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Brett Stephens on Fox News is opining that there is a military coup in progress in Egypt. Over a million people in the streets, the military is securing crucial infrastructure and communications and placed travel restrictions on key members of the Muslim Brotherhood. This will get ugly. Air Force One is probably in route to STABO Morsey out.
BBC
3 July 2013 Last updated at 12:37 ET
Egyptians are awaiting a televised statement on the political crisis, after a deadline set by the army for a resolution to the turmoil passed.
President Mohammed Morsi has repeated his offer of a consensus government, but still refuses to step down.
A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mr Morsi belongs, tweeted that a "full military coup" was under way.
Armoured vehicles have been seen moving through the streets.
There are also reports that Egyptian officials have placed an international travel ban on Mr Morsi and other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
When the deadline set by the army passed, cheers echoed in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where tens of thousands of protesters had gathered.
The army had earlier held meetings with political and religious leaders to discuss the crisis.
But the ruling Freedom and Justice party - the political arm of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood - stayed away from these talks.
Mr Morsi's opponents say he and the Muslim Brotherhood are pushing an Islamist agenda onto Egypt, and that he should stand down.
In a defiant televised speech on Tuesday evening, Mr Morsi said he would give his life to defend constitutional legitimacy, and blamed the unrest on corruption and remnants of the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak.
'Terrorists and fools'
Army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was reported to have met his top commanders on Wednesday - and a source close to the military told AFP news agency they had been discussing details of a post-Morsi roadmap.
The army's plan reportedly includes an outline for new presidential elections, the suspension of the new constitution and the dissolution of parliament.
Members of the Tamarod (Rebel) movement, which has mobilised millions of demonstrators onto the streets to demand Mr Morsi's resignation, were also part of the meeting.
So too were leading religious figures and opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei. An opposition source told Reuters Mr ElBaradei would "urge the armed forces to intervene to stop the bloodshed".
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad el-Haddad said the army had no right to offer such a plan.
"A roadmap is something that the constitution outlines and the president directs. It's not the role of the military."
He said the Brotherhood was open to any solution, but that it had to be through "representatives of the people", and proposed speeding through parliamentary elections.
"If the protests on the street prove anything they prove the people of Egypt are ready to have their say. They can sweep the parliamentary election, impeach the president, change the constitution and set the roadmap that they want, but it has to be the right of the people."
Military sources earlier told the BBC that under the draft plan, the president could be replaced by a council of cross-party civilians and technocrats ahead of new elections.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23157801
ETA live cam shot:
An aerial view of Tahrir Square in Cairo, July 3, 2013. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
http://www.times-standard.com/digitalextras/ci_23588344/live-egypt-protests-tahrir-square-military-deadline-closes
spherojon
07-03-2013, 11:17
Tanks inbound to Cairo.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/03/19261466-supporters-of-egyptian-president-say-military-coup-is-underway?lite
"CAIRO — An adviser to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday that a military coup was underway, that tanks were on the move outside Cairo and that communication with the president had been cut off."
Team Sergeant
07-03-2013, 11:17
Military Coup in Egypt?
Who cares? :munchin Really, who cares......
Military Coup in Egypt?
Who cares? :munchin Really, who cares......
Pass the popcorn and beer, TS. It's not really a care thing, it's more high comedy. The Muslim Brotherhood, Qtub's prototype wacko Muslim organization is getting its ass kicked out of power. Ayman al Zawahiri, it's most famous living alumni is crying into his prayer rug right about now. You've got to laugh!
Streck-Fu
07-03-2013, 11:44
Military Coup in Egypt?
Who cares? :munchin Really, who cares......
I hope the next government can use the F-16s and millions of Dollars we sent....
The whole "Arab Spring" was just a way to flush the fanatics out. :munchin
Obama is gonna be so mad!
ddoering
07-03-2013, 11:50
Let's hope this gets put to the test:
"In a defiant televised speech on Tuesday evening, Mr Morsi said he would give his life to defend constitutional legitimacy"
Tanks inbound to Cairo.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/03/19261466-supporters-of-egyptian-president-say-military-coup-is-underway?lite
"CAIRO — An adviser to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday that a military coup was underway, that tanks were on the move outside Cairo and that communication with the president had been cut off."
I wonder where they go t those from???
uspsmark
07-03-2013, 12:19
I wonder where they go t those from???
Depends on what kinds of "tanks" they are, but I bet they used lots of OUR money to buy/build them. They did build a bunch of M1 Abrams tanks in Egypt under license from us.
Military Coup in Egypt?
Who cares? :munchin Really, who cares......
I do..........as long as they draw it out and kill each other for a little while prior to selecting a new moron to lead that broken country.
:D
I do..........as long as they draw it out and kill each other for a little while prior to selecting a new moron to lead that broken country.
:D
I say we help those people...we should start supplying both sides with chain saws and PCP!!!
I say we help those people...we should start supplying both sides with chain saws and PCP!!!
After we give the same to Syria............
MiTTMedic
07-03-2013, 12:58
Anyone know for sure if the planes & tanks we plan to send them are on the ground over there?
From the Comedy News Network ....
Egypt's top military officer announces President Morsy no longer leader, outlines political road map for country.
Cairo (CNN) -- Egypt's military deposed the country's first democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of the country's highest court as an interim leader, the country's top general announced.
Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi said the military was fulfilling its "historic responsibility" to protect the country by ousting Mohamed Morsy, the Western-educated Islamist leader elected a year ago. Morsy failed to meet demands to share power with opponents who thronged the streets of Cairo, and those crowds erupted as the announcement was made.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
:munchin ... do I need to make a beer run ???
Roguish Lawyer
07-03-2013, 14:24
From the Comedy News Network ....
:munchin ... do I need to make a beer run ???
C'mon, you know beer is like ammo. Now hurry up, I'm thirsty!
Here's a couple of pics from today's event(s) in Egypt.
Paragrouper
07-03-2013, 20:30
Anyone know for sure if the planes & tanks we plan to send them are on the ground over there?
I've never seen a tank anywhere else. Planes, only when they're not flying.
I say we help those people...we should start supplying both sides with chain saws and PCP!!!
That's so 80's. Bath salts is the new hotness. They'll be faceless in no time. :D
My question in regards to the recent uprising in Egypt and subsequent removal of Morsi, is whether this turn of events is or was the intended outcome of the Arab Spring sponsors the Obama Adminstration, the US State Department, Movements.org and Project on Middle East Democracy.....or did it backfire on them?
The Irish Times (which I have no idea of their credibility) is reporting that Army concern about the way President Mohamed Morsi was governing Egypt reached tipping point when the head of state attended a rally packed with hardline fellow Islamists calling for holy war in Syria, military sources have said.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/morsi-role-at-syria-rally-seen-as-tipping-point-for-egypt-army-1.1450612
I guess the groups of young men and women in their 20s decided they did not want an Islamic government. I wonder if we will now back Mohammed ElBaradei since he is more secular.