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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

A Coup?

Egypt's president Muhammad Morsi refused to comply to the demands imposed on him by the Tamurad (rebel) protest movement and the Egyptian army.  At about 6:30pm this evening the military deployed into the streets of Cairo and throughout the rest of Egypt.  It isn't clear at the moment whether this counts as a coup, but what is clear is that Morsi has lost everything except the name of president.  He has been banned from traveling outside of the country and his cabinet and staff have left their positions.  Here are some pictures of the massive protests the past few nights and the military deploying into Cairo (all downloaded from Twitter, we still aren't allowed to go out):





And here are some celebratory pictures.  The Egyptians (most of them) seem to be ecstatic and have been driving around honking and celebrating for several hours now.



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