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Muslim Brotherhood Top Leader Arrested, US to Hold Some Military Aid to Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood Top Leader Arrested, US to Hold Some Military Aid to Egypt
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Egyptian security forces arrested Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, at a residential apartment in Cairo on Tuesday, state-run Nile TV reported.

Muslim Brotherhood Top Leader Arrested, US to Hold Some Military Aid to EgyptHe was arrested in the Nasr City section of the capital without any resistance, Nile TV said, citing Gen. Abdel Fattah Othman, an Interior Ministry spokesman.
Badie is accused of inciting violence.

His detention came one day after 25 soldiers were killed in a Sinai ambush.
Suspected militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades struck two buses carrying security forces and killed the soldiers in the city of Rafah, on the border between Egypt and Gaza.

Meanwhile, Interim President Adly Mansour declared three days of national mourning following the attack.
Over the past week, about 900 people -- security personnel as well as citizens -- have been killed.
On another level, a US official declared that the Obama administration is "reprogramming" some funds to Egypt while a review is underway -- in effect, temporarily holding up some military aid to the country.

A spokesman for Senator Patrick Leahy, David Carle, confirmed to CNN his office has been told the aid has been halted. The Vermont Democrat is chairman of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee.
But the US official emphasized no decision has been made to permanently halt the aid.

The move means the administration has taken temporary steps that ultimately allows it to move forward on either scenario: pressing ahead with the aid or cutting it off. The source would not detail how the aid was being redirected.
Once a decision has been reached about the best approach, the official said the administration will consult with Congress about how to move forward.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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