The Egyptian outrage over Morsi

[JimH52]

When I play Chess, I try to plan 3-5 plays ahead. Couldn't the population of Egypt see what was being prepared for them after the Arab Spring? The Brotherhood has been in place for years, so of course they come out as the dominant force after the elections.

They have stolen any dream Egyptians may have of a real Democracy. Now the people are back in the streets. Shoudn't this have been seen months ago?

But I predict the cycles will run again. It may take a few more decaded, but the country will swing again, hopefully to freedom this time.

 

[JimH52]

Interesting and encouraging article

Bringing Down the Muslim Brotherhood - By David Kenner | Foreign Policy

Mohamed ElBaradei seems to be the more reasonable in the opposition group. The Brotherhood may well start placing its opposition under arrest soon. This is both dangerous and depressing.

 

[skye]

....and Obama is guilty of having backed the "Arab Spring" uprising on that region!

He can not hide and he can not run from that fact!!!

 

[JimH52]

....and Obama is guilty of having backed the "Arab Spring" uprising on that region!

He can not hide and he can not run from that fact!!!

Your republican friends were all calling for Mubarak's head. Johnny Mc came just short of calling for military intervention. Obama handled the situation in the only way he could. The American people gave him high marks for that. Had W been in office, we probably would now have troops on the ground in one of these countries. You cannot change history.

John McCain: President Mubarak's Time Has Come | Video - ABC News

Well, Texas can but they are hoping to leave the US anyway.

 

[waltky]

Morsi skedaddles...

Egyptian President Morsi leaves presidential palace as protests turn violent
December 04, 2012 – Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi left the presidential palace Tuesday as violence erupted between police and at least 100,000 protesters gathered in Cairo.

In a brief outburst, police fired tear gas to stop protesters approaching the palace in the capital's Heliopolis district. Morsi was in the palace conducting business as usual while the protesters gathered outside. But he left for home through a back door when the crowds "grew bigger," according to a presidential official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The official said Morsi left on the advice of security officials at the palace and to head off "possible dangers" and to calm protesters. Morsi's spokesman, however, said the president left the palace at the end of his work schedule through the door he routinely uses.

The violence erupted when protesters pushed aside a barricade topped with barbed wire several hundred yards from the palace walls. Police fired tear gas, and then retreated. With that barricade removed, protesters moved closer to the palace's walls, with police apparently choosing not to try and push the crowds back. Soon afterwards, police abandoned the rest of the barricades, allowing the crowds to surge ahead to the walls of the palace complex. But there were no attempts to storm the palace, guarded inside by the army's Republican Guard. The brief outburst of violence left 18 people injured, none seriously, according to the official MENA news agency.

Protesters gathered as tensions grew over Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies. Crowds around the capital and in the coastal city of Alexandria were still swelling several hours after nightfall. The large turnout signaled sustained momentum for the opposition, which brought out at least 200,000 protesters to Cairo's Tahrir Square a week ago and a comparable number on Friday. They are demanding the Morsi rescind decrees that placed him above judicial oversight.

Protesters also commandeered two police vans, climbing atop the armored vehicles to jubilantly wave Egypt's red, white and black flag and chant against Morsi. Nearly two hours into the demonstration, protesters were mingling freely with the black-clad riot police, with many waving the flag and chanting against Morsi. There were as many as 100,000 protesters in the immediate vicinity of the palace and the wide thoroughfare that runs by it. Thousands more filled side streets leading off the area. Many in the crowd were chanting "erhal, erhal," Arabic for "leave, leave" and "the people want to topple the regime" -- two well-known chants from the 2010-2011 Arab Spring revolts that toppled Mubarak and other Middle Eastern and North African rulers.

Read more: Egyptian President Morsi leaves presidential palace as protests turn violent | Fox News

 

[LAfrique]

When I play Chess, I try to plan 3-5 plays ahead. Couldn't the population of Egypt see what was being prepared for them after the Arab Spring? The Brotherhood has been in place for years, so of course they come out as the dominant force after the elections.

They have stolen any dream Egyptians may have of a real Democracy. Now the people are back in the streets. Shouldn't this have been seen months ago?

But I predict the cycles will run again. It may take a few more decades, but the country will swing again, hopefully to freedom this time.

I think the problem with Mohamed Morsi in Egypt is that US-schooled and US-backed Morsi failed to do as hoped by US and its allies and they have crossed his implant wires to make me appear totally insane. I cannot otherwise understand how a democratically elected Morsi would suddenly allege his decisions are supreme and not to be challenged.

 

[waltky]

Muslim Brotherhood gains greater influence in Egyptian Cabinet...

Morsi Expands Brotherhood Influence in Egyptian Cabinet
January 06, 2013 - Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has expanded the number of Muslim Brotherhood ministers in his Cabinet as part of a reshuffle aimed at improving the government's handling of an economic crisis.

Ten Egyptian ministers were sworn in on Sunday, three of them members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement. A Brotherhood spokesman said the reshuffle increases the number of Brotherhood Cabinet ministers from five to eight. Morsi also appointed a Brotherhood-allied expert in Islamic finance as the new finance minister. El-Morsi Hegazy replaces former finance minister Mumtaz el-Said, whom the Brotherhood had accused of being too close to the Egyptian military, which ruled the country for more than a year before handing power to Morsi in June.

In another key appointment, Morsi named a new interior minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, to replace Ahmed Gamal Eddin, who was criticized for his handling of last month's violent street protests for and against Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution. Morsi promised a Cabinet reshuffle last month as part of a plan to restore confidence in the economy, which has seen a slump in foreign tourism and investment due to political instability since the 2011 ouster of longtime president Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising.

