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The Unrest in Egypt Thread 2013
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LazyLion
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Egypt vows to break up Protests after Mediation fails
Egypt's government vowed Wednesday to remove Islamist protest camps after it said foreign mediation had failed, sparking fears of a violent end to the month-old standoff since president Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
"The cabinet affirms that the decision to disperse the Rabaa Adawiya and Nahda sit-ins is a final decision, on which all agree, and there is no going back on it," prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi said on state television.
Protesters camped out in the two Cairo squares insist they will stay until the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi is reinstated as president.
"We call on them now, anew, to quickly leave, and return to their homes and work, without being chased if their hands have not been soiled by blood," Beblawi said.
"The government's solicitude for the holy month of Ramadan... in which it hoped the crisis would be resolved without the intervention of security, did not mean the cabinet had gone back on its decision," he said, just hours before the end of the Muslim fasting month.
The presidency said earlier Wednesday that Western and Arab efforts to mediate an end to Egypt's political deadlock had failed.
The statement came hours after US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns left Cairo, without making headway in finding a compromise between the army-installed government and Morsi's supporters.
"The phase of diplomatic efforts has ended today," the presidency said, referring to mediation by Burns and EU envoy Bernardino Leon, who were among other diplomats who had travelled to Cairo.
"These efforts have not achieved the hoped for results."
The presidency said it "holds the Muslim Brotherhood completely responsible for the failure of these efforts, and for consequent events and developments relating to violations of the law and endangering public safety."
More than 250 people have been killed in clashes since Morsi's ouster by the military on July 3, following days of mass rallies demanding his resignation.
The government had already ordered police to end the sit-ins and protests, which it described as a "national security threat," but held off amid intense diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful resolution.
In a joint statement, US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed their worries over the tense situation.
"While further violent confrontations have thus far been avoided, we remain concerned and troubled that government and opposition leaders have not yet found a way to break a dangerous stalemate," they said.
-- 'Excessive' foreign pressure --
But the government, which has faced intense domestic pressure to crack down on Morsi's supporters, lashed out on Tuesday against what it called "excessive" international pressure.
This statement came as US senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham outraged government supporters by describing Morsi's removal as a "coup".
"The people who are in charge were not elected, and the people who were elected are now in jail," Graham said.
The comments drew a harsh rebuke from the presidency, which described the comments as "clumsy".
Graham and McCain were later asked by CBS News if they were alarmed by events in Egypt.
"Oh my God," Graham responded. "I didn't know it was this bad. These people are just days or weeks away from all-out bloodshed."
Washington on Wednesday urged Egypt's military and political factions to resolve their differences through dialogue.
"We absolutely do not believe that the time for dialogue has passed," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Western envoys had pressured the Brotherhood to end its sit-ins, according to Islamists who attended the talks. They also demanded that the government release jailed Islamist leaders as a confidence-building measure.
Egyptian authorities bear a "special responsibility" to crack the stalemate and "ensure the safety and welfare of its citizens," Kerry and Ashton stressed.
"This remains a very fragile situation," they warned.
Morsi himself is being held on suspicion of having collaborated with Palestinian militants to kill policemen and stage jail breaks during an early 2011 uprising against strongman Hosni Mubarak, while Morsi was in prison.
The Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie, and his deputies, are to stand trial later this month on charges of inciting the shootings of protesters outside their headquarters on June 30.
The government says it is up to the judiciary to release prisoners. The Islamists say their release is a precondition for further talks on finding a settlement, which could include symbolically reinstating Morsi, who would then call early elections.
Authorities have promised demonstrators a safe exit and said ending their protests would allow the Brotherhood's return to political life.
More than 80 protesters were killed in clashes with police at the main sit-in outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on June 27.
Over 50 people died in earlier clashes with soldiers outside an elite army base.
Source : Sapa-AFP /ma
Date : 08 Aug 2013 04:00
Egypt's government vowed Wednesday to remove Islamist protest camps after it said foreign mediation had failed, sparking fears of a violent end to the month-old standoff since president Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
"The cabinet affirms that the decision to disperse the Rabaa Adawiya and Nahda sit-ins is a final decision, on which all agree, and there is no going back on it," prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi said on state television.
Protesters camped out in the two Cairo squares insist they will stay until the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi is reinstated as president.
"We call on them now, anew, to quickly leave, and return to their homes and work, without being chased if their hands have not been soiled by blood," Beblawi said.
