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To: Ed Huang who wrote (3613)	4/8/2004 11:02:46 PM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 9018

Muslim Brotherhood Urges Iraqis to Back Insurgents Thu Apr 8, 2004 06:55 AM ET CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, one of the most influential Islamist groups in the Middle East, called on all Iraqis on Thursday to rally round resistance to U.S. forces until they defeat the occupation. "We hail Iraqi leaders who have rejected the occupation and call on the whole Iraqi people... to form a single front against the occupation, embrace the heroic resistance and strengthen the fabric of national unity until the occupation is defeated," the organization said in a written statement. It said Arab and Muslim governments and peoples should provide the Iraqi insurgents with material, moral, political and economic support. "This is the least of the duties of Islam," the statement said. The Muslim Brotherhood, which is illegal in Egypt but tolerated within limits, said it was reminding the Iraqi insurgents to observe Islamic rules and not allow anyone to mutilate corpses or display them in public. A mob in the mainly Sunni town of Falluja mutilated the bodies of four U.S. private security guards killed there last week. The Brotherhood, a Sunni group, welcomed the fact that Iraqi Shi'ites have joined Sunnis in opposing the occupation by force. It accused U.S. forces of using the same methods it said were used by the Israelis in the Palestinian territories, such as attacking mosques and killing people who are praying, and preventing the wounded from reaching hospitals for treatment. reuters.com