By ousting military chiefs, Egypt's Morsi shows he's a force to be reckoned with

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi, right, meeting Monday with newly-appointed Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo.

 

NEWS ANALYSIS

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi may be owed an apology.

Many observers had him pegged as the rather boring, mild-mannered sort who would not say "boo" to a goose, never mind take on the entrenched interests of Egypt's powerful military. But signs have emerged that suggest he cannot be so easily pigeonholed.


To be fair, Morsi hid his true character well.

A former leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, he cut an uncharismatic figure on the election trail and won by just a whisker over the army’s favored candidate.

Then his first cabinet, unveiled at the beginning of August, held few clues to the excitement ahead. The choices were unambitious, most observers agreed.

The cabinet even included Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, personification of the old regime.

It was Tantawi who ruled Egypt after his friend Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011 after nearly three decades in power. Tantawi himself had served as minister of defense for 20 years.

But now Tantawi and the chief-of-staff, Gen. Sami Annan, have been shown the door.

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Eighteen days of popular protest culminated in the downfall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011.

Political pugilist?
It looks like a stunning blow to the old guard -- a move that Morsi followed by abolishing the generals' June decree that sought to curb the powers of the president’s office.

Morsi appears to be more of a fighter than anyone thought.

The armed forces had supplied Egypt's presidents for six decades, beginning with the 1952 officers' coup led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Muslim Brotherhood's political activities were tightly limited for most of those decades.

"Morsi settles the struggle for power," Reuters quoted a headline in the state-owned Al-Akhbar daily.

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"Morsi ends the political role for the armed forces," the independent Al-Masry Al-Youm wrote. Another, Tahrir, called it the "president's revolution against the military," according to Reuters.

As of Monday, the military had shown no sign of challenging Morsi’s move, the official state-run news agency reported.

But the question is: Why the sudden change?

Suspected Islamic militants have been killed in a major security crackdown by Egypt near the border with Israel. Security forces on both sides of the border are on high alert. NBC's John Ray reports.

For an answer, look to the Sinai Peninsula and the attacks by Islamist militants that took the lives of 16 Egyptian border guards before making a futile attempt to storm into Israel.

The murder of so many Egyptian soldiers stoked an angry public backlash, and an emboldened Morsi fired his head of military intelligence, Mourad Mowafi, and other senior security officials.

Blow against 'the deep state'
Still, it is a dramatic leap to then fire Tantawi, by far the heaviest blow struck in Egypt's post-Tahrir Square struggle for power that pits the Muslim Brotherhood against what Egyptians call "the deep state" -- the secretive structure of security and military agencies said still to run the country.

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Rarely, though, are things clear cut. 

Egypt's passage from revolution to democracy was in limbo on Monday, as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in a presidential election while the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak decreed it was they who would keep power for now. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

Tantawi's old job is going to the head of military intelligence – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, one of the generals who defended the use of highly controversial "virginity tests" against female democracy campaigners. And, like the new chief of staff, he is a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the much-reviled group that ran the country after the fall of Mubarak.

So it is not yet clear whether the president has really declared war on the military. But it is clear that he will not be underestimated again.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Morsi and his group openly state their goal is to bring the world to their way of life....... Paint the picture any way you want but do you want to see all women in New York City wearing Burkas?

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#1 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:11 PM EDT

Riley:

Do not we want to do same thing? Our way for all?

Do not Christians want to bring all Jews to Jesus on judsgment day and save them?

Do not we propose free enterprise and democracy and individual freedom for all even when our

feedom and privacy is lost partly our of fear and millions of cameras are installed in public places?

Our government can invade our homes without warrents and imprisoned us without charge and notification to loved onew as we did aftger 9/11? We can declared enemy of state at will and deprive people their human rights?

All you are saying is: "You are right and other side is wrong." Republicans and demcorats says same.

Each Christian sects says other sect is wrong? Chruch says it is not sin to get pregnant but it is sin to have abortion!

We can arbitrarily decide right from wrong. But opposite side should not.