"The government's solicitude for the holy month of Ramadan... in which it hoped the crisis would be resolved without the intervention of security, did not mean the cabinet had gone back on its decision," he said, just hours before the end of the Muslim fasting month.
The presidency said earlier Wednesday that Western and Arab efforts to mediate an end to Egypt's political deadlock had failed.
The statement came hours after US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns left Cairo, without making headway in finding a compromise between the army-installed government and Morsi's supporters.
"The phase of diplomatic efforts has ended today," the presidency said, referring to mediation by Burns and EU envoy Bernardino Leon, who were among other diplomats who had travelled to Cairo.
"These efforts have not achieved the hoped for results."
The presidency said it "holds the Muslim Brotherhood completely responsible for the failure of these efforts, and for consequent events and developments relating to violations of the law and endangering public safety."
More than 250 people have been killed in clashes since Morsi's ouster by the military on July 3, following days of mass rallies demanding his resignation.
The government had already ordered police to end the sit-ins and protests, which it described as a "national security threat," but held off amid intense diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful resolution.
In a joint statement, US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed their worries over the tense situation.
"While further violent confrontations have thus far been avoided, we remain concerned and troubled that government and opposition leaders have not yet found a way to break a dangerous stalemate," they said.
-- 'Excessive' foreign pressure --
But the government, which has faced intense domestic pressure to crack down on Morsi's supporters, lashed out on Tuesday against what it called "excessive" international pressure.
This statement came as US senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham outraged government supporters by describing Morsi's removal as a "coup".
"The people who are in charge were not elected, and the people who were elected are now in jail," Graham said.
The comments drew a harsh rebuke from the presidency, which described the comments as "clumsy".
Graham and McCain were later asked by CBS News if they were alarmed by events in Egypt.
"Oh my God," Graham responded. "I didn't know it was this bad. These people are just days or weeks away from all-out bloodshed."
Washington on Wednesday urged Egypt's military and political factions to resolve their differences through dialogue.
"We absolutely do not believe that the time for dialogue has passed," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Western envoys had pressured the Brotherhood to end its sit-ins, according to Islamists who attended the talks. They also demanded that the government release jailed Islamist leaders as a confidence-building measure.
Egyptian authorities bear a "special responsibility" to crack the stalemate and "ensure the safety and welfare of its citizens," Kerry and Ashton stressed.
"This remains a very fragile situation," they warned.
Morsi himself is being held on suspicion of having collaborated with Palestinian militants to kill policemen and stage jail breaks during an early 2011 uprising against strongman Hosni Mubarak, while Morsi was in prison.
The Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie, and his deputies, are to stand trial later this month on charges of inciting the shootings of protesters outside their headquarters on June 30.
The government says it is up to the judiciary to release prisoners. The Islamists say their release is a precondition for further talks on finding a settlement, which could include symbolically reinstating Morsi, who would then call early elections.
Authorities have promised demonstrators a safe exit and said ending their protests would allow the Brotherhood's return to political life.
More than 80 protesters were killed in clashes with police at the main sit-in outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on June 27.
Over 50 people died in earlier clashes with soldiers outside an elite army base.
Source : Sapa-AFP /ma
Date : 08 Aug 2013 04:00
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Egyptian Troops move against Pro-Morsi Sit-ins
Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites, state television and security officials said.
At least two members of the security forces were confirmed to have died in the morning's crackdown while a group representing the protesters said as many as 25 protesters were killed in one of the camps.
The smaller of the two camps was cleared of protesters by late morning, with most of them taking refuge in the nearby Orman botanical gardens and inside the sprawling campus of Cairo University.
However, security forces remained on the fringes of the other camp in the eastern Nasr City district after it showered the encampment with tear gas. Television footage from there showed thousands of protesters congregating at the heart of the site, with many wearing gas masks or covering their faces to fend off the tear gas.
A security official said a total of 200 protesters have been arrested from both sites. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Anti-Coup Alliance, an umbrella of pro-Morsi supporters, said in a statement that 25 were killed and dozens injured in the attack on the Nasr City camp, claiming that security forces used live ammunition. The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police, said it only used tear gas and that its forces came under fire from the camp. Two policemen were killed and five were injured by gunfire, it said.
A ministry statement also warned that forces would deal firmly with protesters acting "irresponsibly," suggesting that it would respond in kind if its men are fired upon. It said it would guarantee safe passage to those who want to leave the Nasr City site but would arrest those wanted for questioning by prosecutors.
