Will Egypt turn into Syria?
- Egypt Protests: Clashes Near Republican Guard HQ In Cairo Claim 42 Lives  (Huffington Post)
- Muslim Brotherhood Decries Killing of Morsi Supporters in Cairo ‘Massacre‘ (Guardian)
- Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Calls for National Uprising (LA Times)
- Egypt Unrest: Interim Leader Adly Mansour Calls for Calm (BBC)
- Bloodshed in Egypt Saps Support for Military-led Transition (Christian Science Monitor)
- Egypt’s Lesson for Political Islam: Politics Comes First (Reuters)
“Mr Morsi’s 52% of the vote—a stronger endorsement than Barack Obama got five months later—gave him the right to rule. That is why we regard the events of the past few days with trepidation. Mr Morsi’s ouster by a combination of street power and soldiers sets a dreadful precedent for the region”:
“Mr. Morsi never believed the generals would turn on him as long as he respected their autonomy and privileges…. The Brotherhood was naturally suspicious of the military, its historical opponent, but General Sisi cultivated Mr. Morsi and other leaders, one of them said, including going out of his way to show that he was a pious Muslim”
Franklin Lamb’s anonymous White House source says ElBaradei’s lobbyists  offered full observation of the Camp David Accord, additional guarantees that “the Zionist regime occupying Palestine will be given prime estate for its Embassy” and a tougher stance on Iran’s nuclear program in return for help making him Egypt’s president:
- Is Obama Backing ElBaradei? (Counterpunch)
“Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt’s military on the killing of at least 40 people, most of them supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, outside an army facility”:
- Al-Jazeera Kicked Out of Egypt News Conference (AP / abc News)
“Two days after he became a U.S. citizen, Abdiwali Warsame embraced the First Amendment by creating a raucous Web site about his native Somalia…. Although he did not know it, Warsame had been caught up in a shadowy Defense Department counterpropaganda operation”:
- Somali American Caught Up in a Shadowy Pentagon Counterpropaganda Campaign (Washington Post / somalimidnimo.com)
The Sahrawi women attribute their prominent role to the indigenous people’s “moderate interpretation of Islam and the freedom they derived from their nomadic roots — but also, perhaps counterintuitively, to the prevalence of traditional gender roles, which they say give women the time to demonstrate”:
“The Afghan government has in the past said that Kandahari is Afghan-American, although his exact background remains unclear”
“Syria’s ruling Baath party announced Monday it elected a new regional command to replace its aging leadership, including the country’s longtime vice president, as government forces closed in on a key rebel-held neighborhood in central Syria” and “opposition prime minister Ghassan Hitto resigned from his post”:
- Syria’s Ruling Party Elects New Command Amid War (AP / abc News)
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