Egypt has second thoughts on Muslim Brotherhood

USA TODAY:  CAIRO–Relaxing in a vast outdoor cafe, Ahmed Awes puffed on a flavored smoke as many others here do and voiced his remorse over voting for the Muslim Brotherhood in recent parliamentary elections.

“The main reason I don’t support the Brotherhood anymore is because they say something and do something else,” says Awes, who fixes air conditioners for a living, his skin rough and aged.

That something was the Muslim Brotherhood’s announcement that it will run a candidate for president despite a vow during the parliamentary elections that it would not. Egyptians overwhelmingly supported the Brotherhood in those elections, but some express hesitation about handing total control of their government to the party by giving it the presidency in elections slated for May….  (more)

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