An Associated Press television video journalist at the scene in Nasr City said he could hear the screams of women as a cloud of white smoke hung over the protest encampment. He said a bulldozer was removing mounds of sand bags and brick walls built earlier by the protesters as a defense line in their camp.
Army troops did not take part in the two operations, but provided security in the areas. Police and army helicopters hovered over both sites as plumes of smoke rose over the city skyline. The simultaneous actions by the Egyptian forces began shortly after 7 a.m. (0500 GMT).
Regional television networks were showing images of collapsed tents and burning tires at both sites, with ambulances on standby. They were also showing protesters being arrested and led away by black-clad policemen.
At one point, state television showed footage of some dozen protesters, mostly bearded, cuffed and sitting on a sidewalk under guard outside the Cairo University campus.
At least 250 people have died in clashes in Egypt following Morsi's ouster in a military coup that followed days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians calling for his removal.
Supporters of the Islamist president want him reinstated.
"The world cannot sit back and watch while innocent men, women and children are being indiscriminately slaughtered. The world must stand up to the military junta's crime before it is too late," said a statement by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which Morsi hails.
Source : Sapa-AP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 09:21
Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites, state television and security officials said.
At least two members of the security forces were confirmed to have died in the morning's crackdown while a group representing the protesters said as many as 25 protesters were killed in one of the camps.
The smaller of the two camps was cleared of protesters by late morning, with most of them taking refuge in the nearby Orman botanical gardens and inside the sprawling campus of Cairo University.
However, security forces remained on the fringes of the other camp in the eastern Nasr City district after it showered the encampment with tear gas. Television footage from there showed thousands of protesters congregating at the heart of the site, with many wearing gas masks or covering their faces to fend off the tear gas.
A security official said a total of 200 protesters have been arrested from both sites. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Anti-Coup Alliance, an umbrella of pro-Morsi supporters, said in a statement that 25 were killed and dozens injured in the attack on the Nasr City camp, claiming that security forces used live ammunition. The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police, said it only used tear gas and that its forces came under fire from the camp. Two policemen were killed and five were injured by gunfire, it said.
A ministry statement also warned that forces would deal firmly with protesters acting "irresponsibly," suggesting that it would respond in kind if its men are fired upon. It said it would guarantee safe passage to those who want to leave the Nasr City site but would arrest those wanted for questioning by prosecutors.
An Associated Press television video journalist at the scene in Nasr City said he could hear the screams of women as a cloud of white smoke hung over the protest encampment. He said a bulldozer was removing mounds of sand bags and brick walls built earlier by the protesters as a defense line in their camp.
Army troops did not take part in the two operations, but provided security in the areas. Police and army helicopters hovered over both sites as plumes of smoke rose over the city skyline. The simultaneous actions by the Egyptian forces began shortly after 7 a.m. (0500 GMT).
Regional television networks were showing images of collapsed tents and burning tires at both sites, with ambulances on standby. They were also showing protesters being arrested and led away by black-clad policemen.
At one point, state television showed footage of some dozen protesters, mostly bearded, cuffed and sitting on a sidewalk under guard outside the Cairo University campus.
At least 250 people have died in clashes in Egypt following Morsi's ouster in a military coup that followed days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians calling for his removal.
Supporters of the Islamist president want him reinstated.
"The world cannot sit back and watch while innocent men, women and children are being indiscriminately slaughtered. The world must stand up to the military junta's crime before it is too late," said a statement by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which Morsi hails.
Source : Sapa-AP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 09:21
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
At least 43 dead as Police clear out Pro-Morsi Protestors
At least 43 people were killed Wednesday as police moved in to disperse two protest camps set up in Cairo by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, an AFP correspondent said.
The AFP correspondent who counted the bodies at makeshift morgues at the Rabaa al-Adawiya camp said many appeared to have died from gunshot wounds.
There were no women or children among the dead, the correspondent said.
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 10:23
At least 43 people were killed Wednesday as police moved in to disperse two protest camps set up in Cairo by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, an AFP correspondent said.
The AFP correspondent who counted the bodies at makeshift morgues at the Rabaa al-Adawiya camp said many appeared to have died from gunshot wounds.
There were no women or children among the dead, the correspondent said.
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 10:23
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Dozens dead as police swoop
Security forces moved in Wednesday on two huge Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, launching a crackdown that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead.
