Egypt Declares Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group

Wow. The Egyptian military isn't playing with these guys. This means, of course, that the Obama Administration promoted, supported, and defended a group that is now an officially recognized terrorist organization.

How's that Nobel Peace Prize working out for everyone?

CAIRO – Egypt's military-backed interim government on Wednesday declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, criminalizing all its activities, its financing and even membership to the group from which the country's ousted president hails.

The announcement is a dramatic escalation of the fight between the government and group, which has waged near-daily protests since the July 3 popularly backed military coup that toppled President Mohammed Morsi.

Hossam Eissa, the Minister of Higher Education, read out the Cabinet statement after long meeting, saying: "The Cabinet has declared the Muslim Brotherhood group and its organization as a terrorist organization." (Continue Reading.)