Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Reuters: Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO | Wed Jul 3, 2013 5:05pm EDT (Reuters) - Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders. After a day of drama in which tanks and troops deployed near the presidential palace as a military deadline for Mursi to yield to mass protests passed, the top army commander announced on television that the president had "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people". Flanked by political and religious leaders and top generals, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the suspension of the Islamist-tinged constitution and a roadmap for a return to democratic rule under a revised rulebook. (Snip) More Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Egypt military pledges no long-term takeover Jul 03, 2013 MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Egyptian military leaders have assured the Obama administration that they are not interested in long-term rule following their toppling of President Mohammed Morsi and have appointed a government of civilian technocrats to temporarily run the country in an apparent bid to forestall potential U.S. sanctions, American officials said Wednesday. U.S. law requires the administration to suspend its $1.5 billion in annual military and economic assistance to Egypt - which is deemed a critical U.S. national security priority - if the ouster is determined to have been a coup d'etat. Under the law, the unconstitutional ouster of a democratically elected government by a country's armed forces would trigger an aid cutoff. But the administration can take time to make that legal determination, and officials said they believed Egypt's military was trying to take steps to keep such a finding from being reached. In conversations between senior Egyptian army officers and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior Egyptian army officers pledged to put a civilian government in place quickly, if not immediately, after removing Morsi from power, the U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak by name about the private conversations that occurred over the past week. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NCTexan Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Arab Spring has sprung Then Morsi fell It's summer there And it's getting hot as hell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Mursi opponents, loyalists clash in Egypt's Alexandria ALEXANDRIA, Egypt | Wed Jul 3, 2013 4:54pm EDT (Reuters) - Opponents and supporters of Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Mursi, clashed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Wednesday after the army announced his removal from office. Gunfire was heard as rocks and bricks flew, said witnesses. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 New Tunisian protest movement takes cue from Egypt Tarek Amara TUNIS | Wed Jul 3, 2013 1:36pm EDT (Reuters) - Tunisian opposition activists have launched their own version of Egypt's Tamarud protest movement, whose campaign to remove President Mohamed Mursi drew millions onto the streets and led to an army ultimatum for the Islamist leader to share power. The youthful, little known leaders of Tunisian Tamarud (Rebel) hope to galvanize opposition to their own Islamist-led government which, like Mursi, came to power after an uprising in 2011 swept an autocratic leader from office. Like its Egyptian namesake, the Tunisian group accuses the Islamists of trying to usher in a religious state that smothers personal freedoms and failing to drag the economy out of crisis. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 OH OH! it's the Socialist Workers Party!!! Pay very close attention because what they say is really really important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 New Egypt Leader: Little-Known Judge Enthroned by Army Naharnet Newsdesk 7/3/13 Egypt's new caretaker president Adly Mansour had been head of the Supreme Constitutional Court for just two days when the army named him leader of the Arab world's most populous state. He takes the helm of a nation riven by deep divisions over the army's ouster of its first freely elected president Mohamed Morsi following days of deadly clashes between his Islamist supporters and their increasingly numerous opponents. Ironically he was named by Morsi himself to Egypt's top judicial post, which, following the army's suspension of the constitution, catapulted him into political power. The 67-year-old father of three, who won a scholarship to France's most prestigious institute of higher education, the Ecole Nationale de l'Administration, was a long-serving judge under the regime of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 4 dead in clashes between security, Morsi supporters: official AFP - Four supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi were killed on Wednesday in clashes with the army and police in the western city of Marsa Matruh, a security official told AFP. Another 10 people were injured after the group of armed supporters stormed the city's security headquarters, the official said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Islamists Freaking Out After Morsi Ouster Bridget Johnson After the Egyptian military announced the end of Mohamed Morsis rule flanked by both Egypts Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Grand Mufti Ahmed al-Tayeb, Islamists began predicting a purge of their kind in the new democratic Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood was not represented among the opposition leaders joining the leaders of Egypts two largest faiths and the powerful military figures. It is wonderful to see the Egyptian people taking back their stolen revolution in a peaceful way, the Coptic pope said in a statement Tuesday. The grand mufti, not considered conservative enough by the Muslim Brotherhood, said the people have surprised and inspired the world through its elegant expression of their peaceful demands. Tayeb warned that division will lead the country to a catastrophe, and it must end, according to Al-Arabiya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Is the Muslim Bro-hood just misunderstood? They've been HOPEfully CHANGE-ing everything good. And Morsi & Obambi are the bestest of buds, It's just a coinky-dink that they're also big duds. Tone deaf & arrogant & ideologues, Smarmy & liars & detestable pogues. They both use deception to screw-up their people, But don't understand we're not all low-info sheeple. Continually pushing their progressive sharia, With edict, class warfare & verbal diarrhea. In Egypt the people will just not be denied, And Jihadist Morsi might be arrested & tried. Oblunder near his birthplace, on the taxpayers dime, Is avoiding his scandals & biding his time. Egyptians have done this with a chance they might die, What a wonderful sight, on our own 4th of July. Let's take back our country, no matter the cost, Tell Obambi & progressives to get themselves lost. Clean up the Senate & preserve the House, Put a boot in the butt of our President Louse. In 2014, by the vote, get this done, No dead can be voting & you only get one. Obamacare, IRS & Gang of 8 law, Benghazi, EPA....just stick in our craw. There is no longer freedom where despots can reign, Time to turn it on them & let them feel the pain. I was inspired by @NCTexan! