According to an article in al-Tahrir, targeting of Copts by armed groups aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood aims to confuse the policy makers and to show the failure of state security. It also allows for a bargaining chip to release the Muslim Brotherhood leaders. It is not important who implemented the massacre in al-Warrāq Church. Even if the group is not related to the Muslim Brotherhood, they agree with them that the aim is to attack Egypt (‘Alaā’ Ramzī, al-Tahrīr, Oct. 22, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.