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Catherina's JournalHighlights from Egypt, Dec 7 2012 (Part 3) - The people are at the Palace gates
Previous thread, and links to previous threads, here: "Highlights from Egypt, Dec 7 2012 (Part 2)" http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021941551
The people are at the Palace gates
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 7 2012 (Part 2)
Part 1 is here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021940838#op as well as links to previous threads
Bel Trew - بل ترو ?@Beltrew
BREAKING: Protesters have broken Republican guard curfew and are now in front of presidential palace #Egypt
Mohamed Abd El-Hamid ?@MohAbdElHamid
Protesters broke the republican card barricade and are marching towards the palace. #Itehadya
Edit: Update, Protesters are at the front gate of the palace. LIVESTREAM here: http://www.livestream.com/ontveg AMAZING!
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 7 2012 (Part 1)
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 3) can be found here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021938539
Links the threads covering previous days are there too.
Last night as I was sleeping, the Army built a wall around the palace in preparation for today's demonstrations
Disturbing developments. Protesters who were caught by the MB were savagely beaten and forced to "confess" they received funds from "foreigners" to rise up. One minute Morsi says the funds were from Zionists, the next from the US, the next from God only knows, any demon will do.
Massive demonstrations were called for today.
The first few tweets will be catch-up tweets from the last 8 hours.
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 3)
Part 2, "Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 2)", here http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021937564
Sara سارة ?@SazzleUk
Tomorrow could be a crunch day in #Egypt @ElBaradei calls for mass marches after #Morsi "closed all doors" & "lost legitimacy"
Reem Abdellatif ريم ?@Reem_Abdellatif
@ElBaradei's tone intensifies: #Morsi closed all doors for negotiations, lost all legitimacy, mass marches tomorrow
magdi abdelhadi ?@maegdi
ElBaradei speaking on behalf of opposition rejects Mursi's dialogue #egypt
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 2)
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 1) can be found here, along with links to threads from previous days: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021936640
Egyptians are waiting on a pre-recorded speech that was supposed to be broadcast hours ago.
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 6 2012 (Part 1)
Previous thread is "Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012 (Part 3)" here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021933535
When I went to bed last night, Morsi's Presidential Advisors were bailing on him in horror and resigning publicly live on the air or via twitter. 6 were dead, over 350 injured, many young activists detained and severely beaten up to include one poor girl whose face was black and blue. Now the number of injuries is "officially" lowballed at 700+. Morsi is circulating that this is a Zionist plot to overthrow him because he's keeping the revolution "safe" (how sick is that?) and trying to beat "confessions" out of protesters that they're being paid to protest him. And the entire presidential palace is surrounded by a ton of barbed wire, tanks and APCs. The Central Security Forces are providing protection/physical cover for the well-armed Morsi MB militia to shoot at the protesters. It needs to be said that the entire Muslim Brotherhood is not supporting this and that some of those who are attacking the protesters aren't MB either but that's his faction and that's where he's getting much support. Many of the younger MB are horrified.
No one saw or heard from Morsi for days except when he was sneaking out of the palace through the back door. Was he stuck in an elevator or what? Today he will make a speech. Yesterday he promised it would include "good news". No one is holding their breath.
There are marches taking place right now but I'm just now catching up with the events.
Al Jazeera : #Morsi has gone to the headquarters of the Republican Guard to deliver TV speech #Egypt
Al Jazeera: Egypt official sources: 7 dead as 771 injured in clashes near the presidential palace in Cairo
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012 (Part 3)
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012 (Part 2) is here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021931254
Links to previous threads there also. //////////////////////////
You can WATCH what's happening in #Egypt here: http://www.livestream.com/ontveg . This is really bad...
Leil-Zahra ?@LeilZahra
Here are #MB #Ikhwan attacking us close to #Itihadiya with the help of the riot police IN VIDEO via @mosireen
Ahmed Ateyya ?@Ateyya
Video: MB members torturing a protester, saying "say u got money from NDP to beat us and we will set u free" …
Loay El Biritaany ?@ElBiritaany
MB scum threatening to kill protestors if they don’t own up to taking money fem somebody. Including child. CSF present (same video as above)
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012 (Part 2)
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012
Part 1 from today here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021930540
Yesterday's threads linked in Part 1
One martyr already. Muslim Brotherhood firing teargas on protesters and shooting. MB side far outnumber anti side. Ultras are there with the protesters
marlyn ?@virtualactivism
Ambulances unable to enter into areas of clashes near pres palace. #ontv #almogaz
Highlights from Egypt, Dec 5 2012
Continuation of yesterday's threads about the Egyptian People's fight to secure their revolutionary gains and fight Morsi's self coronation to Pharaoh of Egypt
part 1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021926897
Part 2: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021928582
Something big just happened in Egypt right now. Something very big. (Pt 2)
100s of Thousands of Tahrir Protesters are back (the last estimate I saw in a news article was 200,000+), President Morsi has fled the Palace, the Central Security Forces abandoned their posts and many removed their uniforms and joined the people to protest.
It's 3am there now but a vigilant contingent has erected tents in Tahrir and in front of the palace again.
Livestream:
ONtv Live from #Cairo. Thousands in Tahrir Sq. http://www.livestream.com/ontveglive #Anonymous #OSF #OO #OWS #OpGlobalSpring engaged!
PS, Dear God, please don't let this turn into another one of those 2 week running, 1001 part threads. Please.
Link to Part 1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021926897
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