Posted on 08/14/2013 6:31:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Egyptian interim government has declared a state of emergency, as the death toll continues to mount as security forces attempt to put an end to weeks of protest by supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
According to the BBC, the state of emergency was set to begin at 16:00 local time. It is set to last for only a month, but some analysts are already pointing out that Morsi's predecessor...who was also ousted after a popular uprising, utilized the "emergency law" powers for 31 years as a tool to quash opposition and silence political dissent.
The state of emergency comes amid violent scenes Wednesday, as police and the military moved in to disperse supporters of Mohammed Morsi, who have been camping out at several locations throughout the capital Cairo, and elsewhere. The Egyptian Health Ministry says that 149 people have been killed in a single day, including at least two members of the security forces, and more than 800 have been injured. Hundreds of protesters have also been arrested
The Muslim Brotherhood, however, is claiming that the death toll is far higher, with at least 800 people killed in what it is terming a "massacre."
One of those killed was Asmaa el-Beltagy, the 17-year-old daughter of leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed el-Beltagy. Her brother claims she was shot in the back and chest.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry claimed in a statement that security forces have been using non-lethal crowd-dispersal methods such as tear gas, but came under fire from armed Morsi supporters.
"Security forces used only tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters though it was heavily fired at by armed elements from inside the two protest camps, causing the death of an officer and a conscript and the injury of four policemen and two conscripts."
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What hath the Obamanation and Hildebeast wrought?
According to the BBC, the state of emergency was set to begin at 16:00 local time. It is set to last for only a month, but some analysts are already pointing out that Morsi’s predecessor...who was also ousted after a popular uprising, utilized the “emergency law” powers for 31 years as a tool to quash opposition and silence political dissent.
Martial Law. Soon coming to a town near you....
The MB leaders are probably pushing their followers to go out and sacrifice themselves to make headlines in the West’s newspapers while they sit safe and secure behind the lines.
"Arab Spring". How I abhor that misbegotten phrase.
send Uma
Behold, Obama’s pressure cooker.
Mubarak-style government, under new management. Roll back the clock. It’s better than ‘Arab Sting’ under Morsi.
Sounds like the Jeanie is out of the bottle now ...
Civil war in Egypt - and its none of our business so keep the US bout of it. Let them fight for their own future. We’ll lose either way so let’s fix our own mess first.
Noe aren’t we happy about Obama’s “Arab Spring”?
He single-handedly de-stabilized one of the most sunstable regions in the world.
Yet another triumph of Obama’s foreign policy.
Well, there's that old saying... "Can't Live Forever."
Oh, and my sincere condolences to the families of the security forces.
Bless Egypt for standing up against the islam savages. When jihadi dirtbags kill innocents because they don’t follow their pedophile prophet, these things can happen. Too bad more countries don’t put these allah ackbar nutcases in their place.
A buddy of mine has Muslim family in Cairo and they are saying that the death toll is in the thousands.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
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Even CBS showed Muslim Brotherhood supporters firing at the military.
He single-handedly de-stabilized one of the most sunstable regions in the world.
Aw, wait a minute, Jack Hammer! He didn't have any help from the smartest woman in the world?
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. She’s now the ex-smartest woman in the world. She keeps smacking her head against the wall to get concussions before she testifies, and that tends to make one’s IQ diminish a bit.
"Death is a part of Life." Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
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