Less than three hours after the first tear gas canisters rained down on tents of protesters in the sprawling Rabaa al-Adawiya camp in east Cairo, an AFP correspondent counted at least 43 bodies in a makeshift morgue set up by medics manning a field hospital and treating scores of wounded.
All of the dead were males, many killed by gunfire.
The operation began shortly after dawn when security forces surrounded Rabaa al-Adawiya and a similar protest at Al-Nahda square, in the centre of the capital.
Witnesses and an AFP correspondent said after firing tear gas security forces surged into Rabaa al-Adawiya, sparking pandemonium among the thousands of protesters who had set up the camp soon after Morsi was ousted by the army on July 3.
Men in gas masks rushed to grab each canister and dunk them in containers of water, as the main stage near the mosque of the camp blared Islamic anthems and protesters chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest.)
Clashes quickly erupted between protesters and security forces on one side of the camp, with automatic fire reverberating across the square. It was not immediately clear who was doing the shooting.
Television footage showed the injured being carried to a makeshift medical centre as well as police dragging away protesters, who have defied numerous ultimatums by the army-installed authorities to end their demonstrations.
Protest leaders wearing gas masks stood defiantly on a stage while crowds of people wearing face masks stood amid the swirling tear gas as bulldozers began dismantling the camp.
Police barred journalists not already in the camp from entering.
Egypt's interior ministry said some two hours into the operation that security forces have "total control" over Al-Nahda Square, the smaller of the two camps.
"Police forces have managed to remove most of the tents in the square," the ministry said.
A security official told AFP that dozens of Morsi supporters had been arrested with the help of residents of the area.
Television footage showed protesters who had been rounded up sitting in the ground handcuffed and surrounded by security forces.
Families, with their children, carrying plastic bags were seen being escorted out of the square by police.
Soon after the police launched the crackdown, angry Morsi supporters blockaded some streets of the capital and set tyres ablaze, sending black smoke billowing across the sky.
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood urged Egyptians to take to the streets in their thousands to denounce the "massacre".
"This is not an attempt to disperse, but a bloody attempt to crush all voices of opposition to the military coup," Brotherhood spokesman Gehad al-Haddad said on Twitter.
The Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp, where several Brotherhood leaders are staying, "is calling on Egyptians to take to the streets to stop the massacre," Haddad said.
In a separate tweet, Haddad said at least 250 people were killed and over 5,000 injured in the crackdown. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the tolls.
Egypt's interior ministry said two members of the security forces were killed in the operation.
Railway authorities announced that all trains had been grounded to prevent protesters from moving outside of Cairo and reassembling.
In a reprisal attack, Morsi's supporters torched a church in central Egypt, MENA state news agency said.
The assailants threw firebombs at Mar Gergiss church in Sohag, a city with a large community of Coptic Christians who comprise up to 10 percent of Egypt's 84 million people, causing it to burn down, the agency said.
Wednesday's crackdown came just hours after the United States urged the military-backed interim government to allow Morsi supporters to protest freely.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Washington regarded freedom to protest as a "key part" of the democratic process but would be concerned by reports of violence.
The United States, which provides $1.5 billion in mostly military aid to Egypt every year, maintains close ties to the Egyptian military but says it favours a rapid return to elected civilian rule.
Morsi, Egypt's first elected president, was overthrown by the military on July 3 with popular backing.
His supporters had said nothing short of his reinstatement would persuade them to disperse.
Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi demonstrators and security forces have killed more than 250 people since the end of June.
On Monday, the judiciary extended Morsi's detention for a further 15 days pending an investigation into his collaboration with Palestinian group Hamas.
The Muslim Brotherhood, banned in 1954 and repressed by successive governments, won both parliamentary and presidential elections in 2011 after the ouster of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak.
Prosecutors have set an August 25 date for the trial of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie and his two deputies.
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 11:55
Security forces moved in Wednesday on two huge Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, launching a crackdown that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead.
Less than three hours after the first tear gas canisters rained down on tents of protesters in the sprawling Rabaa al-Adawiya camp in east Cairo, an AFP correspondent counted at least 43 bodies in a makeshift morgue set up by medics manning a field hospital and treating scores of wounded.
All of the dead were males, many killed by gunfire.
The operation began shortly after dawn when security forces surrounded Rabaa al-Adawiya and a similar protest at Al-Nahda square, in the centre of the capital.
Witnesses and an AFP correspondent said after firing tear gas security forces surged into Rabaa al-Adawiya, sparking pandemonium among the thousands of protesters who had set up the camp soon after Morsi was ousted by the army on July 3.
