State Dept. met with affiliates of Muslim Brotherhood prior to call for violent Jihad

WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A recent meeting between the U.S. State Department and some Egyptians affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood has sparked a lot of debate - especially because just days after that meeting, the brotherhood called for a violent Jihad.

When the Arab Spring grabbed the world's attention almost four years ago, so did the group known as the Muslim Brotherhood - which briefly had control in Egypt, but was later ousted through a coup and has been labeled a terrorist group by Egypt's new president.

"These are the people that want to kill the current president and it's just not good diplomacy to meet with a group that wants to do that when we're also trying to have a good relationship with our allies in Egypt," observed Eric Trager, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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