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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 3, 2013 8:40:26 GMT -8
 CAIRO — With a potentially violent showdown looming between Egypt’s military and backers of its Islamist president, the country’s top generals summoned civilian political leaders to an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss a new interim government while moving to restrict the president’s travel — a new signal of an impending military takeover. A top presidential adviser said a coup already was under way. The developments came as street tensions intensified and a 48-hour deadline imposed by the military generals on President Mohamed Morsi to meet the demands of Egyptians or leave power passed. Mr. Morsi’s senior foreign policy adviser, Essam el-Haddad, issued an open letter Wednesday afternoon on his official Web page lamenting what he called the imminent takeover of Egypt’s first freely elected government. “As I write these lines I am fully aware that these may be the last lines I get to post on this page,” he wrote. “For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let’s call what is happening by its real name: Military coup.” Security officials said the military’s intelligence service had banned any travel by President Morsi and senior Islamist aides including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, and his influential deputy, Khairat el-Shater. People close to the president said at around the same time that talks with the generals continued but looked increasingly futile. A decisive move was expected within hours, these people said, although the president and his advisers remained at liberty. With millions of Egyptians waiting to see what the military would do, Mr. Morsi also reiterated in a Facebook posting what he had said in a long and rambling televised speech Tuesday night, vowing to stay in power as Egypt’s first democratically elected president following the 2011 revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. “The presidency reaffirms that violating constitutional legitimacy threatens democratic practice by veering off the right track and threatens the freedom of expression that Egypt has lived since the revolution,” the statement said. www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/middleeast/egypt.html?pagewanted=all |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 9:04:10 GMT -8
Is America behind this ?
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 3, 2013 9:12:32 GMT -8
One can never be sure.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 9:15:24 GMT -8
Its the muslim thing that makes me suspect something.
Egypt is a crazy place anyway.
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 3, 2013 9:16:03 GMT -8
'Full military coup' underway in Egypt, tanks & APCs seen on streets
A military coup is underway in Egypt, according to Mohamed Morsi's national security adviser and a Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson. Security forces have placed a travel ban on Morsi and a number of top Brotherhood officials, according to AFP sources.
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Several hundred Egyptian soldiers, together with armored vehicles, are taking part in a military parade on the road near presidential palace, a witness told Reuters. Live images from Sky News Arabia show army tanks in several Cairo neighborhoods. NBC correspondent Richard Engel reports that the military is deploying at key sites and intersections throughout Egypt, including the highway to Alexandria.
National security adviser Essam El-Haddad said that "no military coup can succeed in the face of sizeable popular force without considerable bloodshed." He added that he expects army and police violence to remove pro-Morsi demonstrators from the streets of Cairo.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 9:17:44 GMT -8
Especially as they have just been caught spying on the EU. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 9:19:57 GMT -8
It could be seen as a coup. Morsi was democratically elected.
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 3, 2013 9:39:19 GMT -8
Morsi has disappeared. the rest of the muslim brotherhood has and is being rounded up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 11:06:37 GMT -8
I see a religious faction that uses democracy as a tool to do what it wants.
So what choice does the army have but to level the playing field and ensure that a foundation is in place for real democracy to have a chance?
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Post by ♬ pkbucko ♬ on Jul 3, 2013 11:08:19 GMT -8
So who will be the new Pharaoh...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 9:19:07 GMT -8
I see the word coup has not been used yet by you Americans.
We in Canada call it a coup. ;)
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 4, 2013 9:25:32 GMT -8
It has been used.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 9:26:28 GMT -8
On the news last night I noticed that it was deliberately not used. |
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 4, 2013 9:27:47 GMT -8
i watched the news for the last two days. It was used over and over
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 9:29:59 GMT -8
i watched the news for the last two days. It was used over and over Well I guess we are not watching the same station. >:D The military's actions have been decried as a coup by Morsy supporters but celebrated as a "correction" and an expression of the popular will by his opponents. The issue of definition is critical, as Amanpour pointed out, with ramifications in terms of how the international community responds to the situation. |
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 4, 2013 9:40:24 GMT -8
Hosni Mubarak was in power from 1981 to 2011.
The military ran the country only until Morsi was elected. About one year.
To say the military ran the country because Mubarak was the top air force office is like saying the military ran the USA because Eisenhower was a general.
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 6, 2013 23:35:46 GMT -8
I know what channel you are watching (sang with my best Neener Neener taunting whiney ass voice)  I wasn't watching anything at all |
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Post by Willing Sniper on Jul 6, 2013 23:52:32 GMT -8
Hosni Mubarak was in power from 1981 to 2011. The military ran the country only until Morsi was elected. About one year. To say the military ran the country because Mubarak was the top air force office is like saying the military ran the USA because Eisenhower was a general. That may be so of the USA, but this is Egypt. Many foreign experts are saying that the military ran Egypt for decades. And there's your problem listening to one sides experts. |
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