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   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia identified the Muslim   
   Brotherhood as a terrorist group along with al-Qaida and others   
   Friday, warning those who join them or support them they could   
   face five to 30 years in prison.   
      
   A Saudi Interior Ministry statement said King Abdullah approved   
   the findings of a committee entrusted with identifying extremist   
   groups referred to in a royal decree earlier last month. The   
   decree punishes those who fight in conflicts outside the kingdom   
   or join extremist groups or support them.   
      
   The king’s decree followed the kingdom enacting a sweeping new   
   counterterrorism law that targets virtually any criticism of the   
   government.   
      
   The Muslim Brotherhood has been targeted by many Gulf nations   
   since the July 3 military overthrow of Islamist President   
   Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, himself a Brotherhood member. Saudi   
   Arabia has banned Brotherhood books from the ongoing Riyadh book   
   fair and withdrew its ambassador from Qatar, a Brotherhood   
   supporter, along with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.   
      
   In a statement, the Muslim Brotherhood condemned Saudi Arabia’s   
   decision.   
      
   “It is one of the founding principles of the group not to   
   interfere in matters of other states, and this new position from   
   the kingdom is a complete departure from the past relationship   
   with the group, since the reign of the founding king until now,”   
   the statement read.   
      
   Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Attie praised the   
   decision, saying it “reflects the coordination and solidarity”   
   between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He said he hopes that other   
   countries make the same decision.   
      
   “We expect other countries to fulfill their responsibilities in   
   the fight against terrorism,” Abdel-Attie told journalists   
   Friday.   
      
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saudi-arabia-   
   names-brotherhood-terrorist-group/2014/03/07/29929d12-a604-11e3-   
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