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Coyotl

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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:54 AM Dec 2012

Clashes in Cairo outside presidential palace

Source: aljazeera.com

Supporters and opponents of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi fought outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday, with reports of injuries.

A small group of opposition activists have been camped outside the palace since Tuesday night, when tens of thousands rallied against a controversial decree which gives Morsi near-absolute power.

Supporters of the president marched to the palace on Wednesday and tore down the opposition's tents; witnesses said they threw stones and used clubs to attack demonstrators. Opposition protesters were driven away from the palace and fled down side streets.

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/12/201212584345620395.html



Now the factionalism of the revolutionaries is very apparent.
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