(CNN) -- Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on Wednesday, blamed it for a bombing this week that killed 16 people, and announced that anyone who is a member of the group will be punished.
Hossam Issa, the interim minister of higher education and a deputy prime minister, announced the Cabinet's decision on state-run al-Masriaya television.
"The government reiterates that there will be no return to the past under any circumstances and Egypt, the state and the people, will never succumb to the terrorism of the Muslim Brotherhood whose crimes have gone far beyond all moral, religious and human limits," he said.
The government also will punish anyone giving the group financial support, Issa added.
Of course this is what our dear leader and messiah had to say.
The United States issued a strong reaction to the news that the Muslim Brotherhood was labeled as terrorists.
"We think it is essential for Egypt to have an inclusive political process; it is the best means of restoring the stability that the Egyptian people want and that is necessary to the country's economic recovery," said Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department. "There needs to be dialogue and political participation across the political spectrum."
She repeated the United States' condemnation of the bombings, noting the Muslim Brotherhood denounced the bombing and Ansar Jerusalem, in Arabic called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, had taken credit for the attack. She said the United States has designated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis as a terrorist group.
"We are concerned about the current atmosphere and its potential effects on a democratic transition in Egypt," she said.
Russia also condemned the bombings.
"Political differences, no matter how sharp they may be, should be resolved by peaceful means in the ways of a broad dialogue with the participation of leading political and social forces of the country," the Foreign Ministry said.
Now you would think that the liberals were for the military ouster because of this.
The blasts come in the lead-up to Egypt's referendum on a new constitution, which will be held January 14-15.
The draft constitution would ban religious parties and put more power in the hands of the military.
Morsy has endured a series of other legal troubles. He and 132 others will face trial for escaping from prison in 2011, state media reported Saturday.
Morsy will be tried along with members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Palestinian Hamas, the Al-Ahram state newspaper reported.
He is also charged with raiding other prisons, and killing soldiers and officers in Rafah, according to the newspaper.
Morsy has been in custody since his ouster.