Come on, be a real human. Stand for AMerican value that is given by God to all iregardless of race, faith, god they worship, ideology they espouse , decide what is marriage or not or decide what restaurant they want to eat or not without politicians dictating to us.

In Egypt politicians do not care what restaurant is right or wrong. Citizens can decide their own.

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#1.1 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:25 PM EDT

Paint the picture any way you want but do you want to see all women in New York City wearing Burkas?

No.. But I also do not want to see men wearing funny girlie looking pigtails in black dresses either...

    #1.2 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:15 PM EDT

    Welcome to the third world, where nothing ever changes but the idiots in charge. Egypt, your going to reap what your Muslim Brotherhood has sewn.

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    #1.3 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:10 PM EDT

    Each Christian sects says other sect is wrong? Chruch says it is not sin to get pregnant but it is sin to have abortion!

    The difference between Christians and Muslims is Christians don't kill each other like Shea and Sunni's do everyday all day in so many Muslim countries. Quit trying to put your Islamic indoctrination as parallel to others, it is a way of life not a religion. Your religion wants to control others. We don't "tent" our women because they "have to be controled". We also don't cower on our knees with our rears up in the air 5 times a day, 7 days a week. Your argument is bogus.

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    #1.4 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:16 PM EDT

    for jcb-1236504!!!!! i realy don't want to respond to ignorants because i will similar to them and you the king of all ignorants and idiots unfortunate you don't know any thingbut bogus ideas you hear it from the narrow minded blind folded ignorants with hatered against muslims!!! the only thing i will say we as humans will meet in the day of judgement i'm not sure if we will be in havens or hell god knows.

      #1.5 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:56 PM EDT

      Muslim brother hood are a terror group, they killed president anwar elsadat, they killed too many foreigners with the name of your Allah and they killed too many officers , Muslim brotherhood use religion to act and it is like my way or the high way like what is going on in Egypt right now, you faked the election, you prevent the Christians in Egypt to vote in three states , essayed you full of evil like your Muslim brother evil hood

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      #1.6 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:54 PM EDT

      The difference between Christians and Muslims is Christians don't kill each other like Shea and Sunni's do everyday all day in so many Muslim countries

      Not entirely true. There are a number of LGBT people who have died over christian views.

        #1.7 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:03 PM EDT

        Not a movement nut job...:o)

          #1.8 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:28 PM EDT

          Hummmmmmmmmm ..... Firing top military leaders, does not make the man ....

          he has to survive and put his own people (that he can rely on and trust) in key positions of the bureaucracy .... and that may not be so easy. This man has a tough road to hoe!

          The military leaders controls great portions of the economic engine of Egypt .. and reap the benefits ... Do you really think they will roll over & die ... or just play possum for awhile .... till the time is ripe?

          Good luck Mr Morsi .... your going to need it!

            #1.9 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:59 AM EDT

            The difference between Christians and Muslims is Christians don't kill each other like Shea and Sunni's do everyday all day in so many Muslim countries

            One word: Crusades.

            Organized religions the world over have been the cause of war for millenia, even today there is still unrest in Ireland between Protestant and Catholicism. Don't fool yourself, America was invaded and stolen by those seeking religious freedom yet they denied it to the Native people, England invaded and ruled many countries forcing the King's religion on them for centuries including India, South Africa, Burma, Egypt, Scottland, Ireland, and many more. It's not the religion itself that causes the problem, it is man's ego that makes him insist his way is best, and because of this religion becomes a point of war.

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            #1.10 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:10 AM EDT

            One word: Crusades.

            Get real, like in the last 6 centuries. Pathetic.

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            #1.11 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:36 AM EDT

            for jcb-1236504!!!!! i realy don't want to respond to ignorants because i will similar to them and you the king of all ignorants and idiots unfortunate you don't know any thingbut bogus ideas you hear it from the narrow minded blind folded ignorants with hatered against muslims!!! the only thing i will say we as humans will meet in the day of judgement i'm not sure if we will be in havens or hell god knows.

