For the first time, during the 28th session of the Overseas Security Advisory Council, Secretary of State John Kerry gave vent to criticism against the Muslim Brotherhood.

He declared on November 20th 2013: "That Tunis fruit vendor who self-immolated and started a revolution in Tunisia – there was no religion, nothing, no extremism and ideology behind it. And he got slapped around by a police officer, he was tired of corruption, and he wanted an opportunity to lead his life by being able to sell his wares. And those kids in Tahrir Square, they were not motivated by any religion or ideology. They were motivated by what they saw through this interconnected world, and they wanted a piece of the opportunity and a chance to get an education and have a job and have a future, and not have a corrupt government that deprived them of all of that and more. And they tweeted their ways and Facetimed their ways and talked to each other, and that’s what drove that revolution. And then it got stolen by the one single-most organized entity in the state, which was the Brotherhood."

This statement, delivered in the presence of the US business upper crust, seemed to publicly disclose the rift between Washington and the Brotherhood, while the latter has also run aground in Tunisia and Egypt, as well as in Libya and Syria.

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Alizée Ville