Men in gas masks rushed to grab each canister and dunk them in containers of water, as the main stage near the mosque of the camp blared Islamic anthems and protesters chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest.)
Clashes quickly erupted between protesters and security forces on one side of the camp, with automatic fire reverberating across the square. It was not immediately clear who was doing the shooting.
Television footage showed the injured being carried to a makeshift medical centre as well as police dragging away protesters, who have defied numerous ultimatums by the army-installed authorities to end their demonstrations.
Protest leaders wearing gas masks stood defiantly on a stage while crowds of people wearing face masks stood amid the swirling tear gas as bulldozers began dismantling the camp.
Police barred journalists not already in the camp from entering.
Egypt's interior ministry said some two hours into the operation that security forces have "total control" over Al-Nahda Square, the smaller of the two camps.
"Police forces have managed to remove most of the tents in the square," the ministry said.
A security official told AFP that dozens of Morsi supporters had been arrested with the help of residents of the area.
Television footage showed protesters who had been rounded up sitting in the ground handcuffed and surrounded by security forces.
Families, with their children, carrying plastic bags were seen being escorted out of the square by police.
Soon after the police launched the crackdown, angry Morsi supporters blockaded some streets of the capital and set tyres ablaze, sending black smoke billowing across the sky.
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood urged Egyptians to take to the streets in their thousands to denounce the "massacre".
"This is not an attempt to disperse, but a bloody attempt to crush all voices of opposition to the military coup," Brotherhood spokesman Gehad al-Haddad said on Twitter.
The Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp, where several Brotherhood leaders are staying, "is calling on Egyptians to take to the streets to stop the massacre," Haddad said.
In a separate tweet, Haddad said at least 250 people were killed and over 5,000 injured in the crackdown. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the tolls.
Egypt's interior ministry said two members of the security forces were killed in the operation.
Railway authorities announced that all trains had been grounded to prevent protesters from moving outside of Cairo and reassembling.
In a reprisal attack, Morsi's supporters torched a church in central Egypt, MENA state news agency said.
The assailants threw firebombs at Mar Gergiss church in Sohag, a city with a large community of Coptic Christians who comprise up to 10 percent of Egypt's 84 million people, causing it to burn down, the agency said.
Wednesday's crackdown came just hours after the United States urged the military-backed interim government to allow Morsi supporters to protest freely.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Washington regarded freedom to protest as a "key part" of the democratic process but would be concerned by reports of violence.
The United States, which provides $1.5 billion in mostly military aid to Egypt every year, maintains close ties to the Egyptian military but says it favours a rapid return to elected civilian rule.
Morsi, Egypt's first elected president, was overthrown by the military on July 3 with popular backing.
His supporters had said nothing short of his reinstatement would persuade them to disperse.
Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi demonstrators and security forces have killed more than 250 people since the end of June.
On Monday, the judiciary extended Morsi's detention for a further 15 days pending an investigation into his collaboration with Palestinian group Hamas.
The Muslim Brotherhood, banned in 1954 and repressed by successive governments, won both parliamentary and presidential elections in 2011 after the ouster of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak.
Prosecutors have set an August 25 date for the trial of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie and his two deputies.
Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 14 Aug 2013 11:55
techead
Honorary Master
all hell breaking loose over there...
El Warak police station a while ago
El Warak police station a while ago
daveza
Honorary Master
If the military had no one to shoot at no one would get killed.
Egyptian Marikana.
Egyptian Marikana.
techead
Honorary Master
Not for sensitive viewers
[video=youtube;cecii1DV-EY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cecii1DV-EY[/video]
[video=youtube;cecii1DV-EY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cecii1DV-EY[/video]
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
That video ironically sums up the battle.... Younger people opposed to religious conservatism, attacking the older fraternity who are bent on enforcing religious conservatism.
techead
Honorary Master
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Egypt Police storm two pro-Morsi Protest Camps in Cairo
Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear two sprawling encampments of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. At least 15 people were killed.
Smoke clogged the sky and fires smoldered on the streets, which were lined with charred poles and tarps after several tents were burned. The smaller camp was cleared relatively quickly, but clashes were ongoing at the main site near a mosque that has served as the epicenter of the pro-Morsi campaign.
The assault came after days of warnings by the military-backed interim administration that replaced President Mohammed Morsi after he was ousted in a July 3 coup. The two sit-in camps at two major intersections on opposite sides of the Egyptian capital began in late June to show support for Morsi. Aftre the coup, protesters there have demanded his reinstatement.
