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| Morsi Backers Defy Egyptian Police With Fresh Rallies |
| 2013-08-03 |
| [AnNahar] Islamist backers of Egypt's deposed president Mohammed Morsi staged defiant rallies Friday, with police firing tear gas at demonstrators, after the government ordered their protest camps to be broken up. The new marches came after U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... angered Morsi loyalists by saying said Egypt's military had been "restoring democracy" when it deposed the Islamist leader. Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived... world powers pressed both sides to resolve the impasse peacefully, with U.S. Under Secretary of State William Burns expected in Cairo on Friday night for more talks. Morsi supporters began to march after Friday prayers, pouring out of several Cairo mosques. The afternoon rallies passed off peacefully, with demonstrators marching along main thoroughfares in the capital. Early evening, they held several smaller demonstrations, including by Cairo's Media Production City in the city's outskirts, where security forces fired tear gas after protesters "tried to storm" the building, a security source told Agence La Belle France Presse. Protesters tore up the pavement to make barriers as police in armored vehicles fired barrages of tear gas, an AFP correspondent said. "I am a Musselmen, not a terrorist," demonstrators chanted. Eyewitnesses also reported festivities between residents in the Alf Maskan area and Morsi loyalists after they tried to set up a protest site. The Anti-Coup Alliance of groups calling for Morsi's reinstatement said it planned to make Alf Maskan a new sit-in site. It also announced Friday evening marches to four security buildings in Cairo, including two army headquarters. The marches came a day after Kerry in an interview with Pakistain's Geo television appeared to defend Morsi's ouster. "The military was asked to intervene by millions and millions of people, all of whom were afraid of a descendance into chaos, into violence," he said. "And the military did not take over, to the best of our judgment -- so far. To run the country, there's a civilian government. In effect, they were restoring democracy," he added. A front man for Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund denounced Kerry's comments, accusing Washington of being "complicit" in the coup. "Is it the job of the army to restore democracy?" asked Gehad al-Haddad in a statement. Morsi's supporters have remained defiant in the face of mounting threats from the army-installed interim government. On Thursday, the interior ministry urged those at protest sites in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares "to let reason and the national interest prevail, and to quickly leave." The ministry pledged "a safe exit and full protection to whomever responds to this appeal." The state-owned al-Ahram newspaper, quoting police sources, reported that police had prepared a plan to end the sit-ins, but had not decided when to implement it, with the cabinet still hoping for a peaceful resolution. The stand-off has raised fears of new violence. More than 250 people have been killed since Morsi's ouster. Diplomatic efforts to avoid further bloodshed have gathered pace. Kerry said Friday that Egypt should "get back to a new normal" and a senior Egyptian official said U.S. envoy Burns would arrive in Cairo for talks. The visit comes on the heels of trips by the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's Middle East envoy Bernardino Leon and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. A senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund, said the European envoys had asked them to end their sit-ins. Speaking after meeting Brotherhood representatives, Westerwelle warned that the situation was "very explosive" and reiterated a call for a "peaceful solution." Morsi has been formally remanded in jug on suspicion of offenses when he broke out of prison during the 2011 revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Prosecutors have also referred three top Moslem Brüderbund leaders, including supreme guide Mohamed Badie, for prosecution of allegations of inciting the deaths of demonstrators. Morsi was tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! hours after the coup and is being held at EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Morsi on Tuesday, later telling news hounds he was "well". Qatar, a staunch backer of Morsi's presidency, announced meanwhile that it had shipped a consignment of liquified natural gas to Egypt, in the first gesture of its kind since Morsi was deposed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Interesting to note how little he appears to be having with the day-to-day function of the US State Department. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-03 10:00 |
| #3 Forgot this bit: I am a Musselmen, not a terrorist," demonstrators chanted A distinction without a difference. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-03 09:59 |
| #2 Speaking of wind Jawn is just making himself loved all over the place ain't he? Also, tear gas is good; but grape shot is better. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-03 09:58 |
| #1 Qatar, a staunch backer of Morsi's presidency, announced meanwhile that it had shipped a consignment of liquified natural gas to Egypt, in the first gesture of its kind since Morsi was deposed It's called "knowing which way the wind is blowing". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-03 09:51 |