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The powerful Muslim Brotherhood, leading in parliamentary elections, refused Wednesday to join calls by secular and liberal activists for the ruling military to move up its handover of power to civilians. Activists are seeking to capitalize on anger over the military’s heavy-handed crackdown on protesters in Cairo in the past week to pressure the ruling generals to step down before the current target of the end of June.
The military escalated its tone against pro-democracy activists Wednesday, warning of an attempt to “topple the state,” as government media said a plot had been uncovered to use upcoming protests to throw the country into a civil war and give foreign forces justification to intervene.
