Egyptian armed forces seize terrorist cell

A terrorist group belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood* was uncovered and neutralized by the Egyptian security forces, as reported by the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Cairo. The terrorists were planning a series of terrorist attacks that were supposed to be launched on January 25th, on the anniversary of the 2011 protests that led to the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak. The plan was to attack governmental targets, block the streets and generate riots in order to disseminate chaos. During the searches, security forces seized RPGs, Ak-47 assault rifles, handguns and revolvers, shotguns, ammunitions, improvised explosive devices (including nails to be used), knives, axes, machetes and masks. The various members of the group were in contact through Telegram and other chat rooms and they called themselves "the Jokers", as already done by Iraqi militants involved in attacks against security forces. The Muslim Brotherhood* is a radical Islamist international movement born in Egypt in 1928 and currently outlawed in Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. During the so-called "Arab Spring" the Obama administration strongly supported the MB and its political legitimation as part of a regime-change plan that was supposed to take place in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and Syria.