Posted on 07/03/2013 7:36:02 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Latest Egypt News: July 3, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
Egyptian Military Occupies TV Stations
10:05 EDT
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's military moved to tighten its control on key institutions Wednesday, even putting officers in the newsroom of state TV, in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country's Islamist president when an afternoon ultimatum expires.
Mohammed Morsi has vowed not to step down in the face of millions of protesters in the streets in the biggest anti-government rallies the country has seen.
His Islamist supporters have vowed to resist what they call a coup against democracy, and have also taken to the streets by the tens of thousands. At least 39 people have been killed in clashes since Sunday, raising fears the crisis could further explode into violence
The clock was ticking on the military's deadline, expiring around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (11 a.m. ET).
The military beefed up its presence inside the mammoth headquarters of state television on the banks of the Nile River in central Cairo. Crack troops were deployed in news-production areas. Officers from the army's media department moved inside the newsroom and were monitoring output, though not yet interfering, staffers said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the arrangements.
The state TV is run by the information minister, a Muslim Brotherhood member put in the post by Morsi, and its coverage had largely been in favour of the government. But already in the past two days, the coverage saw a marked shift, with more balanced reporting showing the anti-Morsi protests along with pro-Morsi ones. State radio has seen a similar shift.
The authoritative, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper -- which also seemed to be following a military line -- reported that the military had placed several leaders of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood under surveillance and issued a foreign travel ban on the Islamist group's top leaders.
The head of the army, Defence Minsiter Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held a group meeting with leading reform advocate Mohammed ElBaradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric -- Al-Azhar Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb -- and Coptic Pope Tawadros II to discuss its political road map, a spokesman for the senior opposition National Democratic Front, Khaled Daoud, said on state TV.
Also attending the meeting were a representative of the new youth movement behind this week's protests and some members of the ultraconservative Salafi movements, a defence ministry official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Egyptian military has been very smart in how they have done things. 1st, last Thursday, they announced they were moving troops into the vicinity of all the major cities but would take no action unless there were massive civil violence. Morsi thought they were doing so to help support his government...but it became apparent that the troops were actually there to prepare for Morsi's deposing when, on Monday, after reveiwing the size of the protests, the military issued an ultimatum to Morsi to step down...with troops already deployed across the country to enforce it.
Now, in the face of Morsi's refusal, the military is occupying the State run TV and newspaper, and is meeting with all of the opposition, the leading reform advocate Mohammed El Baradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric, the Coptic Christian Pope, the leader of the new youth movement behind Sunday's protests and members of the conservative Salafi movement. Clearly, a coalition that will help the nation be governed in the absence of Morsi and the Musilm Brotherhood.
My guess is Morsi will concede to the military
Wow. You could write his speeches for him!
Wasn’t there something in the news in the last day or so, that the Obama administration was backing away from their support of Morsi? Of course, knowing him, he’ll pretend to “back off” his support publicly, at least!
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I’m wondering if Morsi is demanding his pension start immediately. :)
Go Egypt!!!!!!!
It’s not entirely just good timing that forced the hand of the Egyptian army. The European news guys noted several times recently that the Egyptian economy has been disrupted by Morsi/MB/fake constitution/sharia law/etc. so much that the Army was running out of money to operate on. If the economy can’t be restored the army is out of business. The money we send them isn’t actual cash but mostly credits they can use to buy US made hardware————all that high-minded ideology flies right out the window when the money dries up.
This sure puts the “I have a muslim friend” crowd in a pickle. Their muslim friends are turning against their messiah.
I’m not sure I would want the military leaders we have to be in charge. They’re all political monkeys dancing to an organ grinder.
Yes it does, and all the countries surrounding Israel are in turmoil
The Australian
July 4, 2013
CAIRO: EGYPT'S army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ousted president Mohamed Morsi and declared the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court caretaker leader.
Mr Sisi, the defence minister in Mr Morsi's government, also announced a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections.
He said a "strong and capable" government would be formed and would have "full capacities".
The army chief said a panel would be formed to look into amendments to the constitution and a law would be drafted to regulate parliamentary elections.
After the announcement, delivered by Mr Sisi in a televised address, Mr Morsi denounced the move as an "illegal" and urged Egyptians to "peacefully resist the coup as he himself will do", a senior aide told AFP.
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said the roadmap announced by Mr Sisi "meets the the people's demands for early presidential elections".
The army's dramatic move comes after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to call for his ouster, accusing him of betraying the 2011 revolution that brought him to power.
Were I to orchestrate a popular revolution, that would be one of the first objectives.
It may happen if things get worse under Obama.
God Bless America, God Bless those who serve.
The Muslim Brotherhood is for all purposes is DEAD. When Morsi was arrested it was the start of the end for the MB.
Are you sure?
The homofactor is very, very small.
Same with the officer corps.
The poster you posted too is more correct then you realized.
Nothing but conspriacy theory nonsense.
You are correct, the time could very well come.
“Nothing but conspriacy theory nonsense.”
I don’t do conspiracy theory nonsense. I do facts.
You must not have known about the first test. It was on all the stations, including Fox, that at a certain time that day the TV would go off to test the new Homeland Security emergency system. After that test, the next day Homeland Security said they had to work on some part of it. Now, they do test it at certain times late at night because I’ve been awake when it happened a few times - TV goes completely off, then comes back on.
Go to the Homeland Security website and you will find it is operational. Inform yourself before you call something a conspiracy.
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