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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Sun Jan 27, 2013, 04:52 PM Jan 2013

Egypt unrest: Morsi declares emergency in three cities

Source: BBC

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismalia after days of deadly unrest.

A daily curfew from 21:00 to 06:00 will be imposed for 30 days from Monday, he said in a speech to the nation.

At least 33 people died over the weekend in Port Said, where a court judgment sparked rioting.

Unhappiness with Mr Morsi's rule fuelled unrest elsewhere.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21224643

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Egypt unrest: Morsi declares emergency in three cities (Original Post) Bosonic Jan 2013 OP

This can get uglier iandhr Jan 2013 #1

Fuck Morsi. I hope that piece of shit gets the Gaddafi treatement. ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #2

Representative "democracy" tama Jan 2013 #3

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

1. This can get uglier

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 05:42 PM

Jan 2013

ButterflyBlood

(12,644 posts)

2. Fuck Morsi. I hope that piece of shit gets the Gaddafi treatement.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 05:44 PM

Jan 2013

He's even worse than Mubarak.

tama

(9,137 posts)

3. Representative "democracy"

Reply to ButterflyBlood (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 07:21 PM

Jan 2013

is very problematic, I agree, but I'm not hoping that Egyptian revolution follows the path of Libya and Syria. Civil war is never something to hope for.

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