Posted on 07/03/2013 7:36:02 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Latest Egypt News: July 3, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
Egyptian Military Occupies TV Stations
10:05 EDT
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's military moved to tighten its control on key institutions Wednesday, even putting officers in the newsroom of state TV, in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country's Islamist president when an afternoon ultimatum expires.
Mohammed Morsi has vowed not to step down in the face of millions of protesters in the streets in the biggest anti-government rallies the country has seen.
His Islamist supporters have vowed to resist what they call a coup against democracy, and have also taken to the streets by the tens of thousands. At least 39 people have been killed in clashes since Sunday, raising fears the crisis could further explode into violence
The clock was ticking on the military's deadline, expiring around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (11 a.m. ET).
The military beefed up its presence inside the mammoth headquarters of state television on the banks of the Nile River in central Cairo. Crack troops were deployed in news-production areas. Officers from the army's media department moved inside the newsroom and were monitoring output, though not yet interfering, staffers said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the arrangements.
The state TV is run by the information minister, a Muslim Brotherhood member put in the post by Morsi, and its coverage had largely been in favour of the government. But already in the past two days, the coverage saw a marked shift, with more balanced reporting showing the anti-Morsi protests along with pro-Morsi ones. State radio has seen a similar shift.
The authoritative, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper -- which also seemed to be following a military line -- reported that the military had placed several leaders of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood under surveillance and issued a foreign travel ban on the Islamist group's top leaders.
The head of the army, Defence Minsiter Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held a group meeting with leading reform advocate Mohammed ElBaradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric -- Al-Azhar Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb -- and Coptic Pope Tawadros II to discuss its political road map, a spokesman for the senior opposition National Democratic Front, Khaled Daoud, said on state TV.
Also attending the meeting were a representative of the new youth movement behind this week's protests and some members of the ultraconservative Salafi movements, a defence ministry official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Egyptian military has been very smart in how they have done things. 1st, last Thursday, they announced they were moving troops into the vicinity of all the major cities but would take no action unless there were massive civil violence. Morsi thought they were doing so to help support his government...but it became apparent that the troops were actually there to prepare for Morsi's deposing when, on Monday, after reveiwing the size of the protests, the military issued an ultimatum to Morsi to step down...with troops already deployed across the country to enforce it.
Now, in the face of Morsi's refusal, the military is occupying the State run TV and newspaper, and is meeting with all of the opposition, the leading reform advocate Mohammed El Baradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric, the Coptic Christian Pope, the leader of the new youth movement behind Sunday's protests and members of the conservative Salafi movement. Clearly, a coalition that will help the nation be governed in the absence of Morsi and the Musilm Brotherhood.
I wonder if our military would follow Obama’s orders to do the same here in the USA.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Bet Obama wishes he could take over TV. It will be interesting to see how our failed strategy of supporting our enemies and leading from behind works out in the region.
*LIVE* The crowd is going wild in Tahrir Square! http://ow.ly/mD8ad
Amen...
There are many among us who literally feel the spirit of the antichrist becoming stronger daily.
Other people cannot identify the feeling but know something is terribly wrong.
The time has come to choose sides...
Unless they replace the madrassas, that "return" will be only temporary. There is a way to do that, and quickly, via the Internet.
Things are moving nicely!
And Morsi is under house arrest!
Looks like the MB have come to the end of the line.
....And the Dems WILL fail at it.
RT News
12:30 PM EDT (10 minutes ago)
A military coup is underway in Egypt, according to Mohamed Morsi's national security adviser and a Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson. Security forces have placed a travel ban on Morsi and a number of top Brotherhood officials, according to AFP sources.
Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers, together with armored vehicles, are taking part in a military parade on the road near presidential palace, a witness told Reuters.
National security adviser Essam El-Haddad added that he expects army and police violence to remove pro-Mursi demonstrators from the streets of Cairo.
A presidential aide said in a statement that Morsi is still working at the Republican Guard barracks in Cairo and it is unclear if he is free to leave. He added that Morsi's message to all Egyptians is to resist the military coup peacefully without using violence.
One report indicated that crowds were cheering enthusiastically as Armored Personnel Carriers were moving towards a pro-Morsi rally.
I would just ‘disappear’ all the MB in Egypt if I was running things.
That will most likely happen. It could very well send a “message” to Obama and those who had supported them.
Egypt: Army tightens grip as ultimatum passes
Now watching CNN and Wolf Blitzer reporting.
Oh mY,, woofie is on it.. must be getting hot there..
“It may soon become necessary for our military to do the same thing here.”
But they must take orders from the POTUS...their boss, the Commander-in-Chief, or as Obama once said, “I’m the Commander and Chief.”
Great post! I’m sure it would be a complete waste of time looking on the TV for images like that.
“Bet Obama wishes he could take over TV.”
He can do that now. Maybe you missed it, but several months ago Homeland Security tried the new system to turn off our TVs and radios. Now, it happens regularly in the middle of the night. The TV goes completely off for a number of seconds, then it comes back on. This is not the emergency test we used to have when a loud noise would come on and words would appear on the screen saying it was an emergency weather test. Now, it says nothing, just goes black. Hussein can then give orders on every TV and radio in the country and can let it resume regular TV or he can keep it off with only him or his henchmen being able to talk.
I have a battery short wave radio to receive ham broadcasts because Hussein can’t yet get to them.
> It may soon become necessary for our military to do the
> same thing here.
That’s why 0bama is trying to fill the military with fags and stooges while discouraging moral, patriotic youth from enlisting.
God I wish Megyn’s water would hurry up and break.
B U M P
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