Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leaders
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated Press Writer Arizona Republic May 06, 2005 Hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood shout as they call for the release of their leaders detained by Egyptian police, during a demonstration following Friday prayers in Mustafa Mahmoud mosque in Cairo Friday May 6, 2005. Egyptian police arrested four leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group on Friday for planning to stage pro-Palestinian demonstration in Cairo. (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri) CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian police detained four leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Friday and rounded up dozens of other members in the Islamic group as demonstrators gathered in several cities to protest arrests earlier in the week. One protester died of a heart attack. Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, a senior Brotherhood member, said police arrested Essam el-Erian, one of the organization's most senior members, and three other leaders during raids on several homes in Cairo. "They took them to police cars waiting outside surrounded by masked members of the Egyptian special operations forces," Mahmoud said. Police also detained more than 130 Brotherhood members in Cairo and outside the capital, said Abdel-Galil el-Sharnoubi, editor of the group's Web site. Thousands of group supporters staged protests calling for political reforms and demanding the release of hundreds of Brotherhood members who were arrested Wednesday. El-Sharnoubi said one protester, Tarek Taha Mahdi Ghannam, 40, died inside a mosque at Talkha, near the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, after police fired tear gas at demonstrators. Police officials said Ghannam died of a heart attack during the protest. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that police arrested the four leaders and said an unspecified number of protesters were detained. Although banned since 1954, the Muslim Brotherhood is probably Egypt's largest opposition movement and the government tolerates some of its activities. Fifteen Brotherhood members hold seats in parliament, having been elected as independents. The group, which seeks to install Islamic-based law, renounced violence in the 1970s and for years shied from staging big protests to avoid provoking the government. But in recent months it has organized repeated demonstrations, joining more secular groups in an unprecedented string of protests against President Hosni Mubarak. C 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html> Privacy Policy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
