Egypt launches crackdown on Islamists, even moderates

CAIRO - Since Sept. 11, Egypt has been cracking down on extreme and even moderate Islamists, stirring deep resentments that Muslim moderates and human rights activists warn will feed a new generation of recruits into the international terrorist network. Cases against more than 250 suspected activists, who had been held for long periods without charges, have been referred to military courts since the terrorist attacks on the United States, and 22 leaders of the long-nonviolent Muslim Brotherhood organization have been arrested in a campaign that is expected to intensify. The crackdown comes after more than three years of an Egyptian truce with the Islamists, but also at a time when the...