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"This is a preparation for eliminating the Brotherhood," said Emad Shahin, a political science professor at the American University in Cairo.

Isn't that what the Mubarak regime tried and failed to do? It spent decades trying to wipe out the MB from Egyptian society, but still the Brotherhood managed to decisively win both the parliamentary and presidential elections after Mubarak was chased out of power. I don't think "eliminating the Brotherhood" is in the cards, which means the generals are going to have to find a way to live with them. Why aren't they getting that?