Egypt also has been suffering a currency crisis that has seen the Egyptian pound weaken to eight-year lows against the dollar. Egypt's central bank has spent billions of dollars to support the value of the pound since 2011, leaving its foreign reserves at what it calls a "critical" level. In a report Sunday, the central bank said Egypt's foreign reserves were just above $15 billion in December, a slight decline from the previous month.

Morsi also is under pressure to raise taxes and introduce other austerity measures in exchange for a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. An IMF official is due in Cairo on Monday to discuss terms of the loan with Egyptian officials. Egypt reached a preliminary agreement on the loan in November but delayed finalizing the deal last month as it focussed on dealing with the protests over the constitution.

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[irosie91]

....and Obama is guilty of having backed the "Arab Spring" uprising on that region!

He can not hide and he can not run from that fact!!!

Skye --the sickness of supporting the "arab spring"
is a world wide phenomenon-----people are stupid

 

[waltky]

Morsi backers `bout to get dey's heads thumped...

Morsi backers defiant in face of Egypt gov't. threat
Jul 28,`13 -- Escalating the confrontation after clashes that left 83 supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president dead, the interim government moved Sunday toward dismantling two pro-Mohammed Morsi sit-in camps, accusing protesters of "terrorism" and vowing to deal with them decisively.

Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood denounced Saturday's bloodshed as evidence of the brutality of the military-backed regime. But many accused the group's leaders of trying to capitalize on the loss of life to win sympathy after millions took to the streets in a show of support for the military chief who ousted Morsi in a coup. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said he would take the popular support as a mandate to deal with violence and "potential terrorism" - a thinly veiled reference to a widely expected crackdown on Morsi supporters in the sit-in camps in Cairo and against radical Islamists in the Sinai peninsula who have been waging deadly attacks against security forces since Morsi was ousted in a July 3 military coup. The coup followed days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians demanding that Morsi step down after a year in office as Egypt's first elected president. The monthlong sit-ins have been the launch pad of street protests that often ended violently when Morsi's supporters clashed with opponents or security forces.

Islamists led by the Brotherhood staunchly reject the new post-Morsi leadership and insist the only possible solution to the crisis is to reinstate him. Meanwhile, the interim leadership is pushing ahead with a fast-track transition plan to return to a democratically elected government by early next year. The Brotherhood, accused by critics of trying to monopolize power during Morsi's year in office, routinely claims its supporters are killed in cold blood by army troops, police or thugs sponsored by the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police. However, witnesses and videos posted on social networking sites show that Morsi's supporters consistently use rocks, firebombs and firearms against opponents, who behave similarly.

The Brotherhood's tactic is clearly designed to win sympathy at home and abroad by portraying itself as a victimized party pitted against an army and a police force armed to the teeth. "We urge the United Nations, the international human community ... to come down and rescue the hundreds of thousands from the massacre by the live ammunition in the hands of the criminals," senior Brotherhood leader Mohammed el-Beltagi shouted from the stage at the larger of the two Cairo sit-ins. "We want intervention by the international organizations ... to rescue the people. We urge the Egyptian people to come to our rescue. ... The people are slaughtered like sheep"," declared el-Beltagi, who has an arrest warrant issued against him for inciting violence.

Mohammed Badie, the Brotherhood's supreme leader, launched a stinging attack on el-Sissi over the latest violence, saying the military chief was leading a "bloody regime" and urging his followers to stand fast. "Don't be sad and don't despair," he said in a message that heavily quoted from the Quran, Islam's holy book. Posted on the Brotherhood's website, Badie said those killed in the latest violence were martyrs who will be rewarded with a place in heaven.

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Morsi Supporters Warned to Avoid Egyptian Military Buildings
July 28, 2013 > The Egyptian army is warning supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to stay away from military facilities, especially military intelligence headquarters.

An army statement calls these vitally important and secure installations. It says anyone approaching them would be in danger. The warning comes after reports that Muslim Brotherhood members were planning to march on a military building in Cairo. The marchers are defying government warnings that it will break up protests and sit-ins against the president's ouster.

Thousands of pro-Morsi loyalists stood their ground Sunday outside the Raba'a al-Adawiya mosque and near Cairo University - one day after clashes with security forces killed at least 74 people and wounded 800. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian interim leaders. It is her second visit to Egypt in a month.

Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement said police and armed men opened fire Saturday when protesters tried to expand their sit-in camp by moving onto a nearby main avenue outside the mosque. Egyptian officials deny the accusations, saying that police only fired tear gas and that pro-Morsi marchers were responsible for the violence.

Morsi Supporters Warned to Avoid Egyptian Military Buildings

 

[irosie91]

....and Obama is guilty of having backed the "Arab Spring" uprising on that region!

He can not hide and he can not run from that fact!!!

Skye --the sickness of supporting the "arab spring"
is a world wide phenomenon-----people are stupid

AAAAHHHHHHHHH..... the good old days----two summers
ago----the words "ARAB SPRING" were magical........ an
era of unbridled joy and bliss----on the way----a thousand years
of peace and love.............remember??????? I have to admit
......... I was cynical-------"blood and guts in the gutter"-----
I was a real pain in the ass for the happy crowd...

sorry, all you arab spring fans out in cyberspace----but
I just opined ---nothing I posted MADE IT HAPPEN----I
have no magical powers