Egypt Freezes Muslim Brotherhood Assets (AP)

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Egypt Freezes Muslim Brotherhood Assets

By OMAR SINAN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, February 28, 2007; 4:02 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- A court ordered a freeze Wednesday on the assets of 29 known financiers
of the Muslim brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition movement.

The court upheld a decision by the state prosecutor from earlier this year that is part of
the government's push to undermine the fundamentalist movement financially. The Muslim
Brotherhood is banned in Egypt, but it won nearly a fifth of parliamentary seats last year
with its candidates running as independents.

About 300 Brotherhood members have been arrested since a December protest that
prompted government claims that the movement was taking up arms. Fifty young members
appeared at the protest in military-style black uniforms and balaclavas.

The 29, appearing in an area of the courtroom behind bars, erupted in protest when the
decision was announced. About 200 relatives and supporters demonstrated outside.

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