            What? Learn to write, then maybe someone will take you seriously. God is a fantasy made up by weak humans to answer questions that have no answer, Mr. Islam.

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            #1.12 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:39 AM EDT

            this what marsy the now president (jailed previous )

            Chancellor congratulations Jabali, Vice President of the Supreme Constitutional Court, if there are directions "suspicious" about the restructuring of the courts, and the abolition of the Supreme Constitutional Court, and judicial bodies of ancient, noting that to the bill eliminating the common, which requires the integration of the Supreme Constitutional Court with the Court of Cassation, to become The Supreme Constitutional just circle in which, she said.

            She noted that the drafters of the proposed law also demanding the lifting of constitutional texts, which was established jurisprudence of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the State Council, as the same reference.

            The chancellor said Jabali in a statement the "gate-Ahram" that attempts to cancel the Supreme Constitutional Court or scaled will be at the expense of protection of the rights and freedoms of the Egyptian people, pointing to its terms of reference of historical cross 43 years, and internationally classified in third place on the world fortress to protect the rights and freedoms, such as the rights of women, minorities religious, the right to education, and social security.

            She added: "We are in the face of the siege of one of the institutions protect the rights and freedoms of the Egyptian people."

            It considered that the Chancellor congratulations Jabali is of the Egyptian people will fight for the Supreme Constitutional Court, because he knows that it can protect fever of his rights and freedoms, and that any attempt to harm them will resist strong resistance from the Egyptian people, who have the right to defend their rights and institutions.

            On cancellation of President Mohammad Marina to announce constitutional CMOS chancellor said congratulations Jabali The President of the Republic came from the path of constitutional and legal, through elections, which I swear the oath to respect the law and the Constitution of this document, how would he shall cancel after that, saying that he may not legally not constitutionally abolished, nor is the power plant can be issued other constitutional ads.

            The Jabali that this is a form of concentration owes full in the hands of the individual, saying that absolute power corrupts absolutely, which revolted the Egyptian people for it, he gathered the authorities full at the same time about the matter to the dictator did not happen in the history of the Egyptian state, stressing that All of this aimed at the restructuring of the Egyptian state according to visualize associated Balvesel who belongs to the President, rather than achieving the objectives of the Egyptian revolution, and in favor of the Egyptian people, but to achieve the objectives of the particular group.

            On the other hand confirmed Jabali, the Ministry of the Interior has on the communication made by tracking the websites, and accounts on social networking sites, which speaks in its name, location, published a picture of power of attorney says Suzanne Mubarak and those congratulations Jabali lawyer her, pointing out that this power of attorney forged , and does not have any basis in truth, did not happen in her life, a lawyer, she said.

            The Jabali The website, published Power of Attorney continued for the Muslim Brotherhood, and bearing the emblem of the group, and he has been to offer 5 accused of Dar es Salaam to the public prosecution, and prosecutors initiate investigations on its way to refer the accused to trial, saying that he attended with the accused four lawyers from the Brotherhood, she said .

            Jabali was charged with the administration of her lawyer filed a lawsuit against the defendants, and to claim compensation for the insults to its reputation and its history, in cooperation with the prosecution and the prosecution, she said.

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            #1.13 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:01 PM EDT

            This guy is a terrorist plain and simple.

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            #1.14 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:58 AM EDT

            Dear JCB, the Crusades started something that has never completely ended, and as for your comment about something in the last 6 centuries, you might want to look up Protestant and Catholicism in Ireland, or Christian Fundamentalists in Uganda or about 10 other religious actions that are happening right now.

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            #1.15 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:10 PM EDT

            Dear Upright,

            The Crusades occured beacuse Muslims attacked, sacked, and killed every Christian in the cities in the middle East. Then the Church declared a Holy war. Not as the agressors, but in response to all the Christians being slaughtered (including children) for being Christans. Yes the Crusades occured yes they fought back, however the war was one started by Islam.

