Monday, July 1, 2013
EGYPT: ULTIMATUM TO MORSI: YOU HAVE ONE DAY
◼ Egypt's armed forces sent a stiff message to the country's embattled president and his political opponents and allies, saying Monday that the growing governing dispute must be resolved in 48 hours or it will step in to restore order. - CNN
◼ Protesters storm Muslim Bros HQ - AP
Sunday saw millions of Egyptians flood the streets nationwide in a massive outpouring of anger and frustration with the president and the Brotherhood, the Islamist group that propelled Morsi to power. The protests were largely peaceful, although in a sign of the volatility of the country's divisions, clashes erupted in the evening around the Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters between armed Morsi supporters barricaded inside the building and young protesters pelting it with firebombs and rocks.
◼ Set ablaze, looted - AlJazeera
◼ 10 killed after millions flood streets - alarabiya.net
Muslim Brotherhood vows action after Cairo headquarters attacked - “It’s very dangerous for one entity in society to take up violence as a means of change because it may entice others to do so. The Muslim Brotherhood is a disciplined organization,” he said, criticizing the security forces for failing to protect the headquarters in Sunday’s attack.
“The people will not sit silent,” the spokesman said.
◼ Dutch reporter gang-raped in Tahrir Square - YNet
Egyptian media reported Sunday that a Dutch journalist was raped by several men in Cairo's Tahrir Square a few days ago.
Dina Zakaria, a journalist reporting for the "Egypt 25" news channel affiliated with the January 25 revolution, shared the incident on her Facebook page Sunday: "A Dutch journalist in Tahrir was raped by men who dub themselves revolutionists. Her condition is severe and she is hospitalized."
◼ Return of the revolution? Egypt's Tahrir Square is packed to capacity again as thousands protest against hated president - Tara Brady/Daily Mail
◼ Obama’s leadership in worldwide Jihad hits a snag - David Rushton/Canada Free Press