Live Thread: Egypt Revolution 2.1 The Ikwhan Strikes Back: Deadly "Day of Rejection"

Various | Friday, July 5, 2013 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

USA Today reports from Cairo at least 10 killed, hundreds wounded in Egypt today on the Muslim Brotherhood's (Ikwhan) "Day of Rejection" of the Egyptian military's removal of President Morsi from office this week after a popular uprising.

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Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department admitted Secretary of State John Kerry was indeed on his yacht in Nantucket on Wednesday as the revolution in Egypt succeeded:

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(Live Thread) Egypt: American Killed During Violent Clashes (Egypt about to blow up)

Live Thread: Egypt Revolution 2.0

[caww]

Update...morning in Egypt..

......’BREAKING!!!!!

..... Putin puts all Russian military facilities at “Egyptian military’s” disposal....

......28 MB marches planned for this day.... all heading to Ramsis Square.

.......Turkey’s biscuit maker Yildiz halts production in Egypt,

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Egypt's Major General Ahmed Wasfy, commander of the Second Field Army, has surveyed security measures on Egypt's Suez Canal, amid 'growing signs' that further violence could break out in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Wasfy checked security measures applied along the waterway between Port Said and the borders of the Third Field Army's jurisdiction in the area, along with borders along the canal region. The road beside the waterway witnessed a heavy security presence, as army and police forces were intensified in the area. Second Field Army aircraft are continuing to monitor the passage of ships down the Suez Canal, as well as intermittently monitoring the road parallel to the waterway. Wasfy visits Port Said on a regular basis, while also leading an army counter-terror initiative in Arish, North Sinai. A source at the Suez Canal Authority revealed that a joint operations room run by both Egypt's Second and Third Army, with the help of special forces, uses surveillance cameras to help secure the waterway and its eastern shore in Sinai. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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[quimby]

Interesting rumor about putin and the russian military. Its being quoted all over the 'net with the source being the egyptian independent. but when you try to follow tghe links, you get page not found.

Rumor or not, it seems like a very possible next move for putin.

[caww]

...” it seems like a very possible next move for Putin.”....

Oh absolutely...He plays his cards very well and close to his chest which is why we have to follow dots so often regarding him.

Putins looking for waterways and resources... and control of these........lovely triangulation via Syria..Iran..and now Egypt isn’t it? One day his eyes will also be on Israel as she developes her oil and gas fields.

Unfortunately Putins playing softball with the Muslim world will in the end be his downfall....at least for a time.

[caww]

List of Mosques where MBS are meeting who will then march to Ramsis Square....but of course I can't tell what these Mosques are....enough to know they are on the way to Ramsis Square.

[Cementjungle]

Gearing up for their “march of anger”

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An Egyptian man clears the floor of charred objects in the Prince Tadros Coptic church which was set alight in Minya.

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Yes they are...but then the police and Military are also geared up...and the citizens themselves have now formed groups to guard their neighborhoods......they KNOW who their enemy is regardless of how the media and world want to see it otherwise.

Egypt update and here we go!!!!

......Egyptian ‘Army’ is deploying in the streets of Cairo

......Travel agencies are flying all their Finnish tourists back from Egypt and won’t fly in any new ones for the time being.

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Heads up folks!!!!!.......Egyptians occupied Obama’s Facebook page..... Commenting on every post. ....Some are even writing in Arabic. ROTFLOL..............

[MestaMachine]

I just sent this to Fox and Friends.

Please. We are being terribly misinformed about what is happening in Egypt. If you want to see the whole truth from MINUTE one up to this very minute, LOOK HERE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3036920/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3038583/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039526/posts

I guarantee you will not find better coverage anywhere else on the entire web. Just please give them proper attribution. The people who have worked tirelessly on these threads deserve it.

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'Ahmed Elbanna',... MB founder 'grandson', wrote that 'churches are legitimate targets'.... He later backtracked & deleted this post...too ate..we got it...right Mel?

[Cementjungle]

It certainly is... where’s my popcorn?

[MestaMachine]

And if they don’t pay attention, I will flood their email servers until they do.

[maggief]

Damages at St George Coptic Orthodox Church in Assiut

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egypt update:

Britains are told “Don’t leave your hotels”.. Warning issued to 40,000 UK tourists.

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Well maybe they’ll get the truth out by seeing this.....

I just sent ‘Drudge’ about the Founder MBS grandson posting “churches are Ligitimate targets” then the fool backtracked and deleted it but not before we got it!

[maggief]

Re. post #3325, “Putin to arrange for joint military exercises with Egypt”:

http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/08/16/in-egypt-crisis-russia-sees-opportunity/

Vladimir Putin appears to be seizing on the Egyptian crisis and the U.S. response to it to expand Russia’s influence in the Arab world’s most populous country.

On Thursday afternoon President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would be cancelling a joint military exercise with the Egyptian Army over its violent crackdown on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Shortly afterwards, Egypt Independent reported that Putin had called an extraordinary session in the Kremlin to put “all Russian military facilities ‘at the Egyptian military’s disposal.’” The report, which cited several sources without providing any further details about them, also said that “Putin will discuss Russian arrangements for joint-military exercises with the Egyptian army.”

Hours later Egypt Independent took down the report, although Google is still returning searches for it. A number of websites and forums had already republished the article in full before it was removed.

The Diplomat could not confirm the veracity of the report, and it’s unclear what to make of Egypt Independent’s decision to take down the article. Egypt Independent is a highly respected, privately owned English-language counterpart to the popular Arabic daily, Al-Masry Al-Youm. (see The Columbia Journalism Review’s recent profile of Egypt Independent here). It established a strong reputation for challenging Hosni Mubarak’s rule long before that became fashionable. It also won praise for its coverage of the 2011 uprising against Mubarak, and faced intense pressure from the Muslim Brotherhood for its unfavorable coverage of former President Mohamed Morsi.

At the same time, it has a history of caving to pressure from the Egyptian military, raising the possibility that the article on Russia’s offer of military support might have been removed at the Egyptian military’s request.

In any case, Russia was deeply involved in the crisis in Egypt on Thursday. ITAR-TASS, a Russian newswire, reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy. Another ITAR-TASS story on Thursday said that Egypt’s embassy in Moscow had appealed to Russia to continue to provide support to Cairo during these “extremely hard times… just as it used to do in the past.”

A final report from the same outlet detailed how Russia and the United Arab Emirates had come out for a peaceful resolution of Middle East conflicts, including Egypt. A Russian Foreign Ministry source was quoted as saying: “Both sides came out for peaceful, non-violent resolution of problems of countries in the region, respect for sovereignty of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.” The source also told ITAR-TASS that the two sides intended to explore a possible partnership between Russia and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. Moscow is at odds with most of the Persian Gulf Arab states over its support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.

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[caww]

Be nice now Mesta (giggle) ...how do we know they aren’t already looking here? You did say others might be, so maybe?

Frankly Freepers know how to handle the truth....even when they don’t like it....and why I felt I had to stay with this so we’d know the real story.....if nobody else sees these threads that’s fine....and might be just as good...why put pearls before swine?

From the beginning Mel mentioned clearly those who wanted to know the truth would find these.....and I agreed. The regulars here make sure the others on FR who have interest see what’s important as well. And many watch but don’t post...also fine.

So fret not if the big boys don’t come....we know and that’s what’s important...well enough for me.

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Much thanks for posting the article Maggief...as always!