Thread: Live: Egypt protests in Tahrir Square as military deadline closes in (video, updates)

Live: Egypt protests in Tahrir Square as military deadline closes in (video, updates)

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Posted: 07/03/2013 05:14:21 AM PDT
Updated: 07/03/2013 05:22:19 AM PDT

http://www.times-standard.com/digita...eadline-closes

A picture of the protests in Egypt from space..

Coup Under Way In Egypt, President Advisor Says, Warns About "Considerable Bloodshed", "Tanks On Streets"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/03/2013 11:47 -0400

• national security
• Reuters
• Twitter

The Egypt drama is reaching its inevitable, and largely expected, conclusion. From Reuters:

• EGYPT PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SAYS MILITARY COUP UNDER WAY
• NO MILITARY COUP CAN SUCCEED AGAINST POPULAR RESISTANCE WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE BLOODSHED -MURSI AIDE
• MURSI ADVISER SAYS EXPECTS ARMY, POLICE VIOLENCE TO REMOVE PRO-MURSI DEMONSTRATORS
• EGYPT BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN SAYS TANKS ON STREETS, VIA TWITTER
• SEVERAL HUNDRED EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS, TOGETHER WITH ARMOURED VEHICLES, PERFORM MILITARY PARADE ON MAIN ROAD NEAR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE - REUTERS WITNESS

In other words, if Morsi leaves, you get a Civil War.

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US stocks, in the meantime, at day's highs.

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With Morsi Ultimatum Ticking Down, Egyptian Army Take Control Of State TV Building - Live Feed From Cairo

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/03/2013 09:04 -0400

• Reuters

With just a few short hours to go until the military-coup-deadline, the situation is rapidly moving from bad to worse in Egypt.

Following Reuters reporting that the Muslim Brotherhood's refusal to meet with army officials - "We do not go to invitations (meetings) with anyone. We have a president and that is it," Sky News Arabiya reports that the Egyptian army now completely controls the State TV building.

Headline via Sky News Arabiya,



The miltary will make a statement at 5pm local (10amET).

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Crude Cracks $102 As Egyptian Army "Ready To Die" - Live Feed

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