Clashes also broke out elsewhere in Cairo and other provinces across the country, with police stations, government buildings and churches attacked or set ablaze.
The Egyptian Central Bank instructed commercial banks to close branches in areas affected by the chaos, a sign of alarm that the violence could spiral out of control. The Ministry of Antiquities also ordered the site of the Giza Pyramids closed to visitors along with the Egyptian museum in the heart of the Egyptian capital. The closures were a precaution effective only for Wednesday, it said.
The turmoil was the latest chapter a bitter standoff between Morsi's supporters led by the Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership that has assumed the helm of the Arab world's most populous country. The military ousted Morsi after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to call for him to step down, accusing him of giving the Brotherhood undue influence and failing to implement vital reforms or bolster the ailing economy.
The coup provoked similar protests by Morsi's backers after he and other Brotherhood leaders were detained as divisions have deepened, dealing a major blow to hopes of a return to stability after the 2011 revolution that led to the ouster of autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak.
The deposed president has been held at an undisclosed location. Other Brotherhood leaders have been charged with inciting violence or conspiring in the killing of protesters.
"The world cannot sit back and watch while innocent men, women and children are being indiscriminately slaughtered. The world must stand up to the military junta's crime before it is too late," said a statement by the Brotherhood's media office in London emailed to the AP in Cairo.
The smaller of the two camps was cleared of protesters by late morning, with most of them taking refuge in the nearby Orman botanical gardens on the campus of Cairo University and the zoo.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene said security forces were chasing the protesters in the zoo. At one point, a dozen protesters, mostly men with beards wearing traditional Islamist garb, were seen handcuffed and sitting on a sidewalk under guard outside the university campus. The private ONTV network showed firearms and rounds of ammunition allegedly seized from protesters there.
Security forces later stormed the larger camp in the Cairo district of Nasr City and were closing in on the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque that has served as the epicenter of pro-Morsi campaign. Several wanted Brotherhood leaders were believed to be hiding inside the mosque.
The pro-Morsi Anti-Coup alliance claimed that security forces used live ammunition, but the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police, said its forces only used tear gas and that they came under fire from the camp.
The Interior Ministry statement also warned that forces would deal firmly with protesters who were acting "irresponsibly," suggesting that it would respond in kind if its men are fired upon. It said it would guarantee safe passage to all who want to leave the Nasr City site but would arrest those wanted for questioning by prosecutors.
Army troops did not take part in the two Cairo operations, but provided security at the locations. Police and army helicopters hovered over both sites as plumes of smoke rose over the city skyline hours after the police launched the simultaneous actions shortly after 7 a.m. (0500 GMT).
At least five policemen were confirmed to have died in the morning crackdown, while the Health Ministry said at least 10 protesters were killed and nearly 100 injured in the two camps. Three more people were killed in clashes in Minya province south of Cairo.
A security official said a total of 200 protesters were arrested at both sites on Wednesday. Several detained men could be seen walking with their hands up as they were led away by black-clad policemen.
The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm claimed that more than 500 protesters were killed and some 9,000 wounded in the two camps, but those figures could not be confirmed and nothing in the footage from AP or local TV networks that suggests such a high death toll.
Mohammed el-Beltagy, a senior Brotherhood leader, put the death toll at more than 300 and called on the police and army troops to mutiny against their commanders. He also urged Egyptians to take to the streets to show their disapproval of Wednesday's raids.
"Oh, Egyptian people, your brothers are in the square ... Are you going to remain silent until the genocide is completed?" said el-Beltagy, who is wanted by authorities to answer allegations of inciting violence.
Police also fired tear gas elsewhere in Cairo to disperse Morsi supporters who wanted to join the Nasr City camp after it came under attack. State TV also reported that a police captain had been abducted by pro-Morsi protesters in the area, but there was no official statement about that.
Islam Tawfiq, a Brotherhood member at the Nasr City sit-in, said that the camp's medical center was filled with dead bodies and that the injured included children.
"No one can leave and those who do are either arrested or beaten up," he told the AP.
Security officials said train services between the north and south of the country have been suspended in a bid to prevent Morsi supporters from traveling from other provinces to Cairo to reinforce fellow Islamists. Clashes erupted on two major roads in Cairo's upscale Mohandiseen district when pro-Morsi protesters opened fire on passing cars and pedestrians. Police used tear gas top chase them away.
The security officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.
