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Kerry’s pro-army remarks stir controversy in US, Egypt | Mada Masr

▻http://madamasr.com/content/kerrys-pro-army-remarks-stir-controversy-us-egypt

The Egyptian Armed Forces are bringing democracy back to their country, US Secretary of State John Kerry declared on Wednesday.

“And those kids in Tahrir Square, they were not motivated by any religion or ideology,” Kerry said in statements published on the US Department of State website.

“They were motivated by what they saw through this interconnected world, and they wanted a piece of the opportunity and a chance to get an education and have a job and have a future.”

According to the American official, the Egyptian people created the revolution through Facebook and twitter because they were through with the corrupt government, but “then it [revolution] got stolen by the one single-most organized entity in the state, which was the Brotherhood.”

Some analysts say Kerry’s statements mark a rift within the White House as President Barack Obama’s administration continues to struggle to find a cohesive stance on Egypt. According to an article in the Daily Beast, Kerry was told by the National Security Adviser Susan Rice to take a firm position on deposed President Mohamed Morsi’s trial, which he seems to have ignored in these remarks.

“[Kerry] made a deliberate and conscious decision not to mention Morsi in his Cairo meetings,” a US government official told the Daily Beast.

The statement angered certain parties in Egypt. Amr Darrag, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, said on Thursday that Kerry’s remarks were proof that the US government supported the “coup” that ousted Morsi, and is trying to abort the revolutionary movements sweeping the region since the 2011 Arab Spring, reported the Turkish Anadol news agency.

Darrag added that Kerry has no right to meddle in Egypt’s internal affairs, and by no means could he tell who started the January 25 revolution, and who stole it.

“The role of the MB is evident in all phase of the revolution," Darrag added.

22 femmes dont 7 mineures pro-Morsi poursuivies en justice I Middle East Institute

▻http://www.mei.edu/content/22-women-girls-trial-egypt-clashes

Fifteen women and seven girls who back Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi will stand trial for participating in clashes in Alexandria, the general prosecutor’s office said on Monday.

A lire, sur TV5 Monde
Soeurs musulmanes, entre répression, régression et émancipation
►http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/Terriennes/Dossiers/p-26776-S-urs-musulmanes-entre-repression-regression-et-emancipation.htm

L’histoire mouvementée des Soeurs musulmanes
►http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/Terriennes/Dossiers/p-26795-L-histoire-mouvementee-des-S-urs-musulmanes-egyptiennes.htm

Sur Orient XXI
Une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans ►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

#Justice #FrèresMusulmans #Soeurs #Egypte

Égypte : Morsi n’a pas dit son dernier mot - Le Point

▻http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/egypte-morsi-n-a-pas-dit-son-dernier-mot-13-11-2013-1756527_24.php

Mohamed Morsi, le président islamiste égyptien destitué et arrêté par l’armée début juillet, va poursuivre pour « crime » les nouvelles autorités installées par les militaires et réclamer à la justice l’annulation de ce qu’il considère comme un « coup d’État », a annoncé son avocat mercredi.

A lire sur Orient XXI Égypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans
►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

Egypte : arrestation d’un ancien ministre de Mohamed Morsi - Atlas info

▻http://www.atlasinfo.fr/Egypte-arrestation-d-un-ancien-ministre-de-Mohamed-Morsi_a47246.html

Bassem Ouda, qui fut ministre des Approvisionnements et du Commerce intérieur sous M. Morsi, a été interpellé alors qu’il se cachait dans une usine de savons, selon les mêmes sources. La police a déjà arrêté plusieurs autres anciens ministres de M. Morsi appartenant aux Frères musulmans, de même que la plupart des dirigeants de la confrérie islamiste.

