Muslim Brotherhood takeover feared

American Middle East experts are divided on what the likely outcome would be should Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak be forced to relinquish power amid the anti-government protests that intensified Friday. The fear for many American policymakers is that the Muslim Brotherhood would fill the void should Egypt’s authoritarian regime fall.

Jim Phillips, a senior research fellow of Middle Eastern Affairs at the Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Caller that while “the situation in Egypt is moving so fast that the outcome remains unclear,” the likely result of Mubarak’s fall would be a Muslim Brotherhood takeover.

According to Phillips, a Mubarak’s toppling would result in a period of chaos where the country’s political factions would engage in bitter infighting to gain control of the country. “The likely beneficiary will be the Muslim Brotherhood,” said Phillips, “the largest and best-organized opposition party.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/28/no-consensus-on-who-likely-to-fill-vacuum-if-mubarak-forced-from-power/#ixzz1CW8F077n

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January 30th, 2011

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