{"id":47635,"date":"2013-07-03T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T21:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/turmoil-rocks-egypt-morsi-is-out\/47635\/"},"modified":"2013-07-03T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T21:25:20","slug":"turmoil-rocks-egypt-morsi-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/turmoil-rocks-egypt-morsi-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Turmoil Rocks Egypt: Morsi is Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
Events are fast moving. Russia Today<\/span><\/a>\u2018s live Cairo video shows huge Tahir Square crowds. They\u2019re nonviolent. They\u2019re expectant. The mood\u2019s electric.<\/div>\n

Egyptian troops control key sites nationwide. Large contingents are deployed around Cairo.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports suggest Morsi\u2019s under house arrest. Egypt\u2019s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) gave him 48 hours to yield. Do so or step down, it said. The deadline came and passed.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> reported that SACF said it\u2019s \u201cready to die to defend Egypt\u2019s people against terrorists and fools.\u201d It did so in response to Morsi. It headlined \u201cThe Final Hours.\u201d<\/div>\n

It did so hours after Morsi rejected a power sharing ultimatum. It expired Wednesday morning. Reuters said Egyptian troops control state television. Shoukry Abu Amira heads it. He confirmed it. Armored vehicles patrol outside.<\/p>\n

Publicly Morsi remains defiant. \u201cIf the price for legitimacy is my blood,\u201d he said, \u201cthen I am prepared to sacrifice my blood to legitimacy and my homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Privately it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess if he means it. Perhaps he yielded power. Ultimately he has no choice. SCAF has final say. Reuters suggested he\u2019ll resign or be sacked.<\/p>\n

Late reports said he\u2019s out. SCAF forcibly removed him. Ahramonline is the government\u2019s official English language web site. It said military officials told Morsi he\u2019s no longer head of state.<\/p>\n

Coup d\u2019etat power rules. Opposition crowds expected it. Their numbers exceed anything Egypt before experienced.<\/p>\n

SCAF head Abdul Fatah al-Sisi and key commanders have final say. They\u2019ll decide how things turn out.<\/p>\n

Senior Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed el-Beltagy said \u201c(a)ny coup of any sort will only pass over our dead bodies.\u201d Perhaps he has other thoughts now.<\/p>\n

On Monday, he called for \u201cfamilies in all Egyptian governorates and villages to be prepared to take to the streets and fill squares.\u201d He said do so to support Morsi. He\u2019s history. He no longer matters.<\/p>\n

Crowds opposing him dwarf supportive ones. Millions upset with his rule left him no choice. He reflects leadership without authority.<\/p>\n

Travel bans against Muslim Brotherhood officials were issued. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil and Morsi\u2019s ministers abandoned their offices.<\/p>\n

SCAF\u2019s expected to install new provisional council officials. Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrahim placed police, internal security and intelligence forces at SCAF\u2019s disposal.<\/p>\n

Coup d\u2019etat authority rules. Events remain extremely fluid. Separate incidents claimed 16 lives. Many injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Reports suggest SCAF plans a new constitution. New elections will be called. They\u2019ll be held soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Morsi\u2019s election was tainted. His fate is unknown. Perhaps he\u2019ll remain a powerless figurehead. Maybe he\u2019ll stay that way until someone replaces him. Post-Mubarak, SCAF took power. It did so again.<\/p>\n

Obama tried to save Morsi. So did Joint Chiefs chairman General Martin Dempsey. They urged SCAF not to issue a 48-hour ultimatum. They proposed leaving him in office, stripping him of power, and installing a transitional government ahead of new elections.<\/p>\n

Reports said SCAF head al-Sisi rejected Washington\u2019s demands. Unconfirmed ones said Washington sent or plans sending hundreds of US troops to Egypt.<\/p>\n

Perhaps special forces are there. On June 19, a Fort Hood press release headlined \u201c6-9 Cav. to support peacekeeping in Sinai,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe 1st Cavalry Division announced today a battalion task force from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team will deploy to Egypt\u2019s Sinai Peninsula this summer as part of the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping force.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A 40+ US battalion is involved. Perhaps greater numbers are now. Sinai deployment maybe shifted to Cairo.<\/p>\n

A so-called Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is composed of troops from 13 governments. It\u2019s trained in riot control. It\u2019s mandate is controlling violence. Its mission is serving US imperial interests.<\/p>\n

Events continue fast moving. Updated reports follow others moments earlier. Tanks are deployed in central Cairo.<\/p>\n

Morsi\u2019s government is crumbling. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr resigned. So did military advisor General Sami Anan.<\/p>\n

Senior judges and police officials joined anti-Morsi protesters. SCAF promises intervention if he fails \u201cto heed the will of the people.\u201d His deadline passed to do so.<\/p>\n

Muslim Brotherhood officials were arrested. Reports suggest they\u2019ll be tried for crimes in office. Morsi\u2019s last message was resist. He urged doing so peacefully.<\/p>\n

Angry protesters want him out. They got what they asked for. The Military dictatorship replaced him. Expect final outcome to same old, same old.<\/p>\n

Replacing Mubarak accomplished nothing. Expect nothing different this time. Democracy\u2019s verboten. Popular needs aren\u2019t addressed.<\/p>\n

Nothing going forward looks promising. Expect festering anger to continue. In time it\u2019ll again erupt. Perhaps much more violently.<\/p>\n

Revolutionary struggles aren\u2019t easy. They take time. Dozens died in recent days. Thousands may next time.<\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

His new book is titled \u201cBanker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/em><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n

It airs Fridays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.progressiveradionetwork.com\/the-progressive-news-hour<\/p>\n

Republished with permission from: Global Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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