Eleven killed in Egypt clashes over army rule

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Eleven people were killed and more than 160 wounded near Egypt's Defence Ministry on Wednesday after armed men assaulted protesters demanding an end to army rule, prompting two Islamist candidates to suspend their presidential election campaigns.

Unidentified "thugs" armed with guns or batons attacked demonstrators who included hundreds of ultraconservative Salafi Islamists protesting at the exclusion of their candidate from this month's vote, state news agency MENA reported.

The violence casts a deep shadow over the presidential election due on May 23 and 24, with a run-off in June, and highlights the fragility of Egypt's transition to democracy, which has been punctuated by violence and political bickering.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/02/us-egypt-clashes-idUSBRE8410BJ20120502

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Eleven killed in Egypt clashes over army rule (Original post)	hue	May 2012	OP
This looks like it's a very rocky process.	Comrade Grumpy	May 2012	#1
Looks like a "return" to "past"	Amonester	May 2012	#2
K&R	DeSwiss	May 2012	#3
So either the military is going to take control or the hardcore islamists	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#4
The military has control now. It was a coup, not a "revolution" after all...	David__77	May 2012	#5

Response to hue (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 12:28 PM

Comrade Grumpy (3,383 posts)

1. This looks like it's a very rocky process.

Banning the candidates of the Salafists and the Moslem Brotherhood, the two largest political formations in the country, seems like a decision that is going to create a lot of trouble.

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Wed May 2, 2012, 01:13 PM

Amonester (10,185 posts)

2. Looks like a "return" to "past"

but more deadly

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Response to hue (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 01:19 PM

DeSwiss (17,213 posts)

3. K&R

At least 20 killed as attackers target Cairo protest
BBC News
2 May 2012 Last updated at 12:08 ET

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Wed May 2, 2012, 04:09 PM

4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)

4. So either the military is going to take control or the hardcore islamists

not such a bright future for Egypt.

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Wed May 2, 2012, 07:23 PM

David__77 (14,120 posts)

5. The military has control now. It was a coup, not a "revolution" after all...

The people voted for the Islamist parties, "hardcore" or otherwise. I guess the question is whether or not this expression of popular will shall be respected or not.

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