Churches belonging to Egypt's minority Coptic Christians were torched in three southern provinces - Minya, Assiut and Sohag. In the city of Bani Suef south of Cairo, protesters set three police cars on fire. Farther south in the Islamist stronghold of Assiut, police used tear gas to disperse thousands of Morsi supporters gathered in the city center.
Other clashes broke out between Morsi supporters and security forces in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the Nile Delta provinces of Beheira, Sharqiya and Gharbiyah and in the oasis region of Fayoum southwest of Cairo.
Supporters of the Islamist president want him reinstated and are boycotting the military-sponsored political process, which includes amending the Islamist-backed constitution adopted last year and holding parliamentary and presidential elections early next year.
At least 250 people have died in previous clashes following the coup.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, had just completed one year in office when he was toppled. He has largely been held incommunicado but was visited by the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and an African delegation. Ashton reported that he was well and had access to television and newspapers.
Several bids by the United States, the European Union and Gulf Arab states to reconcile the two sides in Egypt in an inclusive political process have failed, with the Brotherhood insisting that Morsi must first be freed along with several of the group's leaders who have been detained in connection with incitement of violence.
The trial of the Brotherhood's leader, Mohammed Badie, and his powerful deputy Khairat el-Shater on charges of conspiring to kill protesters is due to start later this month. Badie is on the run, but el-Shater is in detention. Four others are standing trial with them on the same charges.
Source : Sapa-AP /sdv
Date : 14 Aug 2013 13:51
Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear two sprawling encampments of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. At least 15 people were killed.
Smoke clogged the sky and fires smoldered on the streets, which were lined with charred poles and tarps after several tents were burned. The smaller camp was cleared relatively quickly, but clashes were ongoing at the main site near a mosque that has served as the epicenter of the pro-Morsi campaign.
The assault came after days of warnings by the military-backed interim administration that replaced President Mohammed Morsi after he was ousted in a July 3 coup. The two sit-in camps at two major intersections on opposite sides of the Egyptian capital began in late June to show support for Morsi. Aftre the coup, protesters there have demanded his reinstatement.
Clashes also broke out elsewhere in Cairo and other provinces across the country, with police stations, government buildings and churches attacked or set ablaze.
The Egyptian Central Bank instructed commercial banks to close branches in areas affected by the chaos, a sign of alarm that the violence could spiral out of control. The Ministry of Antiquities also ordered the site of the Giza Pyramids closed to visitors along with the Egyptian museum in the heart of the Egyptian capital. The closures were a precaution effective only for Wednesday, it said.
The turmoil was the latest chapter a bitter standoff between Morsi's supporters led by the Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership that has assumed the helm of the Arab world's most populous country. The military ousted Morsi after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to call for him to step down, accusing him of giving the Brotherhood undue influence and failing to implement vital reforms or bolster the ailing economy.
The coup provoked similar protests by Morsi's backers after he and other Brotherhood leaders were detained as divisions have deepened, dealing a major blow to hopes of a return to stability after the 2011 revolution that led to the ouster of autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak.
The deposed president has been held at an undisclosed location. Other Brotherhood leaders have been charged with inciting violence or conspiring in the killing of protesters.
"The world cannot sit back and watch while innocent men, women and children are being indiscriminately slaughtered. The world must stand up to the military junta's crime before it is too late," said a statement by the Brotherhood's media office in London emailed to the AP in Cairo.
The smaller of the two camps was cleared of protesters by late morning, with most of them taking refuge in the nearby Orman botanical gardens on the campus of Cairo University and the zoo.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene said security forces were chasing the protesters in the zoo. At one point, a dozen protesters, mostly men with beards wearing traditional Islamist garb, were seen handcuffed and sitting on a sidewalk under guard outside the university campus. The private ONTV network showed firearms and rounds of ammunition allegedly seized from protesters there.
Security forces later stormed the larger camp in the Cairo district of Nasr City and were closing in on the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque that has served as the epicenter of pro-Morsi campaign. Several wanted Brotherhood leaders were believed to be hiding inside the mosque.
The pro-Morsi Anti-Coup alliance claimed that security forces used live ammunition, but the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police, said its forces only used tear gas and that they came under fire from the camp.
The Interior Ministry statement also warned that forces would deal firmly with protesters who were acting "irresponsibly," suggesting that it would respond in kind if its men are fired upon. It said it would guarantee safe passage to all who want to leave the Nasr City site but would arrest those wanted for questioning by prosecutors.
