[kristinn]

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo announced yesterday they will be closed this Sunday and Monday in anticipation of violence.

More from the AP:

Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where two people were killed — including an American — and 85 were injured, officials said.

The competing camps were trying to show their strength before even bigger nationwide protests planned by the opposition Sunday — the first anniversary of Morsi's inauguration — aimed at forcing his removal.

The opposition says it will bring millions into the streets across Egypt, and more violence is feared.

The Cairo International Airport was flooded with departing passengers, an exodus that officials said was unprecedented. All flights departing Friday to Europe, the U.S. and the Gulf were fully booked, they said.

Many of those leaving were families of Egyptian officials and businessmen and those of foreign and Arab League diplomats — as well as many Egyptian Christians, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

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Photos from Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Betsy Hiel, Friday, June 28, 2013 via Twitter.

Ahram.org: UPDATED: Muslim Brotherhood, FJP offices attacked throughout EgyptOffices of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in different Egyptian governorates were reportedly raided and torched on Friday.

In the Nile Delta governorate of Daqahliya, the FJP's office was set on fire by protesters after the latter claimed to have heard shotguns being discharged from the building, eyewitnesses told Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website.

The office remains besieged by thousands of protesters.

Eyewitnesses also told Al-Ahram that the number of injured were estimated at ten, including four who had since been transferred to hospital.

The Muslim Brotherhood, for its part, released a statement holding members of the anti-Morsi 'Rebel' campaign responsible for the violence.

Meanwhile, in Alexandria, which has seen clashes between the two rival camps since Friday afternoon, the FJP's office in the coastal city's Sidi Gaber district was set on fire.

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[Oldexpat]

Time to roll out their M-1 tanks and F-16’s to clear the streets.

[umgud]

Why would any American be in Egypt unless they had to? Was this American an infidel or a muslim?

Egypt is almost as dangerous as Mexico.

[Zhang Fei]

RIP, but I have to ask - what was he thinking?

Alexandria security chief Gen. Amin Ezz Eddin told Al-Jazeera TV that an American was killed Friday in Sidi Gabr Square while photographing the battles between opposition youth and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails. A medical official told The Associated Press the American was wounded by gunshots and died at the hospital.

[Paladin2]

Egypt has been begging to get itself straightened out.

[ought-six]

I thought this was what The Obastard wanted. Wasn’t all this part of the plan?

[Monkey Face]

Whom, pray, tell, is surprised by this? Zero is the hemorroid on the butt of the world, and chaos will be his legacy, no matter where he is.

The world does not want him, does not need him, and those who are the weak, power-hungry rapists need him to validate their agendas of killing.

[funfan]

What difference does it make? It was most likely just a white ass cracka anyway.

[kristinn]

Cross linking article: CNN - Marines on standby to for Egypt

[Biggirl]

WELCOME to the long, hot, Islamofacism summer.

[don-o]

Another hateful video?

[Bluestocking]

Protests are rocking Turkey, Egypt is about to explode, and a civil war is raging in Syria — so where is our Secretary of State?

John Kerry has been holding meetings in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu about restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in order to bring peace to the only region of the Middle East where peace actually exists at the present time.

[Jeff Head]

Millions in Egypt recognize what is going on for what it is...and they are trying to stand up to the despotic, Extremist Islamic Rule

This administration stood by...and assisted these tyrants when they overthrew a leader who was friendly to us and who had kept the peace with Israel for decades...and worked with us to fight Islamic Extremism.

Now, Obama is preparing to send our US Marines in to help keep these animals retain power?

I pray to God in Heaven that the people of Egypt overthrow Morsi and torch every Islamic Brotherhood office...and that the Egyptian military ends up supporting those people in this fight. Because whomever the Egyptian military supports is who is going to win out.

And many, many of the officers in the Egyptian military have been trained and schooled here. I do not think they want an Iranian type regime in power there. At least I pray it is so.

[Ditter]

Well there goes my summer vacation trip to Egypt to see the pyramids! sarc//>

[SE Mom]

I wonder how many ordinary Egyptians are secretly clinging for the days of Mubarak?

[biff]

I don’t care about Egypt anymore and if an American is stupid enough to be there taking pictures it is just TS.

[RginTN]

The election of Obama has helped spread tyranny.

Totally predictable.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Arab Spring, the sequel .... coming to your nightly Near-News station near you.

[SE Mom]

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/06/28/breaking-amerian-photojournalist-stabbed-to-death-in-egypt-during-pro-anti-morsi-protests/

Check this out- American embassy in Cairo mad that journalist called at 10 pm to ask about dead American.

[devolve]

MY PEOPLE

[albionin]

Why would anyone in their right mind go to Egypt?