Egypt’s political violence: What is going on under the surface?
It was no coincidence that the US, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Military Junta support the same goal in Egypt.
After years of fruitless negotiations between the US and Muslim Brotherhood. This is a report from Lebanese newspaper Al-Diyar November 06, 2011:
Secret meetings took place between US and the Muslim Brotherhood since 4 years ago until recently to reach an agreement that MB to take over the rule in Arab countries with a condition that MB should fight Al-Qaeda themselves.
The plan is developed during a meeting in Frankfurt between officials from the CIA and the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in the presence of Director of the CIA, Gen. David Petraeus.
The “Arab Spring” forced the US to reach an agreement with the MB and to adjust its policy to accept the rise of the Islamists according a roadmap:
- There is no practical alternative to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, the US should adopt a new strategy on the basis of considerations that the Movement is the most powerful political player in Egypt and the rest of the Middle East.
- The US had been allied with Washington during the Cold War against the Communist Soviet Union.
- Ensure the survival of regimes allied with the U.S., especially monarchies in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Jordan and Morocco.
- The sectarian ideology of the MB is closer and related to the Salafi Movement, therefore, it is inherently hostile to the other Muslim religious movements, such as the Shiite and Ismaili movement and the Alawite, and thus it can be employed to target Hezbollah.
- The common theme between the Muslim Brotherhood and Washington is to isolate Iran and support the militant Salafi movements within some areas in Iran, especially in Baluchistan and Khuzestan, and others.
Egyptian military junta will try to change the rules of the game as that leads to the existence of two centers of power, a legislative and executive authorities. After the election, the MB will hold the legislative power through its “Freedom and justice” Party, while the presidential power will be exclusively in the hands of the junta and its leader, Field Marshal Tantawi.
The balance of power in the post-parliamentary general elections will provide a joint deal between the Brotherhood and the Egyptian military junta. Building on this, Egypt will become the Centre of the U.S. control on the Islamisation of North Africa and the Islamic Middle East.