President Mohamed Morsi Gives Egypt’s Army The Power To Arrest Civilians
by NTEB News Desk
Mohamed Morsi gives Egypt's army police powers ahead of referendum
President
Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt's army to take on police powers –
including the right to arrest civilians – in the run-up to a divisive
constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street protests.
This is what a dictator rising to power looks like
The
decree, published in the government gazette, takes effect on the eve of
mass rival protests on the referendum and follows street clashes that
have left seven people dead and hundreds injured.
It
orders the military to fully co-operate with police "to preserve
security and protect vital state institutions for a temporary period, up
to the announcement of the results from the referendum," according to a
copy of the decree obtained by AFP.
The
military, which ruled Egypt between the ouster of former president
Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and the election of Morsi in June this
year, has sought to remain neutral in the political crisis.
It has warned it "will not allow" the situation to deteriorate, and urged both sides to dialogue.
Army
tanks and troops have since Thursday deployed around Morsi's
presidential palace but they have not confronted thousands of protesters
who have gathered there every night.
The
opposition, made up of secular, liberal, left wing and Christian
groups, has said it will escalate its protests to scupper the
referendum.
It
views the draft constitution, largely drafted by Morsi's Islamist
allies, as undermining human rights, the rights of women, religious
minorities, and curtailing the independence of the judiciary.
Morsi,
though, has defiantly pushed on with the new charter, seeing it as
necessary to secure democratic reform in the wake of Mubarak's 30-year
autocratic rule.
Late
Sunday, the main opposition group, the National Salvation Front, called
for huge protests in Cairo to reject the December 15 referendum.
It
dismissed a key concession Morsi made rescinding another decree giving
himself near-absolute powers as too late, saying he had already used it
to railroad through the draft constitution.
"We do not recognise the draft constitution because it does not represent the Egyptian people," National Salvation Front spokesman Sameh Ashour told a news conference.
Going
ahead with the referendum "in this explosive situation with the threat
of the Brothers' militias amounts to the regime abandoning its
responsibilities," he said. In recent days, the protesters have hardened
their slogans, going beyond criticism of the decree and the referendum
to demand Morsi's ouster.
The
Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, shot back that it and
allied Islamist movements would counter with their own big rallies in
the capital in support of the referendum.
"We are calling for a demonstration Tuesday, under the slogan 'Yes to legitimacy'," the Brotherhood's spokesman, Mahmud Ghozlan, told AFP.
Morsi's camp argues it is up to the people to accept or reject the draft constitution.
If
the charter is rejected, Morsi has promised to have a new one drawn up
by 100 officials chosen directly by the public rather than appointed by
the Islamist-dominated parliament. But analysts said still-strong public
support for Morsi, and the Brotherhood's proven ability to mobilise the
grassroots level, would likely help the draft constitution be adopted.
"The
Muslim Brotherhood believes that it has majority support so it can win
the constitutional referendum," said Eric Trager, analyst at the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
If that happens, he warned, it would "set up the country for prolonged instability". source - Telegraph UK
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Obama sends Muslim Brotherhood rulers more tanks and fighter jets
More tanks for Egypt this year than the entire Marine Corps has…For the new Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood dominated government, the Obama Administration is ensuring another $1.3 billion annual shipment of state-of-the-art weaponry.
As reported by The Washington Times, despite Egypt’s new president Mohammed Morsi being a member of the terrorist related Muslim Brotherhood, the money and arms pipeline from Washington to Cairo will remain open and flowing.
Morsi has recently granted himself virtual dictatorial power in his native land.
To keep Morsi’s actions in perspective, many political pundits have described his power grab as if Barack Obama fired every Republican in the U.S. Congress and dissolved the Supreme Court.
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This year alone, Obama will be sending the Egyptians 200 M1A1 Main Battle Tanks.
Egypt already maintains the world’s 7th largest tank force, numbering in at 4,000.
The active-duty Marine Corps has less than 150 M1A1 Abrams tanks in its inventory at any given time.
Under the new Obama budget, the tank force for The Corps, along with the rest of the U.S. Armed forces are facing a $1,000,000,000,000 cut over the next decade.
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Black Friday For Housing Applications: COPS Called When Crowd Signing Up For Housing List Gets ‘Out Of Control’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police sprayed Mace on several people in a crowd that had gathered to sign up for a list to get subsidized housing at a northwest Columbus apartment complex.
Police said the crowd started to gather Friday night for the Saturday morning event at The Heritage apartment complex on Gatewood Road near Sunbury Road in northeast Columbus.
Authorities said that its highest number, the crowd reached 2,000 people.
Residents in the area called police overnight and complained about the noise and number of cars in the neighborhood.
According to police, a melee broke out when the manager of the complex started to set up for the event just before 7 a.m. Saturday morning.
Several individuals were sprayed with Mace by police and treated at the scene by emergency crews.
Police did not report making any arrests.
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