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            #1.16 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:30 AM EDT

            Corvon you are right!! I don´t know if it´s the dumbing down of the world in general but ignorance can be very deadly.The Islamic terrorists know what they are about.When they have a knife to your throat it´s a little too late to start learning.No joke. And the knife is getting closer to all of us!

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            #1.17 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:21 PM EDT

            @JCB-1236504 You say "we" don't kill each other like the muslims do, and I'm assuming by "we" you mean christians. Assuming that this is the case, you must mean ALL christians, not just christians living in the United States...That's got to be a joke, right? Christians have killed each other since the birth of christianity just like Muslims continue to do so against each other now. Maybe you should read Mein Kampf just for one 'small' example. One of Adolf's main propaganda techniques was using his Catholic background to incite anger against the Jews for the killing of Jesus, claiming that all Jews were religiously "impure" for this sin. This is also one of the main points that brought about the era of New Germany from 1934-1939. "Oh my God, Hitler wasn't an Atheist like we were taught in school," you ask? No, Hitler was a staunch and devout Catholic, born and raised. Surely you also realize that Jews were not the only ones who died as a target of Hitler's atrocities, as 12-15 million Christians also died as a result of war and German occupation. Only one example out of many, good sir. Don't make ignorant comments when you have no idea what you're talking about.

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            #1.18 - Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:45 PM EDT
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            Well to use a comparison that has its defects but is still very valid..Hitler was elected as well.Getting elected doesn´t mean you can overthrow the constitution or the civil society.If you try to do that you become a criminal and must be overthrown.As time went on people in Germany tried to kill Hitler and overthrow the nazi revolution.But it was too late .The Muslim brotherhoood an Islamist group which wants to overthrow civic and secular society in Egypt and put in sharia law.Christian Copts , secular non Islamists Muslims .women in general would feel the heavy boot of a brutal totalitarian state. This Mursi shows his wolf´ s tail quickly.The military has the obligation to protect ALL Egyptians and put on a muzzle and ball and chain if he goes beyond his power and overthrows democracy and civil rights,No election is enough to do that.Obviously.Let´s hope the miltary continues to be the ruling force in Egypt and asserts its authority. If that is needed, it will be for the good of the WHOLE country!!

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            Reply#2 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:07 PM EDT

            that is lie big lie some one of some coptic extrimists trying to disface the moderate muslim brother hood, i'm not one of them but i watched them arround the 6 decades and i saw them when they were put in the egyptian prisons in time of nasser and sadat and mubarak ,most of them phd's degree in many areas but when the government said lies about them for a long time simple people like you believed what they say,no one wants egypt to be progressed but it will be in spite of the hatered people like ,god bless egypt and the moderate egyptians

              #2.1 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:02 PM EDT

              are you defending terror group call Muslim brother hood, you are one of the Muslim brotherhood, you are a terror group,, you killed president anwar elsadat, you killed too many officers and you killed foreigners with the name of Allah because they are infidels that what you think, and they do not believe in your Allah, so who is the terror, you and your group Muslim brotherhood you are lier like them, you did too many terrror acts, you are evilllllssssssssssssssss,

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              #2.2 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:49 PM EDT
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              Most leaders in the third world, contrary to hysteric self serving take by us, are pragmatic and really want their country to prosper and make name for itself.

              In spite of constant criticism of China from us, it has made tremendous progress. A blind lawyer can make his way thought Chinese system and immigrate to USA on his own is a feat an American citizen will find hard to emulate if Government is dead set against him, We can declare him domestic terrorist or charge him with treason.

              Our police power is so huge and so effective we can yak yak lot but even demonstrations are curtailed in name of society to function.

              I have every confident in Egyptian culture of thousands of years and capacity of Egyptian to take a way to modernity and pull rest of the Arab world with them in due time.

              Women's right comes will economic prosperity. In USA we still cannot elect proportion number of women and domestic abuse is not such a small problem, More than Million women are molested every year and unfortunately as many kids including by people in some of our most prized institutions.

