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| Tagammu urges '73 war celebrations to counter Brotherhood protests | |
| 2013-10-01 | |
[Al Ahram] A senior member of the leftist Tagammu Party has called for rallies on 6 October -- the anniversary of Egypt's victory
At the conclusion of the Yom Kippur War, Israeli forces were 40 km from Damascus and 101 km from Cairo. Egypt's Third Army and the city of Suez were both encircled. Amr Abdel-Rady said the party had received "confirmed information" that the Islamist group planned to "ruin the day by attacking state-owned facilities," Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Monday. Several Brotherhood-aligned Facebook pages have called on supporters to protest on 6 October against the "military coup" which has resulted in a "crumbling economy, failing tourism, corrupt government, lack of security and a constitution-amending committee that doesn't represent Egyptians." In recent days, protests have taken place on a number of university campuses, a traditional hotbed of Islamist and political activity. At least 29 people were maimed during festivities on Sunday at three university campuses between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , some armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, state media and security sources said. | |
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