Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Clashes break out at protests in northern Egypt
BBC News ^ | 6/28/2013 | BBC

Posted on 06/28/2013 12:30:30 PM PDT by Nextrush

Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have staged rival rallies across the country but there has been violence in the north.

Tension has risen ahead of a mass protest planned by the opposition for Sunday.

Thousands of Morsi supporters rallied outside the main mosque in Cairo's Nasr district.

At least one person was killed in Alexandria as protestors stormed a local Muslim Brotherhood office.

Dozens more were injured when anti-Morsi protestors and Islamists clashed in the northern city, the second biggest in Egypt.

The office of the Muslim Brotherhood, which backs Mr. Morsi, was set ablaze and birdshot was fired.

The authorities are reported to have called in riot police and army helicopters to try to quell the violence.

A Muslim Brotherhood-funded TV channel said petrol bombs were thrown in another northern area, Sharqia.

At least five people are now reported to have died in northern Egypt in violence linked to the political situation in the past few days......

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: alexandria; alexandriariots; egypt; egyptmb; egyptriots; islam; muslimbrotherhood; sharia
The opposition forces of Christians and secularists are gearing up for nationwide anti-Morsi protests on Sunday, but the Islamists are determined to support Morsi at all costs.

Some have said a civil war is brewing in Egypt?????

1 posted on 06/28/2013 12:30:30 PM PDT by Nextrush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

A tweet from Al Arabiya News Network is saying an “American teacher” was killed in the Alexandria protests......


2 posted on 06/28/2013 12:33:38 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush
Related thread:

Now Obama Using Troops To Prop Up Cairo's Islamofascists (Fort Hood)

3 posted on 06/28/2013 12:36:47 PM PDT by thouworm (Steyn: They let [Stevens] die, and then told lies over his coffin.They did that to one of their own.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

Well the Friday sermons have been held in the mosques and all the muzzies are riled up again. What else is new.


4 posted on 06/28/2013 12:43:12 PM PDT by bergmeid (I told you so - now pass the ammo.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

The office of the Muslim Brotherhood was set ablaze!Yeah!! Now that is something we can all get behind!


5 posted on 06/28/2013 12:45:23 PM PDT by bergmeid (I told you so - now pass the ammo.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush
To think, at one point, my wife and I were planning to travel to Egypt. We are fans of Egyptian history.

Wonder how many other people around the world had similar plans.

Not any more. Egypt's loss. Not that they would care.

6 posted on 06/28/2013 12:49:07 PM PDT by dhs12345
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush
American photographer stabbed to death in Alexandria Egypt at Morsi protests


7 posted on 06/28/2013 12:49:23 PM PDT by opentalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

Good thing we don’t have any troops there.....


8 posted on 06/28/2013 12:50:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

“The opposition forces of Christians and secularists are gearing up for nationwide anti-Morsi protests on Sunday, but the Islamists are determined to support Morsi at all costs.”

The Copts and other Christians are NOT attending any of the socalled “protests”. For this medium to use their name along with secularists, or any other group for that matter is disgusting, particularly in light of the fact they NEVER report when these same Christians are being persecuted!


9 posted on 06/28/2013 12:51:25 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

“Some have said a civil war is brewing in Egypt???
Some have said a civil war is brewing in America????? ?? “


10 posted on 06/28/2013 12:52:11 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

AlAbram has had a live link most of the day:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentPrint/1/0/75182/Egypt/0/Live-Updates,-part—Hundreds-of-thousands-attend-p.aspx


11 posted on 06/28/2013 12:53:26 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nextrush

If the body count after this weekend is up around 200-300, I’d say that the civil war has arrived.


12 posted on 06/28/2013 2:39:34 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dhs12345

Just watched a show on Military Channel from couple years back talking about using IR satellite images to find new areas to excavate in Egypt. What such is doing on the “Military Channel” would be a separate screed, but the interesting point to me was a calculation that we’ve only found 1% of the sites remaining there to date. I don’t know whether they were correct on that, but if they were my conclusion is we should actively block all such research until such time Egypt is run by civilized human beings who respect the past, not barbarians who think the 7th was the only important century in history. Don’t show the barbarians where to destroy more of OUR history and it will still be there for future civilizations to discover once the barbarians have imploded.


13 posted on 06/28/2013 6:15:26 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: JohnBovenmyer
Exactly. Because it has been proven that they will not respect anything that is not Islam. Their god would tell them them to destroy it all.
14 posted on 06/29/2013 6:27:19 PM PDT by dhs12345
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson