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The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said that it would not permit an Iranian-styled theocracy such as the one in Iran. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will not allow extremist factions to control Egypt,” the deputy defense minister said.

Security forces re-arrested Mohammad al Zawahiri, an Islamic Jihad Group member and the brother of Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second-in-command. Mohammed was released days ago and had justified terror attacks against the US.

Mohammad al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda’s Ayman al Zawahiri, justified terror attacks against the US. “Jihad holds a legitimate place in the duties of Muslims, and is legitimate [against] America, which violates Muslim lands,” he said.

Abboud al Zommor, an Egyptian Islamic Jihad commander who was released from prison, said he will form a political party. Zommor was the mastermind behind the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat.

The government has released Mohammad al Zawahiri, an Egyptian Islamic Jihad member and the brother of al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al Zawahiri. Scores of Egyptian Islamic Jihad members have been released from prison over the past several weeks.