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Egypt unrest: Morsi marchers die as army fires
BBC News ^ | 7/5/2013 | BBC

Posted on 07/05/2013 10:35:02 AM PDT by Nextrush

Egyptian troops have opened fire on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi marching in Cairo, killing three people and wounding dozens more.

The shooting came as crowds moved on the Republican Guard headquarters, where Mr. Morsi is believed to be held.

Later the Muslim Brotherhood's leader told supporters that protests would continue until Mr. Morsi was reinstated.

The army, which removed Mr. Morsi on Wednesday after days of unrest, denied firing live rounds at demonstrators.

However, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen at the scene says he saw soldiers fire on the protestors on Friday.

About 2,000 people had marched on the officers' club of the Republican Guard after passionate Friday Prayers at the nearby Rabaa-al Adawiya Mosque.

As the crowd grew, got angrier and pushed forward the troops opened fire-first into the air, then at the crowd our correspondent reports.....

Three people were killed and 69 injured in the shooting, the head of Cairo's emergency services said.

The Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, addressed protestors near Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque.

"We shall stay in the squares until we bring President Morsi back to power," he told a cheering crowd. Mr. Badie also denied reports that he had been arrested on Thursday.

Thousands of supporters of Mr. Morsi have been rallying in Cairo and other cities to demand is reinstatement.

In Qina in the south, security forces opened fire on protesters trying to storm a security building. At least two people were injured......

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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To: Venturer
True. 00 buckshot pellets are .32 caliber size. there are 9 pellets per cartridge. If the BBC guy got hit with that he wouldn't be conscious enough to talk about it. .04 buck or #7 birdshot is more likely, the latter being popular for crowd control.

CC

41 posted on 07/05/2013 1:34:25 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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Spengler: Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039428/posts


42 posted on 07/05/2013 2:34:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: carriage_hill

f16s


43 posted on 07/05/2013 3:08:24 PM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames

Thanks.


44 posted on 07/05/2013 3:18:30 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Nextrush.

Huge Crowds Turn Out in Egypt in Largely Peaceful Protests Against Morsi
McClatchy | Sunday, June 30, 2013 | Nancy A. Youssef
Posted on 06/30/2013 1:11:46 PM PDT by kristinn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3037494/posts

...millions of Egyptians took to the streets across the country in unprecedented numbers Sunday to demand his removal from office, three years before his term expires.


45 posted on 07/05/2013 5:03:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: DownInFlames; carriage_hill

In the face of sequester, Obama finds $190 million for Egypt’s Morsi
American Thinker | 03/04/13 | Thomas Liffson
Posted on 03/04/2013 8:17:48 AM PST by pgkdan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2993283/posts


46 posted on 07/05/2013 5:08:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Jeff Head

You da man Jeff !


47 posted on 07/05/2013 5:24:10 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Jeff Head
"If Morsi's supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood push them...they will absolutely eradicate them. They will not play "footsies" with them or try to have ROEs that attempt to "make friends."

Hmmm? Can we use this example of how to handle leftists, demsheviks and other enemies of liberty?

48 posted on 07/05/2013 8:28:37 PM PDT by jonascord (Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star!)
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To: jonascord

Will there ever come a day when a child could say, “Mommy what’s a demshevik?”?


49 posted on 07/05/2013 8:44:12 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Venturer
Buckshot does not make superficial wounds. Bird shot does if you are far enough away.

It all depends on the range, whether the shot skipped off of something, and other factors we are not aware of. Either can leave superficial wounds or kill, depending on how far away you are.

50 posted on 07/05/2013 8:48:09 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: 1010RD

I’d like to think so, but christian belief dictates that we have to tolerate them, rather than using the eugenic solution they will use on us.


51 posted on 07/05/2013 8:51:54 PM PDT by jonascord (Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star!)
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To: cherokee1

Skipping birdshot off pavement to spread the pattern to hit the mob in the legs is an old street cleaning tactic. It can also break the momentum of a mob on the run (front ranks stumble or fall, tripping up those pushed by the rest causing a pile-up and blocking the street), and is what the striker and street sweeper shotguns were designed for.


52 posted on 07/05/2013 8:53:24 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: jonascord

I’m not talking about killing people, just the bad idea. Once they lose government schooling the natural competition of the education market will drive bad ideas out quickly.


53 posted on 07/06/2013 2:23:39 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Nextrush
Later the Muslim Brotherhood's leader told supporters that protests would continue until Mr. Morsi was reinstated.

Morsi supporters will be shot until protests end. Any leaders calling for protests will be hung by the neck until dead. The world does not want Islam. No negotiation.

54 posted on 07/06/2013 4:02:32 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Jeff Head
If Morsi's supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood push them...they will absolutely eradicate them. They will not play "footsies" with them or try to have ROEs that attempt to "make friends."

Go Army.

Give the Worthy Oriental Gentlemen ... as Napoleon said, ... a whiff of the grape (shot). A Muslim is either at your feet or at your throat.

Hopefully, the Gippos still have mounted police.

55 posted on 07/08/2013 3:54:32 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk ("Obama" The Movie. Introducing Reggie Love as "Monica." .)
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