              I do not want foreigners to define how much power our military or Federal Government have over our lives and at the same time foreign nation deserves our respect not to define what is right course for them. In Israel some women still struggle with right to divorce and equal rights, I am sure many Arab women suffer lot more due to status of education, know how and experience with emerging modern culture. Who is to say our culture is better in all social respect where hate rules in issue of abortion and gay rights where we are primitive compared to Europe and many third world countries.

              I love this USA. But We have to be leader of the world and we owe it to our culture to let other societies and cultures define their values for themselves and have that right and liberty to do so.

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              Reply#3 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:53 PM EDT

              We do need to respect different cultures and we expect the same respect of those who arrive on our shores. So, keep your Sharia law in the old country but, when you arrive in the USA , embrace freedom, tolerance, love and mutual respect, especially regarding females. No honor killings, female circumcision, marrying off preteen females to their rapists, etc, etc, etc.

              BTW, my greatest concern is that some Egyptians have forgotten, or never experienced, the brutal truth that war is butchery and NOT glorious!

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              #3.1 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:59 PM EDT
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              Can you imagine if he had been successful in privatizing Social Security

              I do rememeber Bush was pushing "privatizing social security"... He was saying, hey you can make 10% or more instead of 3% raise you got from social security etc etc..

              Now, if that were to happen, all retirees in the last 8 years would be royally f*cked....

              Can you imagine the feast the freaking bloodsuckers in NY would have??

              I had a question for bush and others who were pushing this idea; How about, the feds invest it in stsock market for all of us and keep the change (2%) as tip...We will be good with 8% return..

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              Reply#5 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:21 PM EDT

              I'm afraid that the Prophet Mohamed would be as disgusted as Allahuakhbar will be by the lackadaisical attitude that you take towards what we in the west call womens' rights - but then we have things like Birth Control, and young ladies with Careers are NOT served by a familly, clan, tribe, religious dogma overly zealously or belatedly evoked that forces them into marriages with men whose Financial Potentialities - let alone his ability to actually make happy - a woman who, like all Human Beings, deserves a chance to become all that they can become, lest you Piss Off Allahuakhbar, by keeping some Ayesha down....or something.....

              Gee, maybe I should point out that Happy Marriages between Two People with Compatible Careers create Happier, Healthier, Wiser, Stronger, Better Children....and that, as long as unwanted orphans are not being created and left to fend for themselves (why I mentioned the above), that that is More Important that whether and Man and/or a Woman are "virgins" when they finally come together to form that 'Hey, Babe, Let's Make a Familly!' kinda bond thingy that we call "marriage".

              That is NOT 'Un-Godly" - No! God Is "Love"! (Though, if you wanna graduate.....don't expect God to show you the answers in the back of the Teachers Manual!!!)

              Oops! Now I sound like a Relgious Fanatic!

              Sorry.....Fanzzz.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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              Reply#6 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:23 PM EDT

              that is what is happening in the rule of terror muslim brotherhood in egypt

              In violation of the right and justice and the Constitution and the law is denied christains Copts from their homes and villages in the collective punishment ... Because in all the land, if mob anger disruption of law and justice has been disrupted; and become stupid over this land Aklaúha; who go out to Aaklnoa hatred, and say that they did not abandon forcibly; but they went out of their own!! While they are displaced people forced out in front of the weapon and fires and threats of mass; under the nose of the gap and the security services, fleeing for their lives and their children to the fury of the assault and falsehoods Almstqoan them.

              Pictures, recordings, documented and stored by us for all these events unmistakable, destruction, fires and looting and intentional damage and theft of movable; car Nkulaih; Nawal ticket came to Paradise and Jihad ... Here are forcibly displaced so far not been able to return to the wreckage of their property after all the attempts and efforts ... Is not this displacement and injustice and target mass because of religion??!! Committed by those who were supposed to Istousoa Balqubt good.

