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| The Grand Turk |
| Egypt opposition forms anti-coup council in Turkey |
| 2014-08-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] Political figures from different Egyptian opposition groups have reportedly gathered in Turkey and established a "revolutionary council" to work against the military-backed government in Cairo. According to a Saturday report by Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News, representatives of Egypt's opposition groups, including former ministers of the deposed Moslem Brüderbund administration, officially declared the establishment of the "Egyptian Revolutionary Council" in Istanbul. Mohammed Sharif Kamil, the council's front man, pointed to the military-led ouster of Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi last July and said the new group in Turkey seeks to unite "all revolutionary forces and youths who are opposed to the military regime" in Cairo. "The revolutionary and national forces…are capable of confronting the bloody terrorist coup which stole our revolution, killed and imprisoned our people, sold our country and spread destruction and fear through the land and kidnapped Dr. Mohammed Morsi," Kamil added. The Egyptian politician also called on all governments and nations in the world to support the council's "cause of freedom, justice and human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. in Egypt." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Yippy just keeps on antagonizing Egypt and Sisi |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2014-08-10 12:54 |