AhlulBayt News Agency

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30 January 2011

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MB slams West silence on Egypt killings

The main Egyptian opposition group, Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has condemned the United Nations and the West for their silence on the killing of Egyptian civilians.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - MB posted the message on its official English website on Monday as protests against the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak extend to the seventh consecutive day.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for restraint over the deadly political protests in crisis-hit Egypt that have claimed more than 150 lives.

Ban urged "restraint, non-violence, and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and human rights" in an address to the African Union summit that opened in Addis Ababa.

Critics called the response timid because it lacked explicit demands.

The Obama administration has just begun hardening its tone toward embattled Mubarak as protests have left hundreds of people dead and thousands others wounded.

On Sunday, US President Barack Obama urged "an orderly transition to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people.”

Political analysts believe Obama is performing a delicate balancing act, trying to avoid abandoning Mubarak, while supporting protesters, who seek broader political rights and are demanding his ouster.

For the past 30 years, Egypt has not only been a crucial US partner in the Middle East, but a linchpin in Washington's strategy for a future Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

Politically-unstable Egypt has been embroiled in deadly riots since Tuesday as protesters demand Mubarak quit.

Demonstrators began gathering in Tahrir Square in central Cairo on Monday for a seventh day of protests against the regime.

Military helicopters and F-16 fighter jets made low passes over Cairo's Tahrir Square, which is one of the epicenters of the uprising, as the number of protesters kept rising.

A column of tanks also rumbled into the vicinity in a show of strength, as Egyptian army snipers began targeting protesters in the capital Cairo.

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