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CAIRO — Egypt’s intelligence community has determined that Muslim
Brotherhood commanders were establishing a haven in neighboring Sudan.

Security sources said Brotherhood political and military chiefs were
moving south in an attempt to escape to Sudan.

The sources said the Brotherhood has already established a haven to accommodate hundreds of senior Brotherhood operatives wanted by Egypt’s military.

“The Brotherhood has long maintained a major presence in Sudan, but now the country is needed by fugitives from Egyptian law,” a source said.

On Feb. 25, seven Brotherhood leaders were arrested along the Egyptian border with Sudan. The sources said the Islamists were stopped in an operation by the Egyptian Border Guards along with the National Security Agency.

“They were on a list of fugitives,” the source said.

The Egyptian daily Al Masri Al Yom identified some of the detainees as
leading aides to ousted President Mohammed Morsi. In 2013, Morsi purged
senior officials from the previous regime of Hosni Mubarak and replaced them
with Brotherhood members.

Two of the detainees were identified as former North Sinai Gov. Adel
Qatamesh and a secretary-general of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice
Party, Ali Izzedin. Qatamesh was suspected of maintaining links with
Islamist militias, including Al Qaida, in Sinai during Morsi’s year-long
rule.

“There have been many failed attempts by the police to arrest Qatamesh
from his house,” Al Masri Al Yom said on Feb. 25.

  Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leaders escaping to haven in Sudan, Egyptian Border Guards, Gov. Adel Qatamesh, Mohammed Morsi