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Egypt’s
army fires tear gas at pro-Morsi protesters near presidential palace
الاخوان دخلوا مستشفى العباسية للأمراض العقلية وقاعدين جواها .... !
Egypt's
army fired tear gas and clashed with supporters of ousted president
Mohamed Morsi in Cairo as thousands of demonstrators marched towards
the presidential palace. Protests organized by the Muslim Brotherhood
have been taking place throughout Egypt
RT,
19
July, 2013
Military
forces fired tear gas in Cairo Friday evening, as a group of
pro-Morsi protesters aimed to break through the army line near the
presidential palace in Heliopolis. According to state news agency
MENA, the soldiers attempted to hold back the crowds from a nearby
street, where rival anti-Morsi demonstrators are rallying.
Egypt’s
Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, said on Friday that security
forces “will not allow Morsi loyalists to reach Tahrir Square, as
other [anti-Morsi] political forces have already announced gathering
in the square,” Ahram Online reported.
The
minister warned that the army would “counter any attempts to cause
violence” and urged the demonstrators to “stick to peaceful
protests.” He vowed that the army is “committed to secure
demonstrations,” whether in Tahrir or Al-Nahda Square or Rabaa
Al-Adawiya, as long as the protesters “do not resort to vandalism
or violence.”
An
man wearing a mask of ousted president Mohamed Morsi shows his
handcuffed hands outside the presidential palace in Cairo on July 19,
2013 (AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki)
Earlier,
scuffles were reported near Al-Azhar University in Cairo after
unknown men threw rocks at pro-Morsi demonstrators marching from
Al-Azhar mosque, according to Al Jazeera.
Tens
of thousands of Morsi supporters have been stopped en route from
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque to Abbassiya, where Egypt’s Ministry of
Defence is located, Ahram Online reports.
The
Egyptian media reported that the demonstrators were marching to the
Republican Guard House in Cairo.
Some
of the pro-Morsi protesters have stormed Abbasiya Hospital for Mental
illnesses, climbing through fences and setting up camp in the
hospital’s garden.
Traffic
was grounded on nearby Salah Salem Road, as some 5,000 demonstrators
gathered around the hospital.
الاخوان دخلوا مستشفى العباسية للأمراض العقلية وقاعدين جواها .... !
Meanwhile,
the Egyptian army has reportedly blocked streets leading to the
Republican Guard House. The military blockaded the roads in order to
prevent Morsi supporters from reaching the building, according to Al
Arabiya.
There
were also scuffles with security forces near Al-Azhar mosque, after
Morsi’s supporters began shouting chants against Abdul Fatah
al-Sisi, Commander-in-chief of the Egyptian armed forces.
“Tonight,
tonight, tonight, Sisi is going down tonight,” some of the
protesters shouted.
Police
fired shots in the air to disperse Muslim Brotherhood supporters
after they attacked opponents with rocks and fists. No casualties
were reported.
Morsi’s
supporters also began a round-the-clock vigil outside a mosque in the
Cairo suburb of Sadr City, with thousands flocking there after noon
prayers on Friday.
Supporters
of the Muslim Brotherhood and toppled Egyptian president Mohamed
Morsi hold a banner against his ouster as they march towards Cairo
University to demand his reinstatement in Cairo on July 19, 2013 (AFP
Photo / Khaled Desouki)
At
least 400 protesters marched through the Sinai Peninsula’s main
city of el-Arish on Friday. Pro-Morsi supporters also took to the
streets of Alexandria and other Nile delta cities.
The
Muslim Brotherhood – from which Morsi hails – has called for
demonstrations across Egypt, accusing Sisi of deliberately staging a
coup to remove Egypt’s first freely elected president from power.
Morsi’s
supporters said they came from across the country to join Friday’s
rallies, underlining the deep level of support for the Muslim
Brotherhood in provincial areas of Egypt.
“We
are coming out today to restore legitimacy. We consider what happened
secular thuggery. It would never happen in any democratic country,”
protester Tarek Yessin, from the southern city of Sohag, told
Reuters.
Anti-Morsi
protests are also planned for Friday, with Tamarod planning a
demonstration close to the Brotherhood’s Nasr City vigil. Tamarod
is the youth movement responsible for organizing huge anti-Morsi
protests which started on June 30.
