573

[Islaminaction]

Let us not be lulled into a false sense of security, the protests in Iran are not changing a thing across the Islamic world.

[SunkenCiv]

An Egyptian newspaper claims the Muslim Brotherhood may have constituted a large, well-armed wing, with perhaps thousands of operatives, and its purpose is to engage in terrorist operations. The report, published May 27 in Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm, carried the headline, "Why is Security Silent About the Secret Armed Organization of the Brotherhood?" ...Author Hussaneyn Kuroum notes there are some Muslim Brotherhood leaders who refute the existence of an armed wing, but the current Secretary General (Guide) Mahdi Akef, has made statements clearly indicating that the organization has such an armed element. The article questions what the Egyptian security services may or may not know about this unit. Kuroum cites an interview in a separate Egyptian publication with Brotherhood opponent Wahid Hamid...

[SJackson]

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If true, and if in Egypt, when they pose a threat, they'll be killed.

[dervish]

Exactly so.

[dervish]

Obama reserved seats for the Muslim Brotherhood at his Cairo soliloquy.

[Islaminaction]

Thanks dervish!