Jailed Leader to Run in Egyptian Election

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Not likely going to happen, but still and interesting article.

By SALAH NASRAWI
The Associated Press
Saturday, May 7, 2005; 4:18 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- A jailed leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood will challenge Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the September election, his lawyer said Saturday, but the powerful Islamist group said it had not endorsed the challenger.

Essam el-Erian and three other leaders of the banned Islamist group were arrested and rounded up with 200 others Friday during nationwide protests for political reform.


Essam el-Erian, a leader of the fundamentalist group Islamic Brotherhood is taken to prison after being sentenced by a military court in Cairo, Egypt, in this Thursday, Nov. 23, 1995 file photo. A jailed leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood will challenge Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the September election, his lawyer said Saturday, but the powerful Islamist group said it had not endorsed the challenger.

"El-Erian told his interrogators that he will stand as a candidate in the presidential election," said his lawyer, Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqssoud, who was present while state security officers questioned the detained leader.

Deputy Brotherhood leader Mohammed Seyed Habib confirmed that el-Erian had announced his intentions, but he denied the group had nominated a presidential candidate.

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Not likely going to happen, but still and interesting article.




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looks like time for Egypt to round up ALL the usual suspects huh?

I sure would.

 

[Said1]

looks like time for Egypt to round up ALL the usual suspects huh?

I sure would.

Kinda looks like they did, well not all, but a few.