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Egypt's military issues 48-hour ultimatum
ap ^ | 7/1/13 | HAMZA HENDAWI

Posted on 07/01/2013 8:28:28 AM PDT by ColdOne

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out.

The ultimatum, it said, was a "last chance."

It described the mass protests on Sunday that brought out millions of Egyptians demanding President Mohammed Morsi's ouster as "glorious." It said protesters expressed their opinion "in peaceful and civilized manner," and that "it is necessary that the people get a reply ... to their calls."

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


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Didn't Obama send U.S. troops to Egypt to help Morsi? Now is Obama going to make our troops fight the Egyptian army?
1 posted on 07/01/2013 8:28:28 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

“Now is Obama going to make our troops fight the Egyptian army?”

Good question. I guess we are about to find out just how supportive Obama is of the Muslim Brotherhood.


2 posted on 07/01/2013 8:31:04 AM PDT by MNGal
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To: ColdOne

Step one...hunt down and eliminate all members of the Muslim Brotherhood with extreme prejudice!


3 posted on 07/01/2013 8:31:30 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: ColdOne

Shouldn’t the messiah swing by and straighten this thing out? Perhaps he can give one of his spellbinding speeches?

Pray for America to Wake Up


4 posted on 07/01/2013 8:34:57 AM PDT by bray (Stop tolerating beheading!)
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To: Redleg Duke

“Step one...hunt down and eliminate all members of the Muslim Brotherhood with extreme prejudice!”

Throughout the middle east.

Step two, same with Hamas and Hezbollah.


5 posted on 07/01/2013 8:42:12 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: Redleg Duke

That’s about half of Egypt....


6 posted on 07/01/2013 8:47:00 AM PDT by Kozak (The Republic is Dead. We now live in a Judicial Tyranny.)
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To: Redleg Duke

Could you remove the word “brotherhood” from that statement?


7 posted on 07/01/2013 8:48:03 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: ColdOne

Its now evident that Mursi does not fully control the Army. However if the Army stages a coup against the Brotherhood, the Islamists will not go quietly. Egypt will suffer the fate of Algeria but without the oil and gas.


8 posted on 07/01/2013 8:53:36 AM PDT by allendale
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To: EQAndyBuzz
“Step one...hunt down and eliminate all members of the Muslim Brotherhood with extreme prejudice!”

Throughout the middle east.

Step two, same with Hamas and Hezbollah

Step 3: Repeat 1 and 2 in Europe and North America.

9 posted on 07/01/2013 8:53:44 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: bray

Perhaps the asshole can send in American troops in support of both sides and reenact Gettysburg


10 posted on 07/01/2013 8:56:14 AM PDT by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: ColdOne
The army just told Morsi that he has 48 hours to resign.

Otherwise, they will remove him.

If Morsi refuses to leave, the Brotherhood and the army will fight it out in the streets.

Things could get mighty interesting.

11 posted on 07/01/2013 8:56:21 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: ColdOne

note the silence by Obama but he couldnt wait to shove Mubarak out of office.


12 posted on 07/01/2013 9:01:12 AM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: ColdOne

Obama sent troops to take over the Multi Force site on the Sinai.

This was widely reported incorrectly.


13 posted on 07/01/2013 9:03:26 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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To: mojito

This could be very interesting indeed. I doubt that Morsi is going to resign.


14 posted on 07/01/2013 9:07:43 AM PDT by livius
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To: ColdOne

WOW, this is really a just wow story.

We should have a march like that on DC.


15 posted on 07/01/2013 9:08:28 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: mojito; All

This will be really interesting. Who did Obama send those jets and tanks to? Morsi or the Egyptian army? What is encouraging is it looks like Morsi doesn’t control the army.


16 posted on 07/01/2013 9:08:33 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: livius
I just saw a tweet that said that Morsi would hold a press conference at 7pm Cairo time. That's in about twenty minutes. Could get some sort of answer then. On Saturday, the Brotherhood was saying that Morsi would not resign.
17 posted on 07/01/2013 9:39:17 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: bray

“Shouldn’t the messiah swing by and straighten this thing out? “

I think that is an excellent place for the imposter to be in the next 48 hours, complete with air support stand down orders.


18 posted on 07/01/2013 9:50:25 AM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: Rome2000

“Perhaps the asshole can send in American troops in support of both sides and reenact Gettysburg”

No American at Gettysburg was this stupid! ...not to confuse the imposter as an American though.


19 posted on 07/01/2013 9:56:13 AM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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