In Egypt, protests turn violent as political crisis intensifies - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

**Prince** · 12-05-2012, 07:36 PM

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CAIRO — Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clashed with opposition protesters outside the presidential palace Wednesday in the fiercest violence of the country’s two-week political crisis, pelting each other with stones and Molotov cocktails and intensifying the pressure on Egypt’s embattled new government.

Three of Morsi’s advisers resigned Wednesday evening over the conflict, which has pitted Egypt’s first democratically elected president and his Islamist backers against a broad coalition of liberals, secularists, human rights activists and loyalists to the old regime. Analysts and protesters said the deepening crisis could soon provoke intervention by the country’s military.

Each side accused the other of stoking the violence outside the palace, which health officials said left more than 120 people injured. Eyewitnesses said that at least three people were killed in the unrest.

Clashes also broke out Wednesday night near the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is closely allied with Morsi, and in several other major northern cities. Prime Minister Hesham Kandil called on both sides to restore calm.

The opposition is demanding that Morsi rescind a Nov. 22 decree that granted him sweeping powers to legislate without oversight and that he abandon a contentious draft constitution that he has pushed toward a national referendum next week. A disparate group of opposition leaders vowed Wednesday to widen their protest until Morsi backs down.

But Vice President Mahmoud Mekki said the protesters would not derail the referendum. “No political faction can think that they alone monopolize the opinion and have the majority,” he said at a Wednesday news conference. “The judge is the ballot box.”

The United States has refused to criticize Morsi publicly since the crisis began. But U.S. officials said Wednesday that they are working behind the scenes to persuade his government to meet with opposition forces to discuss the draft constitution, which critics say does not protect the rights of women, minorities or the press.

“We call on all stakeholders in Egypt to settle their differences through democratic dialogue, and we call on Egypt’s leaders to ensure that the outcome protects the democratic promise of the revolution for all of Egypt’s citizens,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.

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**Bogg** · 12-06-2012, 05:13 AM

I had a bit of hope that Morsi would ally himself with Turkey and become a stabilizing force in the region, but he's now looking like just another dictator in the making.

**E.H. Munro** · 12-06-2012, 10:02 AM

Turkey is kinda/sorta the problem. Well, technically it's Qatar that's the problem. But they've spread it to Turkey & Egypt. And now they're trying to add Syria to the list (via Turkey). I am happy, though, that the opposition in Egypt is still strong, because if they can turn back Qatar's political machine there there just might be hope for the region.

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Bogg Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,618 Rep Power: 4050067	Re: In Egypt, protests turn violent as political crisis intensifies I had a bit of hope that Morsi would ally himself with Turkey and become a stabilizing force in the region, but he's now looking like just another dictator in the making.

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E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,282 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: In Egypt, protests turn violent as political crisis intensifies Turkey is kinda/sorta the problem. Well, technically it's Qatar that's the problem. But they've spread it to Turkey & Egypt. And now they're trying to add Syria to the list (via Turkey). I am happy, though, that the opposition in Egypt is still strong, because if they can turn back Qatar's political machine there there just might be hope for the region. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey. Last edited by E.H. Munro; 12-06-2012 at 10:09 AM.

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