Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood blast Kerry for saying the Islamists 'stole' the country's uprising

An Egyptian soldier takes position over a military armored vehicle in front of Omar Makram Mosque, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. A suicide car bomb hit a bus convoy of off-duty Egyptian army soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 killing nearly a dozen and wounding dozens more, in the latest of a stepped-up wave of attacks blamed on Islamic militants sympathetic to ousted President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (The Associated Press)

An Egyptian young woman mourns during the funeral of 23-year-old Mahmoud Abdel-Hakim, known as Moody, who was shot dead by live gunshots after clashes erupted during Tuesday's protests marking the second anniversary of some of the fiercest confrontations between Egyptian protesters and security forces in Mohammed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square, in Cairo Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (The Associated Press)

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for saying the Islamist group "stole" the 2011 popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

The Brotherhood said Friday the United States should respect democratic principles and not "support the dictatorship" of the Egyptian military, which in a popularly-backed coup ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Brotherhood.

The statement was in response to Kerry's comments to leaders of multinational U.S. firms on Wednesday, saying the Brotherhood had appropriated the revolt against Mubarak from young people who started it.

Washington has tried to ease tensions with Cairo, after relationship soured following Morsi's ouster in July.

Egypt's interim authorities are carrying out a security crackdown against the Brotherhood, which keeps organizing near-daily protests for Morsi's reinstatement.

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