              Where conscience and compassion and the law of this popular mood Almthus??!! Vcjb now is not enough, and data and committees are no longer a joke every time you launch the event of a disaster where all deny christains Copts, the owners of egypt!! As in the burn Imbaba church ... In the demolition of the Church of Atfih ... In closing the church Almarenab ... In Minya, Farshout attacks and Amiriya and Dahshur.

              Culture of hatred and arrogance and hypocritical are the dominant reality; a blocking behind all doors and ports; dusty at that time; which flourishes in the ideological mad obsession of concealed wisdom, morality, humanity and neighbors and neighbor ... As a result, surveillance and contempt shipping rhetorical deadly.

              Valthren developed methods of combat to kill sometimes without the gore ... This is the method used against our people Balttoik and strangulation, arson, intimidation and Petrifying; access to leave and migration is irreversible, but hard to happen in the church of the martyrs of ancient "mother of martyrs," the beautiful noble crossed the Sea Alolamat and preserved Bdmaúha right Quima.

              Bulls backed by law of the jungle and numerical Balastqguae; it will not punish a scientist; and even exempted them; and be rewarded ... Taatjeic and sharpen horns poisonous racism and reject the other; to kill and burn and loot and come from all over the world; and blowing from the villages and ranches and neighboring cities, in the attacks agreed that these organisms Coptic no right to live; and that this Christian citizen infidel and sorcerer and a drunkard, and that all the evils of the world which is the cause, and that the suffering and poverty, ignorance and backwardness and degeneration is caused, and that an extension of the Christians of the West ... The result, as is happening and happening, all of which come in the context of the one documented in photographs and recordings are visible.

              Must face this phenomenon Kokabbat First, because it threatens our present and future of our existence, we face all the images of confrontation; because it breaches key for the most basic rights of people humans who are between the overnight throw on the side of the road and stripped of everything; and break their will and are living as refugees in their country; after they lost all their money and Bharithm and Nevsyatem.

              The right of these martyrs alive after that dropped their dignity; and suffered humiliation and forced displacement and escape from death, arson, rape and kidnapping, as if they were "speaking machines" and "baggage alive," do not have any rights.

              These events imposed on the accumulated work of the church and a new unit for crisis management "centralized" and "specialized" to take care of those expelled for righteousness; and good name that he invited them ... We should not ignore is their support for their relatives and their families only, or to leave their aid initiatives whatever necessary ... So as not to find themselves "abandoned" ... But work is needed to a new unit for relief and service to the Holocaust, these plagues which have been exacerbated recently ... In addition to thinking and hard work to find solutions to deal with those in distress if their return ... Because it is in need of rehabilitation, restoration, into the hands of the top of every high; which is observed above all.

              I have put on the church this role Ksamera this time; by living the way save its members from the bargaining and subjugation and seduction; and the assassination of Satan, as the plan of God is to install the kingdom of God in the hearts; accepting the holy life under any circumstance and situation; because the Bible came to fit all situations and communities, is to test the efficient of the doctrine of the correct completion of faith in the business; that we live our company and our unity in complementing the needs of the saints; and honor Christ in those expelled and experienced and victims of Anfa, knowing that the unjust will receive a penalty what injustice it, and that our lord in heaven

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              Reply#7 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:45 PM EDT

              To: Elsayed Hamouda

              Ignorant? You are calling someone from the West ignorant? You with your backwards, nonsensical, misogynistic, freedom-hating, fairty-tale belief in god and prophet...YOU are calling ANYONE else ignorant? YOU whose hypocritically named religion, "peace", suggests that lies to, and the murder of, anyone who doesn't subscribe to your third-rate (after judaism & christianity) religion is justified? YOU whose dogs come to MY country and murder MY countrymen? YOU should feel damned grateful each and every day because, let me tell you something you ignorant fool, Allah isn't the reason you and your filthy little brethren are alive today. The supreme restraint of the People of the United States are the reason why you dogs are still breathing air. WE CAN TURN YOUR LITTLE DESERT INTO GLASS OVERNIGHT.