#Frères

Le procès de Mohamed Morsi raconté par Samuel Forey, reporter français qui a assisté à la première audience - Blog

▻http://samuelforey.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/jugement-premier-1

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Nettoyer Tahrir - Les rénovations de la place par ceux qui tour à tour tiennent le pouvoir
►http://orientxxi.info/lu-vu-entendu/nettoyer-tahrir,0380

Égypte, un dimanche matin dans le soi-disant émirat de Delga
▻http://orientxxi.info/lu-vu-entendu/egypte-un-dimanche-matin-a-delga,0369

Egypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères ►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

#Morsi #justice #récit

La famille de Mohamed Morsi autorisée à lui rendre visite pour la première fois depuis sa destitution - CBC News

▻http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/morsi-s-family-visits-him-in-prison-for-1st-time-1.2418723

Commentaires de sa famille, dont son épouse.

The family of Egypt’s toppled president visited him in prison on Thursday, their first face-to-face contact with him since a popularly backed military coup ousted him from power four months ago, his wife said.

Naglaa Ali told The Associated Press by phone that she and other family members met with Mohammed Morsi inside a maximum-security prison called Borg al-Arab, which sits in a remote desert area near Alexandria, Egypt’s second city.

Ali said the visit, monitored by security officers, lasted one hour.

“Thank God, it’s just like I saw him yesterday. ... He is more steadfast and bold,” she told the AP when asked about his condition.

#Morsi

Egypte : les oeuvres sociales des Frères musulmans sur la brèche - L’EXPRESS
▻http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/proche-moyen-orient/egypte-les-oeuvres-sociales-des-freres-musulmans-sur-la-breche_1296420.html

Au premier jour du procès de l’ex-président Mohamed Morsi, le gouvernement égyptien réprime toutes les institutions liées aux Frères musulmans. Mais la Confrérie a longtemps été appréciée pour ses bonnes oeuvres et son action sociale. Des domaines où l’Etat peine à prendre le relais.

Le procès de Mohamed Morsi s’ouvre au Caire dans un climat tendu - Le Monde

▻http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/11/04/le-proces-de-mohamed-morsi-debute-au-caire-dans-un-climat-tendu_3507525_3212

« Toute la question est de savoir s’il s’agit d’un procès qui vise à rendre justice ou si, au contraire, il s’agit d’un procès politique pour se débarrasser des Frères, résume un juge administratif chevronné. De mon point de vue, ce procès n’a de juridique que l’apparence. »

#justice #Morsi

Au Caire, John Kerry assure que l’Egypte reste un partenaire crucial des Etats-Unis - RFI
►http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20131103-egypte-john-kerry-caire-evoquer-accompagner-le-processus-transition

John Kerry s’y rend pour la première fois depuis la destitution par l’armée du président Mohamed Morsi. (...) « Les Etats-Unis, alliés et amis de l’Egypte, poursuivent leur coopération avec le gouvernement intérimaire. Ils maintiennent leur aide dans les domaines de la santé, de l’enseignement, de l’économie, de la sécurisation des frontières, notamment au Sinaï, et dans la lutte contre le terrorisme », a déclaré le secrétaire d’Etat.

« Il est important d’accepter la route que l’Egypte s’est fixée et il faut l’accompagner dans ses efforts pour une transition économique et démocratique que les Egyptiens souhaitent et méritent », a ajouté John Kerry. Un changement de discours cherchant à surmonter l’effet désastreux sur les relations du gel de l’aide militaire à l’Egypte. Une Egypte où l’on regarde de plus en plus du côté de la Russie et de la Chine.

#USA #Egypte #Kerry

Au Caire, John Kerry assure que l’Egypte reste un partenaire crucial des Etats-Unis - RFI
►http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20131103-egypte-john-kerry-caire-evoquer-accompagner-le-processus-transition

John Kerry s’y rend pour la première fois depuis la destitution par l’armée du président Mohamed Morsi. (...) « Les Etats-Unis, alliés et amis de l’Egypte, poursuivent leur coopération avec le gouvernement intérimaire. Ils maintiennent leur aide dans les domaines de la santé, de l’enseignement, de l’économie, de la sécurisation des frontières, notamment au Sinaï, et dans la lutte contre le terrorisme », a déclaré le secrétaire d’Etat.

