Saturday, August 31, 2013

Egyptian Police continue their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian authorities detained more than 60 people associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in less than 24 hours, including relatives of the group’s leaders, officials said Wednesday. 
The crackdown on the group, from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails, started shortly after the July 3 coup. It intensified this month after security forces cleared out two of the group’s sit-ins, killing hundreds and sparking unrest that killed more than 1,000 people in a few days. The Interior Ministry says more than 100 policemen and soldiers have also been killed since mid-August.
The local media, in close step with the new leadership after Morsi, repeatedly describe the actions of the Brotherhood and its supporters as acts of terrorism. Many have been charged with inciting violence. Security forces have arrested much the Brotherhood’s senior and midlevel leadership, while others remain in hiding. 
Some in Egypt fear the Brotherhood’s once powerful political party and its allies could be barred from politics and be forced underground again.
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...in a widening campaign, police have started going after members’ relatives, including the son of Khairat el-Shater, a Brotherhood deputy and financier charged in relation to the killings of protesters outside the group’s headquarters in June. A U.S. citizen, the son of a fugitive Brotherhood figure, was also detained this week...
Read the full story HERE.

This is how you fight terrorism by making it impossible for the leaders to communicate with their followers and by turning public opinion against them.

The end game should be banning or outlawing the organization. The next best thing would be to make it very 'unpopular' to be a member.

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