A photograph of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson is burned outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt | Keith Lane/MCT
Posted on 06/28/2013 8:19:08 PM PDT by kristinn
A photograph of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson is burned outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt | Keith Lane/MCT
An American citizen and at least three other people died Friday in demonstrations in Egypt that ushered in what was expected to be days of civil conflict over the rule of President Mohammed Morsi.
At least another 65 people were injured, most of them by birdshot in Alexandria, in turmoil that included crowds burning photographs of the U.S. ambassador and calling for the return of military rule. In perhaps the biggest irony of all, protesters brandished images of disgraced former President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, the very place where protesters gathered nearly two and a half years ago to demand Mubarak’s ouster.
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By midnight, with no sign of a letup in the chaos, the U.S. Embassy announced that embassy personnel and their dependents could voluntarily leave the country.
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State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell acknowledged about 2:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time that an American had died.
“We can confirm that a U.S. citizen was killed in Alexandria, Egypt,” Ventrell said. “We are providing appropriate consular assistance from our embassy in Cairo and our Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department. We do not have further information to provide at this time."
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U.S. officials at first would not confirm the death. Reached by phone, Marc J. Sievers, the deputy chief of mission in Cairo, said questions about a possible dead American at 10 p.m. were “really inappropriate.”
“We have a press office for that,” he said, before hanging up.
About an hour later, the embassy tweeted: “We are seeking to confirm report of American death in Alexandria. Thank you for concern.”
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They probably have to burn an actual ambassador to get Obama to send them some real money...
".....it's the only way to be sure."
obamar and Hillary did a fine job. The muslim brotherhood is very grateful to them.
Another Rachael Cory or Daniel Pearl?
Close personal friends of President You Didn't Build That.
Standing Wolf ~:” Give the vermin billions of dollars in so-called “foreign aid,” and what do they do? “
We give Egypt ‘humanitarian aid’ of jets , mortars ,tanks , and autmatic weapons to support Obummers buddie , Morsi ?
And now the people of Egypt are rising up against Obummers buddie ?
No wonder we sent the weapons to protect whom , against whom ?
We are responsible for protecting the same Muslim Brotherhood that killed Ambassadore Stevens , and stole weapons .
Ever have the feeling that we are supoorting , through our president , the WRONG SIDE ?
Don’t worry...kerry will surely resolve this using his “diplomatic” skills. Rest assured.
They’re going to make “Arab Spring” an annual event.
Ever have the feeling that we are supoorting , through our president , the WRONG SIDE ?
Ummm... maybe. Could we send him to Egypt?
Standing Wolf :” Ummm... maybe. Could we send him to Egypt? “
I would contribute to that one-way ticket
Then as the crowd gather around him ,with a few yelling ; “ Predient Morsi sent us “
And we send women and gay ambassadors to Muslim countries, insisting they accept them, and arm the oppressors, who, interestingly enough, are now the radical Muslims. We deserve everything that is coming to us because of our PC stupidity.
We should have sent a lesbian Jewish woman!
Already many have drawn blood from the so called peaceful marches just a day or so ago...this is not going to end pretty..and Morsi has no control over his officer's or the military to stop this.
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