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Gunbattle fought in Cairo mosque as Egypt mulls Brotherhood ban
Reuters ^ | 17 aug 13 | By Issam Abdallah and Crispian Balmer

Posted on 08/17/2013 12:04:09 PM PDT by xzins

(Reuters) - Security forces cleared a Cairo mosque after a gunbattle with followers of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning the Islamist group.

Three Reuters witnesses saw gunmen shoot from a window of the al-Fath mosque, where supporters of deposed president Mohamed Mursi had taken shelter

Another gunman was shown on television shooting from the mosque's minaret and soldiers outside

It was not clear if anyone died in the clashes - the fourth day of violence in Egypt, which has killed almost 800 people. Troubles were also reported in the second city Alexandria, where an office run by the Muslim Brotherhood was set ablaze.

With anger rising on all sides, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi proposed disbanding the Brotherhood, raising the stakes in a bloody struggle between the state and Islamists for control of the Arab world's most populous nation.

"We are not facing political divisions, we are facing a war being waged by extremists developing daily into terrorism," presidential political adviser Mostafa Hegazy told reporters.

"We will win this war not only with security procedures, but according to the law and within the framework of human rights."

If Beblawi's proposal to disband the Brotherhood is acted on, it would force the group underground and could herald large-scale arrests against its members placed outside the law.

Many Western allies have denounced the recent wave of killings, including the United States, alarmed by the mayhem in a country which has a strategic peace treaty with Israel and operates the Suez Canal, a major artery of global trade.

However, Saudi Arabia threw its weight behind the army-backed government on Friday, accusing its old foes in the Muslim Brotherhood of trying to destabilize Egypt.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; iran; islamofascist; israel; lebanon; obamabro; russia; waronterror
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To: taxcontrol
Either destroy the Brotherhood or live under their yoke.

If the MB takes power, the will kill the generals. The generals know this.

21 posted on 08/17/2013 12:55:30 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: aquila48

The MB needs to die.


22 posted on 08/17/2013 12:56:51 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: xzins

shooting from inside the mosque, out the windows and from the tower ... wonder which side that was

sarc


23 posted on 08/17/2013 1:11:03 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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24 posted on 08/17/2013 1:25:30 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: xzins

While I know there’s a discussion about whether Morsi got coup’d, coo’d, koo’d, kooked or whatever I see it a litle differently. I say that he got “impeached”. He was removed from power for violating his oath to the constitution he was elected under. Listening, Obamuzzie?-————————Morsi is a traitor in liar’s clothing and hanging is about the right fix for his traitorous wagon——after he’s used as bait to smoke out his friends, of course.


25 posted on 08/17/2013 1:29:39 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: xzins

Late last night (noon their time) the Chicoms had a more detailed story on the fight at this mosque. The MB’s were using it as a morgue, had bodies lined up trying to identify them. The Army didn’t want them to get the bodies ready for a parade so they ran off the MB’s and confiscated the bodies. Brought a couple dumptrucks over and hauled the stiffs to a cooler. That’s one bunch of dead muzzies that’s not going to meet their sundown burial time-—probably keeping a herd of virgin billygoats waiting at the altar. Wonder if the virgins are pre-earmarked for a special muzzie or if they take a number as they come?


26 posted on 08/17/2013 1:44:43 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: cherokee1

That many virgins in heaven must mean these folks kill them off early for specious reasons....


27 posted on 08/17/2013 1:59:33 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

Just like Syria - let them fight until there’s only two guys left, them kill both of them.


28 posted on 08/17/2013 2:11:06 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: gura

Highlander...there can be only one


29 posted on 08/17/2013 2:18:37 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: txrefugee
our govt wants the Syrian leadership to be defeated...they got rid of Kadafy...and got rid of Mubarek

but a funny thing happened on the way to his dictatorship......some people woke up....

will we wake up?

30 posted on 08/17/2013 4:32:34 PM PDT by cherry
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To: LyinLibs

Good accurate graphics you have posted. They reveal the true Obama ideology:

Good read about the historical evolution into the fascism of the Obama “movement”:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html


31 posted on 08/17/2013 5:01:20 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Fred Nerks

How accurate you were Fred.The Islmofascists are now at each others throats as you predicted. Lets hope they destroy each other entirely.


32 posted on 08/17/2013 5:02:34 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Candor7

chuckle.
let’s you and me watch them fight.
with both friends and enemies sending weapons, we can’t lose.
open the prison doors;
goodnight fanatics.


33 posted on 08/17/2013 5:12:21 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: xzins
ANN COULTER: RIGHT ONCE

RIGHT NOW......

...RIGHT DAMN NEAR ALWAYS....

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34 posted on 08/17/2013 6:46:50 PM PDT by jimsin
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