Egypt’s army moves to restore order after protests
The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with barbed wire and armored vehicles Thursday as protesters defied a deadline to vacate the area, pressing forward with demands that Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi rescind decrees giving himself near-absolute power and withdraw a disputed draft constitution.
Inside the palace gates, Morsi met with members of his Cabinet and military leaders to discuss the expanding crisis after fierce street battles in an upscale residential suburb of Cairo killed five people and left more than 600 injured in the worst outbreak of violence between the two sides since the Islamist leader’s election.
The intensity of the overnight violence, with Morsi’s Islamist backers and largely secular protesters lobbing firebombs and rocks at each other, raised the specter that the 2-week-old crisis that has left the country sharply divided would grow more polarized and violent.
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So – now the choice looks likely to be between a military dictatorship and a theocratic dictatorship.
Time to kick over the table. The game is rigged.
mojo on December 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Obama’s Arab Spring is in full bloom.
Schadenfreude on December 6, 2012 at 2:21 PM
As invested as they are in their abominable failure “Arab Spring,” I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama or Hillary made a call and said they’d hold up military aid if security forces let Morsi get Qaddafied.
Christien on December 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM
How long until Muslim Brotherhood and AQ start splodeydoping and VBIEDing Morsi protesters?
Christien on December 6, 2012 at 2:25 PM
obama’s Egyptian “democracy” in action.
Pork-Chop on December 6, 2012 at 2:27 PM
So, if you wanted the middle east to explode in mass killing and distruction.
Say a “clockwork orange” deal was the goal.
Say you had a Sharon Tate county by country, city by city, home by home invasion to go down.
Charles Manson sits smiling he knows what the plan is.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on December 6, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Morsi’s problems are far more serious than reported. The Salafists and AQ are about to start causing him some change you can believe in.
Hey Medved – you didn’t think you’d get it this wrong did you?
CorporatePiggy on December 6, 2012 at 2:33 PM