« Il est important d’accepter la route que l’Egypte s’est fixée et il faut l’accompagner dans ses efforts pour une transition économique et démocratique que les Egyptiens souhaitent et méritent », a ajouté John Kerry. Un changement de discours cherchant à surmonter l’effet désastreux sur les relations du gel de l’aide militaire à l’Egypte. Une Egypte où l’on regarde de plus en plus du côté de la Russie et de la Chine.

#USA #Egypte #Kerry

A SUIVRE Un général déchu, très proche de Moubarak et Al Sissi, ennemi des islamistes, est de retour en Egypte - NYTimes.com

▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/world/middleeast/ousted-general-in-egypt-is-back-as-islamists-foe.html?hp

Le général Mohamed Farid el-Tohamy est en charge du service de renseignements généraux, l’un des postes les plus importants en Egypte. Tous les dossiers de corruption, obstruction à la justice et délits d’initié semblent avoir disparu, note un militant des droits humains.

A year after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, the man responsible for rooting out government corruption, Gen. Mohamed Farid el-Tohamy, faced a very public barrage of allegations that he had deliberately covered up years of cronyism and self-dealing.
President Mohamed Morsi promptly fired the general, prosecutors opened an investigation, the news filled the papers and his career appeared to end in disgrace. But now the general is back, and more powerful than ever. His protégé and friend, Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, ousted Mr. Morsi about four months ago, and virtually the first move by the new government was to rehabilitate General Tohamy and place him in charge of the general intelligence service, one of the most powerful positions in Egypt. Western diplomats and Egyptians close to the government say General Tohamy has emerged as the leading advocate of the lethal crackdown on Mr. Morsi’s Islamist supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood, in a drive to eviscerate the movement.

Any public trace of the corruption charges — leveled by one of the general’s own investigators — has disappeared.

“What happened to the prosecutors’ claim of evidence of his corruption and obstruction of justice?” asked Hossam Bahgat, one of the few Egyptian human rights advocates willing to publicly criticize General Tohamy. “Why was he ousted in that humiliating fashion? Why was he brought back from retirement the morning after the military takeover?” he continued. “There is zero public discussion of these very serious questions.”

#justice #militaires #armée

Egypte Les Frères prêts à manifester jusqu’au procès Morsi - Les Echos

▻http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-politique/monde/actu/reuters-00560929-egypte-les-freres-prets-a-manifester-jusqu-au-proces-morsi

Les partisans de l’ancien président islamiste Mohamed Morsi, issu des Frères musulmans, ont appelé jeudi à manifester quotidiennement jusqu’au procès, prévu le 4 novembre, du chef d’Etat destitué.

A lire, sur Orient XXI Egypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans
►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

#Morsi #justice

Ousted General in Egypt Is Back, as Islamists’ Foe
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/world/middleeast/ousted-general-in-egypt-is-back-as-islamists-foe.html

A year after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, the man responsible for rooting out government corruption, Gen. Mohamed Farid el-Tohamy, faced a very public barrage of allegations that he had deliberately covered up years of cronyism and self-dealing.

President Mohamed Morsi promptly fired the general, prosecutors opened an investigation, the news filled the papers and his career appeared to end in disgrace.

But now the general is back, and more powerful than ever. His protégé and friend, Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, ousted Mr. Morsi about four months ago, and virtually the first move by the new government was to rehabilitate General Tohamy and place him in charge of the general intelligence service, one of the most powerful positions in Egypt.

#Egypte #réaction #junte_militaire

Egypte : Morsi ne reconnaît pas l’autorité du tribunal qui doit le juger et les juges se récusent dans le procès du chef des Frères musulmans - AFP - Le Monde

▻http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/10/28/egypte-morsi-ne-reconnait-pas-l-autorite-du-tribunal-qui-doit-le-juger_35045

« Aucun avocat – égyptien ou étranger – ne défendra le président élu Mohamed Morsi, car le président ne reconnaît pas ce procès ni aucune action ou processus issu du coup d’Etat », qui a vu sa chute du pouvoir, annonce dans un communiqué l’Alliance pour la démocratie et contre le coup d’Etat, une coalition des partisans du seul chef de l’Etat élu démocratiquement en Egypte.
M. Morsi, détenu au secret par l’armée qui a nommé un gouvernement et un président intérimaires dès le 3 juillet, doit comparaître devant un tribunal du district du Caire au côté de 14 autres personnes pour « incitation au meurtre » de manifestants le 5 décembre 2012, quand il était au pouvoir.

▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/839731/egypte-les-juges-se-recusent-dans-le-proces-du-chef-des-freres-musulm

#justice

Egypt considers law that could sharply limit protests, months after coup against Morsi
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-considers-law-that-could-sharply-limit-protests-months-after-coup-against-morsi/2013/10/23/7b618ffe-3bf1-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_print.html

#Egypte : le projet de loi concernant les manifestations ouvre la voie à de nouvelles effusions de sang
▻http://www.amnesty.fr/AI-en-action/Violences/Armes-et-conflits-armes/Actualites/Egypte-desastreux-projet-de-loi-sur-les-manifestations-9768

Si le projet de loi égyptien concernant les manifestations était signé par le président intérimaire, Adly Mansour, il permettrait à la fois de restreindre arbitrairement le droit à la liberté de réunion pacifique, et d’accorder aux forces de sécurité la possibilité de recourir à la force de manière excessive, voire meurtrière, notamment contre les partisans du président déchu Mohamed Morsi.

Egypte : le parti salafiste Al Nour appelle à la réconciliation nationale et à la mise en oeuvre d’une justice transitionnelle - Ahram Online

▻http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/84540.aspx

Talaat Marzouk, the Nour Party’s deputy leader in charge of legal affairs, said on Tuesday that he’d told the minister the move would increase popular support for the interim government. Marzouk also pressed for the creation of a national reconciliation committee that was announced in the transitional roadmap following Mohamed Morsi’s popularly-backed ouster by the military in July, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

#AlNour #salafisme #justice

In search of fair trial |
Military trials in #Egypt, worse then ever
Mada Masr
Naira Antoun

▻http://www.madamasr.com/content/search-fair-trial

In search of fair trial
Military trials carry on, with slight variations
By: Naira Antoun
As increasing numbers of Islamists are being arrested and facing military trials, there is a certain irony that it was the Constitution, essentially authored by the Muslim Brotherhood, that was the first in the country’s history to allow such trials for civilians, in specific circumstances.

Setting a constitutional precedent that still remains in place in the aftermath of President Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, the relevant article reads: “Civilians shall not stand trial before military courts except for crimes that harm the Armed Forces.”

Previously the 1971 Constitution only stipulated: The law shall regulate the military judiciary, and define their competences in the framework of the principles in the Constitution. And while military courts were used to prosecute civilians, it was by special order from the presidency, not codified in the country’s charter.

If you don’t talk back, you might end up in civilian court or nothing will happen. If you talk back, maybe nothing will happen, but it happens a lot that it ends up as a military trial
Since June 30, there have been almost 100 detainees referred to military trial, many on charges of harming the Armed Forces. The cases are broad, from fishermen accused of fishing in military waters and those caught breaking the curfew, to those accused of chanting slogans that are damaging to national security and spreading false information about the military.

Ahmed Abu Deraa, a journalist in northern Sinai, was reporting on the military’s Sinai campaign and its impact on civilians. He was arrested and accused of reporting false news. He faced a military trial and has since been released with a six-month suspended sentence.

Mahmoud Salamani of the No to Military Trials campaign says that while journalists have faced military summons in the past two and a half years, Deraa is the first to be sentenced in a military trial. “It’s a worrying sign,” he says.

In Suez, seven people faced military trial in September for employing slogans allegedly damaging to national security.

“What is national security, anyway?” Salamani asks rhetorically. “No one can answer that question.”

Égypte. Les manifestants pro-Morsi défilent dans le pays - ouest-france.fr

▻http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-egypte.-Les-manifestants-pro-Morsi-defilent-dans-le-pays_634

Des milliers de partisans de Mohamed Morsi ont de nouveau manifesté vendredi au Caire contre le général Abdel Fattah al Sissi, qui a déposé l’ex-président Mohamed Morsi.

