Morsi warns opposition: I may have to act to "protect this nation"

In remarks following clashes outside the Brotherhood’s Cairo headquarters on Friday, Morsi warned that  would be taken against any politicians shown to be involved in what he described as violence and rioting.

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“If I am forced to do what is required to protect this nation, then I will do it. And I fear that I might be on the verge of doing it,” Morsi said in a statement. He did not elaborate…

“They are very scary comments,” said Khaled Dawoud, a spokesman for the National Salvation Front (NSF), an alliance of non-Islamist parties formed late last year to oppose Morsi.

“I can see language that is heading towards taking some suppressive measures,” he added.

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