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              Reply#8 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:07 PM EDT

              :o)

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              #8.1 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:50 PM EDT
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              I would LOVE for a huge showdown with Islam. Rid this planet of that trash once and for all.

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              Reply#9 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:13 PM EDT

              People in "government"have already floated that idea....except they want to keep the profit and all of "us"would be"guaranteed 3%.Because your Lib masters think that would be fair for us "common folk".God,do you not just love double talking Libs?Oh!I think I felt a rat run up my leg,er..a tingle...:o)

                Reply#10 - Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:49 PM EDT

                We cannot be alarmed, these Pharaohs existed long before Islam. No matter how hard we try, whatever political or economic system, being begotten to Pharaohs, they are wired that way. This is Egypt.

                  Reply#11 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:05 AM EDT

                  Let´s hope the military in Egypt is a protector for all the people.The non sharia non Islamist Muslims.,the Christian Copts,the secular Muslims who just want to live their lives as they see fit without the morality police breathing down their necks.This prez can not use one election to suspend civil liberties .He is just one man from one party and the greater good and constitution is above him.If he tries to mess with these the military must take over for the good of the WHOLE country.Hitler won some type of election and then used it to to suspend all future elections and bring in a terrible horror story to his country.This Morsi can´t do an end run around the constitution. or the institutional structures of the country.That will lead not to democracy but an Islamic sharia totalitarian regime..The Brotherhood whether it´s in Egypt,the U.S Europe or anywhere in the world must be held VERY suspect.Their nazi connections are very clear.NO one should be fooled by a more rational flexible veneer.The wolf´s tail may be carefully hidden.but the spots on the leopard might be very dark and nazi like!!

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                  Reply#12 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:16 PM EDT

                  “Hitler and Judaism both guilty for the holocaust” book created to also understand the financial and moral world crisis, and the Middle East Conflict; available in Amazon, English and Spanish.

                    #12.1 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:10 PM EDT
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                    “Hitler and Judaism both guilty for the holocaust” book created to also understand the financial and moral world crisis, and the Middle East Conflict; available in Amazon, English and Spanish.

                      Reply#13 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:08 PM EDT

                      “Hitler and Judaism both guilty for the holocaust” book created to also understand the financial and moral world crisis, and the Middle East Conflict; available in Amazon, English and Spanish.

                        Reply#14 - Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:18 PM EDT

                        Freddy..Hitler was responsible for the holocausr as well as the devastation of Europe,he also killed ahd tortured gypsies,,mental an physically defective people,as well as dissidents of all kinds.The Jews were one of many of his victim.Why not say mentally retarded and phyically handicapped people caused the holocaust by provoking that perverted pyscho Hitler?.The holocaust was Hitlers baby and he is the only one responsible.Or are you going to say the Incas. Mayas.Aztecs and many more indigenous tribes provoked the Spaniards into exterminating them.Entiendes Frederico ??

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                        #14.1 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:31 PM EDT

                        Bart martin.-- if world war weapon by Iran are Iranians or Jews guilty?

                          #14.2 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:17 PM EDT
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                          "To be fair, Morsi hid his true character well." Really? Why is this such a surprise? He did not hide it. He is part of the muslim brotherhood and as a muslim their g-d tells them it's ok to lie. He hid out in the open. And, yes, he wants to take Egypt back 1400 years. Actually, they're half-way there. For those muslims and Islamic sympathizers that want to put Christianity into the mix, one major point is that Jesus never told anyone to kill anyone if they don't follow Him. But Mohamed and his satanic g-d do command muslims to kill anyone that doesn't believe in Islam. That is a fact that you can find in their quran and hadiths. So whoa to the Christians in Egypt during this time because they will be raped and pillaged. I mean, more than they already have been.

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                          Reply#15 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:47 AM EDT

                          Judaism and Islam are wild. civilized democracy the Jews, the Islamic do not want democracy.

                            #15.1 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:22 PM EDT
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                            What idiots.

                              Reply#16 - Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:29 PM EDT
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