Mohamed Morsi « ne reculera pas, ne négociera pas » - Le Monde

▻http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/10/14/egypte-emprisonne-morsi-ne-negociera-pas_3495025_3212.html

Emprisonné, Mohamed Morsi reste inflexible. Sa famille a assuré, dimanche 13 octobre, que le président égyptien déchu, toujours aux mains de l’armée, n’engagerait aucune négociation ni n’accepterait le moindre compromis.

Sa détention a été prolongée de 30 jours, Mohamed Morsi est détenu depuis plus de trois mois dans un lieu tenu secret. ▻http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/10/13/Mursi-s-detention-prolonged-over-prison-break-investigation.html

A lire, sur Orient XXI
Égypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans ►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

#Morsi #FM #MB

Egypte : « usage disproportionné de la force » contre les pro-Morsi, selon Amnesty international - TV5 Monde

▻http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/info/p-1911-Egypte-usage-disproportionne-de-la-force-contre-les-pro-Morsi.htm ?

Les forces égyptiennes, appuyées par des hommes armés en civil, ont tiré à balles réelles le 6 octobre sur des partisans du président destitué Mohamed Morsi, a rapporté lundi Amnesty International, en dénonçant un « usage disproportionné de la force » à leur encontre.
(...)
Appelant à une enquête impartiale, la directrice adjointe d’Amnesty pour le Moyen-Orient, Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, a affirmé que « le mépris absolu par les autorités des standards internationaux concernant l’usage légal de la force suggérait qu’elles étaient prêtes à réprimer les partisans de Morsi à n’importe quel prix ».

Communiqué de presse ▻http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/egypt-state-sanctioned-pattern-excessive-use-force-security-forces-2013-10-

A lire, sur Orient XXI :
Égypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans
►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

#violence #FM #MB #Egypte #Amnesty #FrèresMusulmans

#Egypt: Reduced #US Military Aid to Prompt Eastern Shift?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/egypt-reduced-us-military-aid-prompt-eastern-shift

http://english.al-akhbar.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/4cols/leading_images/409481-01-08.jpg

Supporters of Egyptian ousted president Mohamed Morsi and of the Muslim brotherhood movement demonstrate against the military in Cairo’s eastern Nasr City district on October 11, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohamed Abdelmenien) Supporters of Egyptian ousted president Mohamed Morsi and of the Muslim brotherhood movement demonstrate against the military in Cairo’s eastern Nasr City district on October 11, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohamed Abdelmenien) (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #Camp_David_Accords #Egyptian_army

Morsi supporters march to mark 100 days since ouster - Ahram Online

▻http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/83753.aspx

Thousands of supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi have started gathering after Friday prayers, marking the 100th day since his ouster as they demonstrate against the military.

Washington cuts Egypt aid despite intense Israeli lobbying -
Haaretz
By Jonathan Lis, Reuters and The Associated Press | Oct. 10, 2013
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.551666

he United States’ decision to freeze military and economic aid to Egypt in the wake of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood came despite intense Israeli lobbying to maintain it, Haaretz has learned.

The U.S. on Wednesday announced that it would withhold deliveries of military hardware and cash assistance from Egypt’s military-backed government, pending progress on democracy and human rights.

Israel fears that cutting aid to Egypt could affect the peace treaty between the two countries, signed in 1979, which brought Cairo into Washington’s sphere of influence. Egypt is the second-largest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel.

In recent months, Israel has tried to convince the White House that punishing Egypt for the latest violence between the government and protesters was secondary to preserving the peace deal.

“As long as the American aid flows to Cairo, the Egyptian regime can ward off criticism against preserving the peace treaty with Israel,” Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts.

Security establishment officials have maintained in recent weeks that cooperation with the Egyptian government should continue, despite the violence used against demonstrators. They say Jerusalem’s and Cairo’s common interest – fighting the Muslim Brotherhood – was much more important.
An Israeli cabinet member said Thursday morning that he believes that the decision would not affect Israel-Egypt relations.

“I hope this decision by the U.S. will not have an effect and won’t be interpreted as something that should have an effect,” Home Front Minister Gilad Erdan told Army Radio. Israel and Egypt, he said, maintain close ties and are cooperating.

