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In reply to the discussion: Egypt's President Says He Will Not Step Down, Calls on Military to Withdraw Ultimatum [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)24. Guardian summary of this evening:
President Mohamed Morsi delivered a defiant televised speech at midnight Tuesday declaring his willingness to give his life to defend governmental "legitimacy." He did not speak directly to an army ultimatum for him to cut a political deal by Wednesday afternoon, but earlier he dismissed the ultimatum in a tweet. The speech appeared to set the Morsi government and the Muslim Brotherhood on a collision course with the military and opposition.
An official death toll Tuesday evening from Cairo clashes put the number killed at seven, but that figure was expected to rise, perhaps substantially. Hundreds were injured as opposition forces and Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters battled with live gunfire and other weapons. Main sites of conflict were Cairo University and Kitkat Square in Giza.
For a third straight day dueling protests materialized across the country, with numbers in Tahrir Square swelling after what at the start looked to be a quieter day for demonstrations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/jul/02/egypt-obama-urges-morsi-to-respond-to-protesters-live#block-51d359c6e4b01fd5ba7fbcc8
An official death toll Tuesday evening from Cairo clashes put the number killed at seven, but that figure was expected to rise, perhaps substantially. Hundreds were injured as opposition forces and Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters battled with live gunfire and other weapons. Main sites of conflict were Cairo University and Kitkat Square in Giza.
For a third straight day dueling protests materialized across the country, with numbers in Tahrir Square swelling after what at the start looked to be a quieter day for demonstrations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/jul/02/egypt-obama-urges-morsi-to-respond-to-protesters-live#block-51d359c6e4b01fd5ba7fbcc8
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Egypt's President Says He Will Not Step Down, Calls on Military to Withdraw Ultimatum [View all]
Hissyspit
Jul 2013
OP
There isn't really any other option when the military threatens to seize power
Posteritatis
Jul 2013
#17
Why would they be "slaughtered in the squares." There's no evidence of that at all.
David__77
Jul 2013
#25
seething Islamists vs military seems to be a thing in the Arab world these days.
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#10
I see the same thing happening in Egypt, that happened in Algeria. We all, or some of us,
demosincebirth
Jul 2013
#19