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 was inspired by NCTexan! You're a poet, I know you know it Hope you don't blow it! (I fall to worship at the feet of the poet laureate of TRR... the Great @SrWoodchuck) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 was inspired by NCTexan! You're a poet, I know you know it Hope you don't blow it! (I fall to worship at the feet of the poet laureate of TRR... the Great @SrWoodchuck) Thank you kind sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Witnessing a Coup in Egypt Police that suffocated protesters with teargas in 2011 were now standing alongside them. ERIC TRAGER 7/3/13 At the end of the long boulevard leading up to the Egyptian presidential palace in northern Cairo, a uniformed police lieutenant joined many thousands of protesters in demanding President Mohammed Morsi's ouster on Wednesday afternoon. It was a bizarre sight: Egypt's notoriously abusive police force was among the chief targets of the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Now, barely two years later, uniformed officers stood alongside many of the same protesters who had once been the target of police tear gas. "This is the best revolution that ever happened in the history of our entire country," the lieutenant told me. "It gathered all types of people togetherthe police, the army, all the Egyptian people, and the judges." But if President Morsi doesn't step down, I asked, will you leave the streets and continue reporting to him? "If he doesn't step down," the cop replied, "we are still with the people." (Snip) The Brotherhood tells itself a very differentand largely fancifulstory. In the Brothers' view, Mr. Morsi inherited a nearly impossible situation upon taking office, and a broad coalition of nefarious forces conspired to ensure his failure. "Some of them are people who don't understand what's going on," Mohamed Sudan, a foreign-relations official in the Brotherhood's political party told me on Wednesday morning. "There's also the media. . . . Some of them hate Muslims. Some of them are Christians who are scared from the Muslim power, or from Muslims being in power. And some of themthe majorityare from the former regime." (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 France 24: LIVE: Mixed reactions as Egypt's Mansour takes over 7/4/13 Adli Mansour, the head of Egypt’s top court, has been sworn in as the country’s interim ruler just hours after the army ousted president Mohammed Morsi and suspended the constitution. Follow the latest developments in Egypt on FRANCE 24's live blog. Adli Mansour, the top judge at Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court is sworn in on Thursday as the country's interim president, taking over just hours after the army ousted president Mohammed Morsi from power. Mansour told local media that he invited Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood to take part in “building the nation”, but prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the Brotherhood’s top leaders. There has been mixed reactions from world leaders at the political upheaval, with Turkish foreign minister calling the coup “unacceptable”, while Qatar’s new Emir congratulated Mansour on taking office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 The Armed Forces are drawing hearts in the sky of #Egypt ! pic.twitter.com/Rmw5pbJHDk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Former IDF chief: Morsi's fall doesn't pose immediate danger to Israel By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS 07/04/2013 15:12 Ashkenazi says Egyptian army is too busy with domestic concerns to pose any threat to Israel, but warns situation in Egypt is still volatile; Hanegbi hopeful Morsi's ouster could strengthen future diplomatic ties with Cairo. Former IDF chief of staff Lt.- Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi in CNN interview Photo: Screenshot CNN Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's overthrow, and the Egyptian army's takeover of the country, does not pose any immediate danger to Israel, former chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Thursday. "I think the Egyptian army is too busy [with domestic issues] to deal with anything that is outside of Egypt, so I don't think there's any danger at the moment," http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Former-IDF-chief-Morsis-fall-doesnt-pose-immediate-danger-to-Israel-318738 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 The Armed Forces are drawing hearts in the sky of #Egypt ! pic.twitter.com/Rmw5pbJHDk Looks like a buttocks to me... maybe this is a Rorschach of the Arab Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 How's that SMART DIPLOMACY STUFF WORKIN OUT FOR YA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 The Armed Forces are drawing hearts in the sky of #Egypt ! pic.twitter.com/Rmw5pbJHDk Looks like a buttocks to me... maybe this is a Rorschach of the Arab Spring. At least they're still able to fly -- unlike our sequestered flight crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 The revolution in Egypt A reading guide Danielle Pletka, Michael Rubin | American Enterprise Institute July 03, 2013 Two and a half years after the first stirrings of the Arab Spring, Egypt is once again in the throes of a revolution. Mere days after long-simmering resentments about food shortages, long gas lines, and soaring unemployment fueled massive public protests against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian military acted on its ultimatum to oust President Mohamed Morsi, suspend the constitution, and install an interim government. Although the outcome is far from clear, renewed upheaval in the worlds most populous Arab country is bound to have enormous consequences for the broader Middle East and for U.S. interests in the region. To help you navigate the events unfolding in Egypt, we offer these selected readings from AEI's Foreign and Defense Policy team: Where's America Thomas Donnelly What Obama should learn from Egypts coup Michael Rubin (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Q&A on Egypt James Carafano July 3, 2013 Heritage expert James Jay Carafano, vice president of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and the E. W. Richardson Fellow, gives his answers to questions about the turmoil in Egypt. Q. Is President Mohamed Morsis downfall a blow to democracy in the Middle East? A. No, far from it. Morsi was a wannabe sectarian Mubarak. His primary interest was in solidifying the Muslim Brotherhoods control of Egypt. He embarked on a policy of silencing dissenting voices, free speech, and human rights. Q. Why did the people rise up in protest? A. Morsi failed to deliver on resolving the key issue raised in the Egyptian Arab Spring: the countrys utter lack of significant economic freedoms. The economy of Egypt is in shambles. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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