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Egyptian health dept. reports 29 Muslim Brotherhood protesters killed, 650 injured, says MB inflated Saturday’s casualties

The Egyptian Health Moslem Brotherhood reported 29 Muslim Brotherhood protesters killed, 650 injured – not more 100 dead and 4,000 injured as the Brotherhood claimed from live fire it said was directed against its supporters around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Nasser City … Continue reading

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Six Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood highups flee to Gaza, set up command post for uprising

A group of six Muslim Brotherhood officials escaped from Egypt after their president was overthrown in a military coup July 3 and smuggled themselves into the Gaza Strip to lead an uprising against the military in Cairo, DEBKAfile’s exclusive intelligence sources … Continue reading

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Egypt set for Fattah 2 offensive on Sinai Islamist terror. Gaza sealed. US and Israeli forces on alert

The Egyptian army has set Friday, July 19, as D-Day for launching a major offensive, dubbed Fattah 2 (Conquest 2), against a coalition of aggressive Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood operatives, Hamas and Jihad Islami groups terrorizing Sinai. The commanders of Egypt’s … Continue reading

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Sinai Salafis in all-out war on Egyptian forces, blocking roads to MFO base and Israeli border

The security situation in Sinai and along the Egypt-Israel frontier is rapidly going from bad to worse. The Islamist coalition’s war on Egyptian police and military positions has gone far beyond the isolated strikes here and there reported by official spokesmen, DEBKAfile’s … Continue reading

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Appeal to the international community to avoid bloodshed in Egypt

According to public statements, three days from today, on July 19th, the Muslim Brotherhood will begin attacks against Egypt’s military compounds, military personnel, government buildings, and soft targets (houses, stores, and churches) in order to recover and secure their power over Egypt—then reinstate Mohammad … Continue reading

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Why Are Egyptians Willing to Fight for Freedom and We Are Not?

As Obama and McCain rally behind the Muslim Brotherhood, I have to ask why are Egyptians willing to fight for freedom and we are not? What led the previous Egyptian government to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt until Obama … Continue reading

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Obama frowns on Egyptian army’s alignment with Gulf regimes, coming crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

After US Secretary of State John Kerry was filmed vacationing on his yacht at the peak of the Egyptian crisis, President Barack Obama released this statement early Sunday, July 7: “The US is not aligned with and is not supporting … Continue reading

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Egyptian, Israeli military alerts prompted by Islamist mutiny threat from Sinai and first attacks

A new Egyptian crisis arena: the Egyptian and Israeli armies Friday, July 5, raised their alert levels on either side of the Sinai border after the Muslim Brotherhood declared Sinai its center of revolt and revenge for the Egyptian army’s … Continue reading

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Army gives Cairo politicians 48 hours to meet “people’s demands” – implying option of military takeover

Egypt’s defense minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi issued a statement on behalf of the armed forces Monday, July 1, warning the politicians they had 48 hours to “meet the people’s demands” and agree on an inclusive road map for the way ahead. He … Continue reading

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Egypt’s Morsi Still President As Ministers Resign, Muslim Brotherhood Offices Destroyed

The Muslim Brotherhood offices: With over a million people crowded into the streets of Cairo (and 16 reported dead and 781 injured according to The Jerusalem Post), the situation in Egypt is becoming more unstable. Amid cheers of “the people demand … Continue reading

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Egypt on Fire: The Muslim Brotherhood offices have been set on fire

It appears the re-civil-war in Egypt is gathering pace. What started at tens of thousands has swelled to hundreds of thousands of people crowded into the infamous Tahrir Square. As the live feed below shows, for now it is lasers, fireworks, … Continue reading

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Egypt violence builds, American among dead

Two people, one an American, were killed when protesters stormed an office of Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, adding to growing tension ahead of mass rallies aimed at unseating the Islamist president. A third man was killed and 10 … Continue reading

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Egypt clerics warn of ‘civil war’

Egypt’s leading religious authority warned of “civil war” on Friday and called for calm after a member of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood was killed ahead of mass rallies aimed at forcing the president to quit. “Vigilance is required to ensure … Continue reading

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As Egypt lurches into civil strife, local militias raise their heads

After weeks of mounting anti-government turmoil across Egypt, army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi finally spoke up Sunday, June 23, to warn that the Egyptian army would “not watch the country descend into uncontrollable conflict” ahead of the planned June 30 mass … Continue reading

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The Cloak Is About to Come Off

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