Egypt's decades-old Muslim Brotherhood movement is said to be a million strong.<br /> <br />It consistently won elections after the 2011 Egyptian uprising.<br /> <br />But on Wednesday, the army-backed government escalated its campaign against the Brotherhood by formally designated it a terror group.<br /> <br />Cairo residents reacted to the news.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN MAN, ADEL MAHMOUD AHMED EL-HEFNAWY, SAYING:<br /> <br />"The Muslim Brotherhood have been a terrorist organization for 80 years, and for its entire existence it has survived through killing, nothing else."<br /> <br />The designation was in reaction to a deadly suicide bomb attack the day before that the government blames on the Brotherhood but which the Brotherhood denied.<br /> <br />Another group claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /> <br />But violence has plagued Egypt since July.<br /> <br />That's when the army toppled Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi from the Presidency.<br /> <br />Since then, hundreds of government forces -- and hundreds more
