NOTE – This post will be updated throughout the day, with “breaking” news at the top, other updates below, and the live streams at the bottom:
UPDATE 8/14/2013 at 10:10am ET:
A month-long state of emergency has been declared.
BREAKING: Egypt's state TV says presidency has declared a monthlong state of emergency across nation.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2013
Mohamed ElBaradei quits as vice-president after scores killed in #Egypt violence http://t.co/wLtiipsc1H
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 14, 2013
Full White House statement on Egypt pic.twitter.com/XFDYyW24ak
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 14, 2013
Overnight the Egyptian military attacked Muslim Brotherhood protesters encamped in Cairo. There are reports of dozens, maybe hundreds dead. (Live video and Twitter feeds at bottom of post.)
Just in: Health Ministry says nationwide #Egypt death toll now 281 – Live Blog: http://t.co/rX9kVEUOEP
— ABC News (@ABC) August 14, 2013
In turn, Muslim Brotherhood supporters around the country have turned on the Christian population, including burning churches.
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/367586159116816384
Confirmed sectarian attacks: 2 churches still on fire are the Virgin and Bishop Abram Church of Dilga, Menya and the Bishopric of Sohag
— المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية (@EIPR) August 14, 2013
RT @moftasa: A church burning in #Sohag, multiple angles pic.twitter.com/I45uVHQr9d pic.twitter.com/KRMZ610pOa http://t.co/tRsFiGGRew #MB
— Ranya Khalifa رانيا (@RanyaKhalifa) August 14, 2013
MT @nfm @amiramikhail, @MaiE_89 & @Amir_G_Beshay compiled a list of attacks on #Egypt's churches on August 14 http://t.co/udfI0MjJsC
— Dalia Ezzat (@DaliaEzzat_) August 15, 2013
UPDATE 8/14/2013 at 10:05am ET:
Two journalists have been reported killed.
Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, Staff Reporter at Gulf News' sister paper Xpress, killed in #Egypt clashes while on leave: http://t.co/3j1iqF0YXS
— Gulf News (@gulf_news) August 14, 2013
Sky News Cameraman Killed In Egypt http://t.co/1G8nf41asR
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 14, 2013
Arresting series of photos from today's violence in #Rabaa by v talented @mosaaberizing http://t.co/yGVCjyLi7w #Egypt
— Raya Jalabi | رايه الجلبي (@rayajalabi) August 14, 2013
And the obligatory blaming of Israel:
Israel has provided Tear Gas to attack #ProDemocracy protesters. Via @ABalsem pic.twitter.com/CaB31TN3IJ" #Egypt
— Mehmet Solmaz (@MhmtSlmz) August 14, 2013
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God Bless the Military.
Or Alla if you will.
P.S.
Why believe any report from the Lie-Stream Mafia Media?
https://twitter.com/TheSecular/status/367625333765206016/photo/1
If there are dead and injured, they might be Egyptian Christians.
The Muslim Brotherhood has learned the lessons of Pallywood well: Claim massive casualties, recycle the same images of dead bodies over and over, import dead bodies from other places (stealing them from morgues, moving the dead AFTER they have been photographed) faking dead bodies later to be mysteriously “resurrected” and running around at protests and dressing up protesters in “injured” garb and splashing them with fake blood.
The media has to be vigilant (ha!) about doing actual legwork and reporting, to make sure they’re not being snookered. But, we know that the media has an agenda of a Muslim dominated Egyptian state which will move to destroy Israel, so I don’t hold out much hope for them to get the reporting right.
Presumably there aren’t enough Jews left in Egypt, so they go for the next-best…..
After Saturday comes Sunday. Old Arab saying.
This is not going to turn out well.
Hand grooming a successor to Mubarek might have been the best option as Egypt is not ready for the only form of democracy that works, one based on a secular society.
Just like the Iran of thirty-five years ago so may go Egypt.
Well, you young’ns can clean up the mess as I’m much too tired…
Doesn’t Mrs. Huma Weiner have a full family of MB members in high places? Was she instrumental in pushing the quick elections after disposing of Mubarak? Surely she knew all along they would go full Sharia, as most of us believed.
Did Obama/Clinton have an end game in mind, or is this it? Manufactured crisis seems to be the theme of this administration.
There were reports of 400 US forces trained in riot control being sent to Egypt maybe may / June.
It received little msm or blog coverage. Just looking it up I found it mentioned on a site called Capitalist Preservation’ & through the interpretations of whom / why it states they are from Fort Hood .
So is this what they are doing there – training riot control for ME militaries? Is that what sent Nidal over the edge?
Ouch.
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