Egypt President Vows to Battle for Security to the End
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Egyptian President Adly Mansour vowed on Thursday to battle for security "to the end", as Islamists promised new protests against his army-installed interim government.
"We are at a decisive moment in Egypt's history, which some want to steer into the unknown," he said in a televised address.
"We will fight the battle for security to the end. We will preserve the revolution."
Mansour, a top judge appointed as caretaker leader after the military's overthrow of elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, again offered an olive branch to Morsi's Islamist backers.
But he also pledged "transitional justice," amid calls for the prosecution of Morsi and a crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood movement.
"The framework of justice and reconciliation extends to all," he said.
The Muslim Brotherhood has refused any dealings with Mansour and has said it will keep up its protests until Morsi is reinstated.
It has called for new rallies on Friday. Anti-Morsi groups have called for counter-demonstrations.
18 July 2013, 22:58
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"The Muslim Brotherhood has refused any dealings with Mansour and has said it will keep up its protests until Morsi is reinstated."
Well, it is not going to happen... I hope "Muslim Brotherhood" will learn a valuable lesson that if you try to impose and force your Islamic law on people, you are setting yourself up for a complete failure. people did not ask for Mubarak to leave only to be replaced by worse. I am very proud of the Egyptian people... I hope the Syrian people will learn a lesson from the Egyptians and after they hang Bashar upside-down in Damascus square, they can build a true democratice country.
19 July 2013, 09:15
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Many years ago, people prayed for "Stone Gods", imposing their religious beliefs and will on other societies/civilizations in the name of their respective man made gods. Now that we've accepted the "One God" theology, it is funny how these same type of oppressive people still find a way to interject their will of religion on others. All this has happened before and will happen again. I commend the brave people of Egypt for having the resolve to push back the religious zealots from the business of running a country and state institutions.
19 July 2013, 14:39
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What exactly has that do to do with internal affairs within Egypt. Because of Camp David, Egypt receives billions of $'s in aid from the US every year, so try and imagine the economy without that aid.
