'Friday of Rage': Morsi's supporters call for protests after military ousts president

[oberliner]

Source: NBC News

Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called for mass demonstrations on Friday to show opposition to “the heinous coup against popular will.”

A statement on the Muslim Brotherhood’s website said that peaceful protest was “a right guaranteed to all Egyptians,” saying it would hold the government responsible for its supporters’ security.

The protests were given various names, including the “Friday of Rage” and the “Friday of Rejection.”

Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between rival factions, police and soldiers since last weekend, with millions of people taking part in anti-Morsi protests.

Read more: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/05/19298014-friday-of-rage-morsis-supporters-call-for-protests-after-military-ousts-president

[joshcryer]

1. I support all peoples' right to non-violently protest.

Hopefully the clashes will be minimal and deaths low.

[dipsydoodle]

2. It was 300 of the captains who were arrested yesterday and the day before.

Now the foot soldiers are coming out.

[oberliner]

3. How do you see this playing out?

What would you predict?

[dipsydoodle]

4. Hard to tell over the next week or so.

The large demonstrations in Cairo over the past week etc were mainly the locals - the city dwellers. Morsi was democratically elected by the overall population - not just the city dwellers.

There's no doubt in my mind that it is a coup d'etat and it will be interesting to see how the US wriggles round it's own laws regarding aid on that subject. Whatever ever happens now give it a year or two and it will be back to square one.

As an aside they are in a difficult economic / financial situation. They refused IMF loans because they wouldn't agree the strings attached - don't blame them on that. However - they are up to the hilt with loans from Saudi and Qatar and problems out there have tubed one of their main sources on income - tourism.

Overall its their affair and the west should stay out of it.

Guardian live update page on the situation today out there is here : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/jul/05/egypt-braced-day-of-rejection-live

[oberliner]

5. Only 25 percent voted for Morsi

Enough to get him a run-off with a Mubarak loyalist; several other candidates didn't quite make the cut, and the final two presented a lesser of two evils for many voters.

All that is to say, while I do believe Morsi has a strong base, I don't think he has real breadth and depth of support across the country.

Hard to know where this is all going. Also hard to say the west should stay out of it when the US has been contributing billions of dollars in financial aid to Egypt over the years. We are very much "in it" in that respect whether we like it or not.

One might even say that what happened over the past few days with the Egyptian army could not have been possible were it not for decades of US support and funding.

[dipsydoodle]

6. On the other hand ElBaradei has got sweet fuck all.

and yet they are considering giving him temporary power

As I said elsewhere last night they'd be better of with ElTonjohn.

[oberliner]

8. Very true

He certainly doesn't seem to have much popular support either within Egypt (though quite a bit from certain quarters outside of Egypt).

[jessie04]

7. This threatens more violence by the MB

against innocent Egyptians.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Your bias is obscene.

Do you mean violence like burning down MB offices?

Do you mean violence like the mass rapes at Tahrir Square? (Hint: That wasn't Morsi territory, was it?)

Do you mean violence like the military gunning down MB demonstrators today?

[maddezmom]

9. Egypt Brotherhood says leader to address rally

(Reuters) - The leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, was attending a protest rally in Cairo on Friday and would address it shortly, the movement's political wing said in a statement.

The prosecutor's office ordered Badie's arrest on Thursday following the overthrow by the military of President Mohamed Mursi, a Brotherhood member. Security forces said he was detained, but the Brotherhood later denied that.

The rally, near a mosque in suburban Cairo, was attended by thousands of Islamist supporters.

More:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/05/us-egypt-protests-brotherhood-badie-idUSBRE9640NK20130705