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You "have to believe"? Why do you have to believe as such? Absent proof that there are more like this in the MB, you're simply making an assumption. Which is obviously your prerogative... but that renders this your personal opinion rather than being discursive.
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Because i am not stupid and prefer to adhere to the position and belief in "history tends to repeat itself".
Again, and maybe this has been missed before, I am not saying that the MB is a bad orginization at its core. What I am saying is that it would be absolutely foolish to believe that it hasn't got members (likely high up to some degree) who have nothing but bad intentions and are using the group as a way of rising to power. Its been repeated over and over in that part of the world. Taliban (Afgahnistan), Hezbollah (Lebanon), Hamas (Palestine)...all groups that parroted being the right choice for the people but who's ultimate motive is nothing but violence towards others and oppression to their own in order to maintain control and preach their message.
I think today or tomorrow, as CC mentions above, complete and total anarchy takes over. At that point who is going to be in position to assume control and sell the magic elixir to the masses? The Muslim Brotherhood. Hopefully ElBaradei is the guy leading and has the smarts to keep things even keel, as he is certainly a very cerebral and experienced guy when it comes to international relations. That ebing said, even he can't control everybody associated with the MB, no matter who he is.
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What proof do you have to imply a linkage? Seems to me that you have a personal assumption (the italic part), then a fact (in bold; i didn't know it was family members facilitating but I'll give it to you). You're clearly implying a linkage between these two "facts" when you offer no such proof. That is why I said your assertion was two events that were unrelated absent proof of linkage.
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Ummm...what? I don't know that i NEED to prove what the intelligence community thinks about MB...if I do so be it, but the talking heads have been all over the place giving their opinions on it after interviews with the guys that matter.
as for the prison break...
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Thirty-four members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition group in Egypt, escaped from prison during a riot in the midst of the current wave of protests that shook the country.
The group includes seven members of the management of the organization.One of them, Essam El Erian,mostly common criminals, were able to overcome the guards, free and open doors to all other prisoners.
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Maybe these guys were under arrest for doing nothing and should never have been there at all, I have no idea. I do know, however, that storming a prison, overpowering guards during a riot, and then releasing all the prisoners is not an act of the non-violent. In fact it kind of flies in the face of such a claim.