Army troops did not take part in the two Cairo operations, but provided security at the locations. Police and army helicopters hovered over both sites as plumes of smoke rose over the city skyline hours after the police launched the simultaneous actions shortly after 7 a.m. (0500 GMT).
At least five policemen were confirmed to have died in the morning crackdown, while the Health Ministry said at least 10 protesters were killed and nearly 100 injured in the two camps. Three more people were killed in clashes in Minya province south of Cairo.
A security official said a total of 200 protesters were arrested at both sites on Wednesday. Several detained men could be seen walking with their hands up as they were led away by black-clad policemen.
The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm claimed that more than 500 protesters were killed and some 9,000 wounded in the two camps, but those figures could not be confirmed and nothing in the footage from AP or local TV networks that suggests such a high death toll.
Mohammed el-Beltagy, a senior Brotherhood leader, put the death toll at more than 300 and called on the police and army troops to mutiny against their commanders. He also urged Egyptians to take to the streets to show their disapproval of Wednesday's raids.
"Oh, Egyptian people, your brothers are in the square ... Are you going to remain silent until the genocide is completed?" said el-Beltagy, who is wanted by authorities to answer allegations of inciting violence.
Police also fired tear gas elsewhere in Cairo to disperse Morsi supporters who wanted to join the Nasr City camp after it came under attack. State TV also reported that a police captain had been abducted by pro-Morsi protesters in the area, but there was no official statement about that.
Islam Tawfiq, a Brotherhood member at the Nasr City sit-in, said that the camp's medical center was filled with dead bodies and that the injured included children.
"No one can leave and those who do are either arrested or beaten up," he told the AP.
Security officials said train services between the north and south of the country have been suspended in a bid to prevent Morsi supporters from traveling from other provinces to Cairo to reinforce fellow Islamists. Clashes erupted on two major roads in Cairo's upscale Mohandiseen district when pro-Morsi protesters opened fire on passing cars and pedestrians. Police used tear gas top chase them away.
The security officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.
Churches belonging to Egypt's minority Coptic Christians were torched in three southern provinces - Minya, Assiut and Sohag. In the city of Bani Suef south of Cairo, protesters set three police cars on fire. Farther south in the Islamist stronghold of Assiut, police used tear gas to disperse thousands of Morsi supporters gathered in the city center.
Other clashes broke out between Morsi supporters and security forces in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the Nile Delta provinces of Beheira, Sharqiya and Gharbiyah and in the oasis region of Fayoum southwest of Cairo.
Supporters of the Islamist president want him reinstated and are boycotting the military-sponsored political process, which includes amending the Islamist-backed constitution adopted last year and holding parliamentary and presidential elections early next year.
At least 250 people have died in previous clashes following the coup.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, had just completed one year in office when he was toppled. He has largely been held incommunicado but was visited by the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and an African delegation. Ashton reported that he was well and had access to television and newspapers.
Several bids by the United States, the European Union and Gulf Arab states to reconcile the two sides in Egypt in an inclusive political process have failed, with the Brotherhood insisting that Morsi must first be freed along with several of the group's leaders who have been detained in connection with incitement of violence.
The trial of the Brotherhood's leader, Mohammed Badie, and his powerful deputy Khairat el-Shater on charges of conspiring to kill protesters is due to start later this month. Badie is on the run, but el-Shater is in detention. Four others are standing trial with them on the same charges.
Source : Sapa-AP /sdv
Date : 14 Aug 2013 13:51
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
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techead
Honorary Master
oh cr@p...
daveza
Honorary Master
Uhm no, just killed.
killadoob
Honorary Master
Nope, you are killed when you don't expect, when their are army personal and you are acting violently you are a martyred essentially. you knew you would die or could die.
Stand up morsi guys!!!!!!!!!!!! be strong and don't back down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i didn't like morsi but he was democratically elected, no worries with the coup but to prison MB members and commit genocide is disgusting.
The end of world is suppose to start in egypt and spread from there to the rest of the middle east. So watch for intervention in syria. If that happens you know it's game for the human race.
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Sky News Cameraman killed
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sk...ashes.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52536&NewsCatID=352
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sk...ashes.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52536&NewsCatID=352
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
daveza
Honorary Master
Ah so she knew her actions were likely to get her killed.
That doesn't make her a martyr, it just makes her look dumb.
lived666
Executive Member
wut?
you don't know how to read killas shroom talk yet?
means
I didn't like Morsi but he was democratically elected and he is in prison now