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American Dies in Egypt Protests as Country Begins Days of Unrest Over Morsi’s Rule
McClatchy ^ | Friday, June 28, 2013 | Nancy A. Youssef, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Amina Ismail

Posted on 06/28/2013 8:19:08 PM PDT by kristinn


A photograph of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson is burned outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt | Keith Lane/MCT

An American citizen and at least three other people died Friday in demonstrations in Egypt that ushered in what was expected to be days of civil conflict over the rule of President Mohammed Morsi.

At least another 65 people were injured, most of them by birdshot in Alexandria, in turmoil that included crowds burning photographs of the U.S. ambassador and calling for the return of military rule. In perhaps the biggest irony of all, protesters brandished images of disgraced former President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, the very place where protesters gathered nearly two and a half years ago to demand Mubarak’s ouster.

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By midnight, with no sign of a letup in the chaos, the U.S. Embassy announced that embassy personnel and their dependents could voluntarily leave the country.

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State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell acknowledged about 2:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time that an American had died.

“We can confirm that a U.S. citizen was killed in Alexandria, Egypt,” Ventrell said. “We are providing appropriate consular assistance from our embassy in Cairo and our Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department. We do not have further information to provide at this time."

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U.S. officials at first would not confirm the death. Reached by phone, Marc J. Sievers, the deputy chief of mission in Cairo, said questions about a possible dead American at 10 p.m. were “really inappropriate.”

“We have a press office for that,” he said, before hanging up.

About an hour later, the embassy tweeted: “We are seeking to confirm report of American death in Alexandria. Thank you for concern.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: andrewdpochter; andrewpochter; annepatterson; egypt; egyptmb; egyptriots; muslimbrotherhood; pochter
Lots of good on the ground reporting in the article beyond the excerpt. It gives an explanation as to why our ambassador is not so popular in Egypt these days.
1 posted on 06/28/2013 8:19:08 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

They probably have to burn an actual ambassador to get Obama to send them some real money...


2 posted on 06/28/2013 8:21:40 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: kristinn

".....it's the only way to be sure."

3 posted on 06/28/2013 8:22:46 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: kristinn

obamar and Hillary did a fine job. The muslim brotherhood is very grateful to them.


4 posted on 06/28/2013 8:47:22 PM PDT by boycott
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To: kristinn

Another Rachael Cory or Daniel Pearl?


5 posted on 06/28/2013 9:04:01 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: kristinn
Give the vermin billions of dollars in so-called "foreign aid," and what do they do?

Close personal friends of President You Didn't Build That.

6 posted on 06/28/2013 9:06:02 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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Standing Wolf ~:” Give the vermin billions of dollars in so-called “foreign aid,” and what do they do? “

We give Egypt ‘humanitarian aid’ of jets , mortars ,tanks , and autmatic weapons to support Obummers buddie , Morsi ?
And now the people of Egypt are rising up against Obummers buddie ?
No wonder we sent the weapons to protect whom , against whom ?
We are responsible for protecting the same Muslim Brotherhood that killed Ambassadore Stevens , and stole weapons .
Ever have the feeling that we are supoorting , through our president , the WRONG SIDE ?


7 posted on 06/28/2013 9:44:21 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Don’t worry...kerry will surely resolve this using his “diplomatic” skills. Rest assured.


8 posted on 06/28/2013 10:12:50 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: kristinn

They’re going to make “Arab Spring” an annual event.


9 posted on 06/28/2013 10:14:46 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Ever have the feeling that we are supoorting , through our president , the WRONG SIDE ?

Ummm... maybe. Could we send him to Egypt?

10 posted on 06/28/2013 10:26:52 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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Standing Wolf :” Ummm... maybe. Could we send him to Egypt? “

I would contribute to that one-way ticket
Then as the crowd gather around him ,with a few yelling ; “ Predient Morsi sent us “


11 posted on 06/28/2013 10:42:31 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

And we send women and gay ambassadors to Muslim countries, insisting they accept them, and arm the oppressors, who, interestingly enough, are now the radical Muslims. We deserve everything that is coming to us because of our PC stupidity.


12 posted on 06/29/2013 12:56:03 AM PDT by binreadin
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To: binreadin

We should have sent a lesbian Jewish woman!


13 posted on 06/29/2013 7:55:53 AM PDT by golf lover (goingf)
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To: kristinn
It's going to get really nasty tomorrow kristinn....I see no other way for those Marches to go...two opposing Muslim believers...they know well how to hate and how to fight one another...it's never “Peaceful” demonstrations...not their style.

Already many have drawn blood from the so called peaceful marches just a day or so ago...this is not going to end pretty..and Morsi has no control over his officer's or the military to stop this.

14 posted on 06/29/2013 8:02:40 AM PDT by caww
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To: null and void
Apparently a university student that was taking photos of the riots. . .what could go wrong, being in Egypt during an Islamic uprising and being in public taking photos. . .
15 posted on 06/29/2013 12:43:16 PM PDT by Hulka
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