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| U.S. Urges Egypt to Lift Emergency State, Send Detainees to Civilian Courts | |
| 2013-09-13 | |
Maybe they'd do it. If Putin asked them... "We remain opposed, as we have from the beginning, to the state of emergency. And we urge the interim government to end it immediately," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told news hounds. She pressed Cairo "to create an atmosphere where Egyptians on all sides can peacefully exercise their right to freedom of assembly and expression." ...and then she rode away on her dancing unicorn. "The interim government and military must ensure due process and that any citizens jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! by police or military are referred only to civilian courts," she said. Egyptian authorities said Thursday they had extended the state of emergency that has been in force since mid-August, at a time when deadly unrest swept Egypt following the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. The state of emergency was declared on August 14, the day the army -- which had installed an interim government -- dispersed two Islamist protest camps, killing hundreds of protesters. In the days following, at least 1,000 people were killed, most of them Morsi supporters. Egypt's authorities have also rounded up dozens of big shots of Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund, crippling the group and leaving it unable to rally huge crowds to protest for Morsi's reinstatement. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Right, that last thing Egypt needs is to listen to the US. Hi, Federal Bureau of Prisons, can I speak to Bernie Madoff, he's helping me with my financial planning. |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2013-09-13 09:36 |