Egypte : Le procès du président destitué Mohamed Morsi devrait débuter le 4 novembre. Il sera jugé pour « incitation à la violence » et « meurtre » dans le cadre du dossier des manifestations devant le palais présidentiel le 5 décembre dernier. 14 autres personnes seront jugées avec lui.

Sur le sujet
Égypte, une stratégie d’élimination des Frères musulmans
►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/egypte-une-strategie-d-elimination,0362

Il y a eu un avant et un après 5 décembre 2012 pour Morsi. Après avoir affirmé le garder dans un endroit secret pour « assurer sa protection », l’armée a prévenu : le président déposé sera jugé pour « complicité de meurtre et de torture » sur des manifestants protestant devant le palais présidentiel le 5 décembre dernier.

#justice #Morsi

En Egypte, retour des affrontements sur la place Tahrir - Le Monde

Au moins 51 morts, plus de 400 blessés selon les sources et au moins 423 arrestations en marge de la commémoration de la guerre de Kippour.

▻http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/10/06/l-egypte-se-prepare-a-de-nouvelles-manifestations-interdites_3490722_3212.ht

Au moins cinquante personnes ont été tuées et 268 blessées, dimanche 6 octobre en Egypte, lors de heurts entre manifestants partisans du président islamiste destitué Mohamed Morsi d’un côté, et des anti-Morsi et les forces de l’ordre de l’autre côté.

War anniversary politicized | Mada Masr
▻http://www.madamasr.com/content/war-anniversary-politicized

Marches from across the capital opposed to the military-backed interim government were planning to converge in Tahrir Square. The iconic square was blocked off to traffic and under heavy security on all sides in anticipation of protests called for by the Anti-Coup Alliance, comprising of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Despite threats by the interior and defense ministries to use force against any attempts to spoil October 6 celebrations, the marchers pressed on towards Tahrir Square.
(...)
But unlike previous pro-military rallies, the turnout on October 6 was markedly low. Eyewitnesses said numbers reached a maximum of a few thousand, compared to the hundreds of thousands who have previously taken to the streets at the general’s request.

The area around the Ettehadeya Presidential Palace was quiet most of the day, and by evening, a few hundred were there to mark the day’s commemorations.

Much of the celebrations in Tahrir and on national television was focused more on the actions taken against the Muslim Brotherhood over the past three months than on the 40-year anniversary of the October 6 War. Both were dealt with by the state press as victories against a national enemy.

Mohamed Rabie, a 36-year-old employee in the Giza Youth and Sports Authority, said his employers asked him to celebrate October 6 in Tahrir: “They asked me to come here with my colleagues, but I don’t see it as a command, because we all love the military and are against the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorism.”

Posters of Sisi were abundant as some in the square collected signatures for a petition calling on the general to stand in the upcoming presidential elections.

Ahmed Khalil, in his 40s, told Mada Masr he came to Tahrir Square with his family to “show gratitude for the Egyptian army’s efforts and in support of Sisi,” who he hopes will run for president.

One Mada Masr reporter who attended the rally in Tahrir Square as well as the anti-regime clashes said the day was a continuation of the war of exchanged hatred between both sides, as it was obvious that no party was protesting for clear demands.
(...)
Despite the numbers, however, attempts to approach Tahrir were quickly quashed and met immediately with tear gas to disperse the crowds, leading them to scatter in surrounding streets in Garden City and Dokki, where the longest and most intense fighting took place.

Another Mada Masr reporter described the determined desire of Brotherhood protesters to enter the symbolic square, without thinking of the consequences of challenging the brute force of the military and police forces stationed there.

Although the protests include those who are not officially members of the Brotherhood, the discourse and the composition of the protests reflected, for the most part, a strong Islamist identity.

Protests in Dokki, Mohandiseen and Garden City had a strong youth presence, which made clashes inevitable, as one Mada Masr reported explained.

Diaporama - Ahram online ▻http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/83363/Multimedia.aspx

Le maréchal Tantawi a été invité aux célébrations militaires.

#Egypte #violence #6octobre