Fundamentalists Urge Egyptian Withdrawal

Muslim fundamentalists Sunday urged Egypt, a key member in the U.S.-led anti-Iraq alliance, to withdraw from the coalition which they said had attacked a Muslim nation in “a barbarian, destructive” way.

The Muslim Brotherhood said the reason for which troops were sent--to defend Saudi Arabia and other gulf states against possible Iraqi aggression--is no longer valid.

Egyptians have generally backed their government’s policy on the gulf crisis, but small opposition parties have attacked the deployment of Egyptian troops.