Members
of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian
President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans behind barbed wire outside the
Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo July 19, 2013 (Reuters / Amr
Abdallah Dalsh)
They
have called their protest “the people against terrorism” and have
blamed Morsi’s supporters for the deaths of at least 99 people who
have died in violence since Morsi’s removal. More than half of them
were killed when troops fired on Islamist protesters outside Cairo
barracks on July 8.
On
Friday, ten armored personnel carriers were parked on the Nile Bridge
- a route Islamist protestors must cross in order to reach the
anti-Morsi camp on Tahrir Square.
Earlier
in the day, two formations of fighter jets and nine military
helicopters circled over Cairo.
The
army has fiercely defended its actions to remove Morsi and the
Brotherhood from power, saying its decision reflected the popular
will of Egyptians, and that Morsi had become incompetent and
partisan.
The
military has installed an interim cabinet, led by acting president
Adly Mansour, which does not include any Brotherhood members or
people from other Islamist parties.
Supporters
of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi
march towards Cairo University to demand his reinstatement in Cairo
on July 19, 2013 (AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki)
Acting
president speaks of ‘protecting lives and human rights’
President
Mansour gave his first address to Egypt on Friday, saying the country
is going through a “decisive period.” He also accused some
elements of society of trying to drag the country toward chaos.
“They
want this period to be an introduction to violence and blood, and we
want it to establish for the concept of protecting lives and human
rights,” Mansour said in the eight minute pre-recorded broadcast.
He
didn’t name those people he said were “pushing the nation towards
an abyss,” although the statement was presumed to be directed at
Morsi supporters.
Mansour
did, however, appear to offer an olive branch to the Muslim
Brotherhood, saying that justice and reconciliation will be for all
“without exclusion or exception.”
A
supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shouts slogans
in front of barbed wire and army soldiers at the Republican Guard
headquarters in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo July 19, 2013 (Reuters /
Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
Morsi
and many members of his former government have been in detention
since the army removed him from office on July 3. There have been no
clear indications regarding how many people are being held, or where
they are located. Hundreds of Brotherhood followers have been rounded
up, and arrest warrants issued for most of its leaders.
Meanwhile,
the UN is pushing for the interim government to explain why the army
detained the ousted president and his aides, and whether it plans to
put them on trial. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi
Pillay, recently asked Egypt’s ambassador to clarify the legal
basis for their detention. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for Pillay,
said that the Egyptians have so far given no reply.
Pillay
also said that the UN hopes to send a team to Egypt to further
investigate a July 8 shooting which left more than 50 people dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPofxMr8xE
Casualties
reported as protesters clash in Egypt's Mansoura
Egypt's
army fired tear gas and clashed with supporters of ousted president
Mohamed Morsi in Cairo as thousands of demonstrators marched towards
the presidential palace. Protests organized by the Muslim Brotherhood
have been taking place throughout Egypt
RT,
19
July, 2013
At
least two people have been killed in clashes between supporters and
opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Mansoura, in Egypt's
Nile Delta, Ahram online reports.
Witnesses
told news outlets that live ammunition rounds, birdshot and knives
were used by the rioters, leaving at least 7 injured. There are also
reports that most of the victims were women.
Other
news channels including Al Arabiya state that at least three people
were killed in the row.
In
addition to Mansoura, clashes between Morsi's supporters and
opponents engulfed Egypt on late Friday night. Security forces
intervened with tear gas to disperse the scuffles.
Police
forces in Qena, in Upper Egypt, fired tear gas to stop clashes in the
city center after several rallies merged.
In
the city of Ismailia, at the Suez Canal, many Muslim Brothehood
supporters took to the streets calling for Morsi’s reinstatement
and condemning what they call a “military coup” against the
democratically elected leader. They chanted slogans against military
commander-in-chief and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
At
the same time supporters of the new interim government also marched
in the city in support of Sisi, shouting “the people and the army
are one hand,” while condemning Islamist parties as “deceiving
the people in the name of religion.”
Other
rallies were held across Damietta, the Nile Delta, Alexandria,
Gharbiya, Sharqiya and Fayoum, and Beni Suef and Assiut in Upper
Egypt, Ahram reports.
In
the capital Cairo, police also teargassed pro-Morsi demonstrators
clashing with anti-Morsi factions as thousands of demonstrators
marched towards the presidential palace.
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