Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO ― The Muslim Brotherhood is said to have confessed to operational links with Al Qaida. The son of a Brotherhood leader is said to have told Egyptian authorities that the ousted ruling movement was working with Al Qaida to destabilize Egypt. The detainee, Yehya Mongi, son of a Brotherhood member of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published June 30, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has launched a drive for a U.S. alliance with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt, a leading analyst said. Analyst Barry Rubin asserted that Obama has formed a U.S. strategic alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other countries. Rubin, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published Feb. 4, 2013 CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has disobeyed orders by President Mohammed Morsi to employ live fire against civilian rioters. Western diplomatic sources said senior Army commanders have ordered their troops not to open fire on civilians amid the nationwide unrest in Egypt. They said this violated a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has disclosed a plan by the ousted Muslim Brotherhood to sabotage the Arab power. The Interior Ministry has released a purported plan by the Brotherhood to destabilize Egypt. The Brotherhood is said to have plotted to spark labor unrest in both the public and private sectors as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com CAIRO — For the first time, Egypt has linked the Muslim Brotherhood to Al Qaida. Officials said the intelligence community has determined cooperation between the Brotherhood and Al Qaida. The officials said the Brotherhood was financing the Al Qaida-linked insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula as well as on the African mainland. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has become the new host of fugitives from Egypt’s ousted Muslim Brotherhood with Qatar’s Al Jazeera media network said to be providing a key financing role for Brotherhood leaders. Arab diplomats said scores of senior Brotherhood have escaped to Qatar over the last three months. [Related article: Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamist insurgents have assassinated a senior official responsible for the Egyptian crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian sources said a senior Interior Ministry official responsible for counter-insurgency policy has been assassinated. The sources identified the official as Col. Mohammed Mabrouk, shot outside his home in Cairo’s Nasser City on Nov. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged a dispute with Saudi Arabia. The White House has assessed that the United States and Saudi Arabia disagreed on a range of issues regarding threats in the Middle East. A senior official cited Egypt, Iran and Syria. This marked the first admission […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has been bracing for Islamist attacks on the Suez Canal. Security sources said the intelligence community has determined that the canal would mark a leading target of attack by the ousted Muslim Brotherhood and its Al Qaida militia allies. The sources said Brotherhood fighters were organizing a nationwide insurgency […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has determined massive recruitment efforts by Al Qaida and the ousted Muslim Brotherhood to attack the military-backed regime. Military sources said Al Qaida and the Brotherhood were focusing on recruiting young Sunni Muslims, most of them teenagers, to attack government installations. They said the bulk of the recruitment was […]