BREAKING: Egyptian Army Deploys to Protect Morsi. At least 5 Dead, 446 Injured! Obama Silent

Morning SZ86



Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Iran

Just another day in Paradise

Morning Éireann

Yeah, no kidding, right?

Morning, DB

Five killed, tanks roll into Cairo as anti-Morsi protests crest

Thousands take to streets in most serious clashes since Mubarak was ousted in 2011

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Morning Doorbert and everyone.
We need a Morsi pharaoh smilie.

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Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng
#BreakingNews: The highest authority in al-Azhar calls on Egypt's Mursi to freeze constitutional declaration

Morning Éireann & Insert !


You're right about that Morsi pharaoh smiley !

Morning SZ86!

Going to go see if I can get that smiley !

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So deceive sheep. Army will again pacify people.

Oh noes. LOL

I'll bet Scrump has one :D

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Found one !

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Egypt Independent ‏@EgyIndependent
BREAKING: Republican Guard forces evacuate the area surrounding the presidential palace, ban protests after 3 pm.

God I love you people

BREAKING: Republican Guard forces to evacuate the area surrounding the presidential palace, ban protests after 3 pm.

Morning IFUN

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Essam El-Amir, head of Egypt's state broadcaster, resigns in protest at how the country has been managed since President Morsi's constitutional declaration

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CAIRO - Egypt's Republican Guard, which deployed around the presidential palace on Thursday, said demonstrators must evacuate the area by 3 p.m. (1300 GMT), the presidency said in a statement.


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This is gonna get Messi ! (a little soccer humor, no offense US users :)

What does this mean?

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Diplomats refuse to supervise referendum vote abroad

More than 200 diplomats have said they will not supervise expatriate referendum voting on the draft constitution, which is scheduled to begin Saturday.

Diplomatic officials also recently expressed discontent about what they said was a political directive from the government urging them to support President Mohamed Morsy's constitutional declaration.

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MORE PROTESTS PLANNED


The Supreme Guide of Egypts Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mursi belonged before he was narrowly elected president in June, appealed for unity. Divisions among Egyptians "only serve the nations enemies", Mohamed Badie said in a statement.


With at least seven tanks at the palace corners, backed by about 10 armored troop carriers and 20 police trucks, the two sides mostly shouted slogans at each other from a distance.


But opposition activist Hamdi Ghassan told Reuters at the scene that protesters would arrive from other parts of Cairo later in the day, accusing Mursis supporters of bussing in people from the countryside to boost their presence.


Mursis opponents accuse him of seeking to create a new "dictatorship" with his November 22 decree and were further angered when an Islamist-dominated assembly hastily approved a draft constitution due to go to a referendum on December 15.


The president has defended his decree as necessary to prevent courts still full of judges appointed by Mubarak from derailing a constitution vital for Egypts political transition.


Around the palace, traffic was moving through streets strewn with rocks thrown during violence in which petrol bombs and guns were also used. Hundreds of Mursi supporters were still in the area, many wrapped in blankets and some reading the Koran.


"We came here to support President Mursi and his decisions. He is the elected president of Egypt," said demonstrator Emad Abou Salem, 40. "He has legitimacy and nobody else does."


Mursis opponents say the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that propelled the president to power in a June election, is behind the violence. The Brotherhood says the opposition is to blame and that six of the dead were Mursi supporters.


WESTERN CONCERN


The United States, worried about the stability of an Arab state which has a peace deal with Israel and which receives $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid, urged dialogue. Britain also called for restraint and an "inclusive" political process.


Vice President Mahmoud Mekky proposed "personal ideas" for a negotiated way out on Wednesday, saying amendments to disputed articles in the constitution could be agreed with the opposition. A written agreement could then go to parliament, to be elected after this months referendum on the constitution.


"There must be consensus," he told a news conference in the presidential palace as fighting raged outside on Wednesday. But the opposition stuck by its demand for Mursi to cancel the November 22 decree and postpone the referendum before any dialogue.


Protests spread to other cities, and offices of the Muslim Brotherhoods political party in Ismailia and Suez were torched.


But Mursi has shown no sign of buckling under pressure from protesters, confident that the Islamists, who have dominated both elections since Mubarak was overthrown, can win the referendum and the parliamentary election to follow.


As well as relying on his Brotherhood power base, Mursi may also draw on a popular yearning for stability and economic revival after almost two years of political turmoil.


Opposition coordinator Mohamed ElBaradei said on Wednesday the street action and the polarization of society were pushing Egypt into violence and "could draw us to something worse".


The Egyptian pound plunged 4 percent on Thursday to its lowest level in eight years, after previously firming on hopes that a $4.8 billion IMF loan would stabilize the economy. The Egyptian stock market fell 4.4 percent after it opened.

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Egypt is going into total chaos.

Ya, and somebody should pin this.

Tanks on the streets as Egyptian army orders all protesters out of palace area; 5 dead in overnight clashes.

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