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Egypt unrest: Morsi marchers die as army fires
BBC News ^ | 7/5/2013 | BBC

Posted on 07/05/2013 10:35:02 AM PDT by Nextrush

Egyptian troops have opened fire on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi marching in Cairo, killing three people and wounding dozens more.

The shooting came as crowds moved on the Republican Guard headquarters, where Mr. Morsi is believed to be held.

Later the Muslim Brotherhood's leader told supporters that protests would continue until Mr. Morsi was reinstated.

The army, which removed Mr. Morsi on Wednesday after days of unrest, denied firing live rounds at demonstrators.

However, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen at the scene says he saw soldiers fire on the protestors on Friday.

About 2,000 people had marched on the officers' club of the Republican Guard after passionate Friday Prayers at the nearby Rabaa-al Adawiya Mosque.

As the crowd grew, got angrier and pushed forward the troops opened fire-first into the air, then at the crowd our correspondent reports.....

Three people were killed and 69 injured in the shooting, the head of Cairo's emergency services said.

The Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, addressed protestors near Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque.

"We shall stay in the squares until we bring President Morsi back to power," he told a cheering crowd. Mr. Badie also denied reports that he had been arrested on Thursday.

Thousands of supporters of Mr. Morsi have been rallying in Cairo and other cities to demand is reinstatement.

In Qina in the south, security forces opened fire on protesters trying to storm a security building. At least two people were injured......

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


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The BBC reporter (Jeremy Bowen) got some buckshot in the head and on his legs (superficial wounds).

The Army is denying they shot at the Muslim Brotherhood mob and the head of the Muslim Brotherhood is free to incite the crowds to action.

Those are not good signs.

1 posted on 07/05/2013 10:35:02 AM PDT by Nextrush
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One Islamofascist faction against another. Sounds like a power struggle to me. No matter who wins and who loses, Iran ultimately wins this one.


2 posted on 07/05/2013 10:37:50 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Nextrush

Sure am glad Zero sent those 100 M1 tanks


3 posted on 07/05/2013 10:37:53 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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Well, I know people in the Egyptian military and Americans who have trained them.

The Egyptian military is prepared for this. After seeing the HUGE outpouring and demonstrations against Morsi, they acted and are doing so with the backing of the people.

If Morsi's supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood push them...they will absolutely eradicate them. They will not play "footsies" with them or try to have ROEs that attempt to "make friends."

They know what is at stake, and saw where it was going. Morsi was supporting Al Quida and the Al Quida rebeles in Syria and Libya. He was closing ranks with Hamas and preparing for war with Israel.

The Egyptian military and most people in Egypt do not want to go there, and will not go there. They know what it is likely to mean. They will fight the Islamic extremists and Muslim Bortherhood in Egypt first, and eradicate them before they let that happen.

This is what we are seeing in Egypt...and it is likely that these Islamic extremists will push it to a fight...one they will lose becuase I do not believe the Egyptian military will fight with kid gloves or with one armed tied behind their back.

A strong, in your face, and abject example needs to be made of these radical terrorists and Egypt has the means, and I believe the will, to do so. I pray they do...and set Obama and his cohorts, abettors, and handlers back by decades and give us time to regroup here and show them all the door ourselves.

ERADICATE SHARIA LAW

AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY

4 posted on 07/05/2013 10:40:01 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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Only 3?? Shucks, oh well!! its a start.

By the way the reporter did not get superficial Buckshot wounds in the head and legs. Buckshot does not make superficial wounds. Bird shot does if you are far enough away.


5 posted on 07/05/2013 10:40:08 AM PDT by Venturer
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Perhaps that is what he was saying “bird shot” and I should have listened more closely when they interviewed him earlier..


6 posted on 07/05/2013 10:43:03 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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There’s something on breaking news.com that says:

“Clashes reported between pro- and anti-Morsi protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo-@washington post”

4 mins ago.......


7 posted on 07/05/2013 10:46:43 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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*Only 3?? Shucks, oh well!! its a start.*

Three very disappointed ambassadors for the religion of hate. No 72 virgins, unless they are very bad nuns.

About a week after the attack the Onion did a piece about the 911 terrorists finding themselves in the afterlife. Dateline Hell.

8 posted on 07/05/2013 10:48:30 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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Damn. We shoulda sent Dick Cheney over there...

**evil grin**


9 posted on 07/05/2013 10:48:55 AM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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Hmmm...

Does the Egyptian army use shotguns for crowd control or did the Muslim Brotherhood actually fire the shots?

Last I looked, the Egyptian army used AR variants.


10 posted on 07/05/2013 10:49:19 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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>>Sure am glad Zero sent those 100 M1 tanks

Hopefully the “Hecho en China” electronics will “fail” at the designated time.

Hopefully.


11 posted on 07/05/2013 10:49:39 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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Don’t EVER march on the officer’s club.


12 posted on 07/05/2013 10:49:42 AM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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the streets were filled with anti-Morsi demonstrators Wednesday,2,00 pro -Morsi must be about one-half percent of Wednesday’s crowd.


13 posted on 07/05/2013 10:49:42 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I’m still a little cynical about the BBC reporters observations but he said he saw soliders shooting at the crowd after they fired shots in the air.....he used the words...
“leveling their weapons” and “shooting”. Were they MB in military uniforms maybe “moles” who were supposed to shoot...pure wild speculation on my part???????

He did not describe the weapons they used, but noted after the shooting continued for a time, they switched to using tear gas.


14 posted on 07/05/2013 10:55:22 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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Heavy pressure on the Egyptian military from the Obama regime to treat the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi with kid gloves.

Walid Shoebat surmises that Morsi was directly involved with Obama on the contrived attack on Benghazi as a rise to arrange a trade for the blind sheikh.


15 posted on 07/05/2013 10:56:01 AM PDT by Piranha (We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.)
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Well well, the media, who pretend to celebrate “democracy” in Egypt, seem to have a dog in this fight after all.


16 posted on 07/05/2013 11:05:12 AM PDT by skeeter
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“Morsi supporters die”

Allah Akbar!


17 posted on 07/05/2013 11:06:27 AM PDT by Darteaus94025
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To: Jeff Head

The MB wants to force the army to open fire and kill a few hundred..that’s what they are counting on..


18 posted on 07/05/2013 11:19:44 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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Keep in mind that the Egyptian Army was caught between a rock and a hard place. If they had not intervened, and the protests continued, Morsi would have ordered them to suppress the protests. One way or another, they were going to be involved. They chose to side with the protesters.
19 posted on 07/05/2013 11:23:55 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. Buy from Amazon.)
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To: Nextrush

Finally some good news for a change.


20 posted on 07/05/2013 11:24:49 AM PDT by semaj
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