Posted on 07/03/2013 5:56:34 AM PDT by kristinn
hahahaha! I was scratching my head. I figured it must be the Zimmerman trial but it had my mind racing around for a few...LOL
I am watching live feed on fox news internet...what are the protesters shouting..now they just cheered.
http://www.voanews.com/content/libyan-arms-stockpiles-in-egypt-causing-concern/1615973.html
March 05, 2013
Weapons stockpiles
The reports of weapons stockpiling by militant Salafi groups is coming at a time of increased tension between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Salafist political parties.
This past week, representatives of the Salafist Nour Party unleashed a scathing critique of President Morsi and the governing Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party. Other Islamists groups spurned by Morsi also joined in the attack, blaming him for Egypt’s worsening political crisis and warned that Egypt will remain on edge until a national unity government is appointed.
But are the secular groups organized enough that together with the army they can eliminate or quash the MB?
I hate to say it but in times likes this when there’s serious international news going on I’ll switch to CNN on occasion. But today: I got FR and live streams from Tahrir Square. What do I need the MSM for?
3:06 Sources in the Freedom and Justice party say they refused the Egyptian army’s invitation to a meeting with party leaders
who are these Salafis? I am so confused. my ignorance is astounding.
I am watching this and using Google translate for the social feed.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cbc-tv
Sometimes some interesting stuff comes out of the social feed but it can be a bit of a puzzle sorting the jumble from GT. I get hand a hand cramp occasionally because I’m using the cut&paste method.
thanks.
Nice chart. U.S. on one side and the Obama Administration on the other side. They sure got that one right.
Good graphic. Thanks!
BBC
10:37 AM EDT: Egyptian state TV says to expect an army statement as soon as its meeting with religious, political and youth groups end.
Egypt’s Salafis Emerge As Powerful And Controversial Political Force
January 28, 2013
The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region — Salafis. These ultra-conservative Muslims aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their models are the salaf, or ancestors, referring to the earliest Muslims who lived during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.
To their critics, the Salafis are religious fanatics who are trying to drag the region back to 7th-century Arabia. But the Salafis maintain that they are offering the purest alternative to the dictatorships that have long dominated the region.
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Good Lord....Salafis...more Muslim than the MB..watching Tahir Sq....now they are cheering like crazy...HUH?
The religious leaders are el Azhar that’s against the MB.
CC
Live updates: Egypt tense as army passes; statement expected soon
48-hour deadline set by military passes, as both President Morsi and the opposition seem entrenched in their positionsAhram Online, Wednesday 3 Jul 2013
Military helicopters fly above Tahrir Square while protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi shout slogans against him and Brotherhood members during a protest in Cairo July 1, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)
17:00 In Alexandria, the site of major clashes over the last week between pro- and anti-Morsi groups, thousands are now flocking to Al-Qaed Ibrahim Square in the city centre and to Sidi Gaber district to hold anti-Morsi rallies. There are also big crowds are marching along the seafront. Police forces are hovering across several streets and squares to ensure security.
16:50 The president’s office have issued a statement reaffirming Morsi’s commitment to the roadmap announced in his speech yesterday, which includes the forming of a coalition government and a committee to amend the constitution.
16:45 Tahrir Square is starting to fill up with anti-Morsi demonstrators, with the central square partially full while surrounding streets are still relatively empty. Thousands are also starting to flock to Alexandria’s Sidi Gaber train station to demonstrate.
There are also reports of anti-Morsi demonstrators gathering in Sharqiya, Menoufiya, Port Said and Mansoura.
16:40 The rhetoric of the Islamist supporters at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya press conference was largely defiant, like President Morsi’s speech last night.
“We call upon all Egyptians to take to the streets and stand against the attempt to overthrow legitimacy,” Islamist politician Magdy Hussein stated.
He further asked protesters to raise their national identity cards as proof of them being Egyptian, claiming police chose not to protect them during the clashes on Tuesday night because they were told “you were not Egyptians”.
16:30 The military’s 48 hour deadline has now expired. The armed forces have said that they are meeting with religious, national, political and youth leaders now, and we’re expecting a statement soon.
16:25 The National Association for Change (NAC), a pro-democracy umbrella group of liberal, leftists and Brotherhood activists formed in 2010 to coordinate opposition against Hosni Mubarak’s rule. has issued a statement warning all “foreign states, entities and institutes” against interfering in Egypt’s internal matters asserting that any attempts of intervention would be a de facto declaration of war on Egypt.
In their statement, the NAC addressed the US in particular, criticising its ongoing interference “obviously reflected in their recent actions and statements.”
The NAC also called on Hamas and other Arab groups to understand “the danger of interfering in internal matters, or the involvement in the complicated struggle between the people and the groups of local and global terrorism.”
Anti-Americanism has been a feature of some of the anti-Morsi protests recently, with some protesters arguing that the US is too close to the Muslim Brotherhood. A statement released this evening by Coptic rights group the Maspero Youth Union also warned the American people that their president and US ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson support “a fascist group [the Brotherhood] that oppresses minorities.”
They can dream, can’t they?
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