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\u003C!-- \u003C!--//-->\u003C![CDATA[// >\u003C!-- \u003C!--//-->\u003C![CDATA[// >\u003C!-- !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^https:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+\"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); //-->\u003C!]]]]]]>\u003C![CDATA[>\u003C![CDATA[> //-->\u003C!]]]]>\u003C![CDATA[> //-->\u003C!]]> And Al-Jazeera continued its live coverage: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/yYO1EwNbgcQ?feature=player_profilepage expand=1 site_id=25320514] _______________________________________________ EARLIER: The enormous crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square was deafening on Wednesday, as millions of Egyptians opposed to the rule of President Mohammed Morsi continued their defiant stand against the ruling government as they awaited the military council's response to latest statements regarding the political impasse that has engulfed the nation. The tensions in Egypt come from a complex triade of forces with Morsi supporters, consolidated within the Muslim Brotherhood from which he hails, standing off against the secular, more liberal supporters of the Tamarod--or rebel--coalition and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) which has threatened to intercede in order to restore order. The palpable anxiety of those in Tahrir was expressed well by this tweet by independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous from Cairo: [twitter_embed https://twitter.com/sharifkouddous/statuses/352461338657820673 text=\"\\u201cWhatever the military decides, the situation is such that one side will explode in anger. Violence is imminent. #Egypt\\u201d\" name=\"Sharif Kouddous \\u0634\\u0631\\u064a\\u0641 \\u0639\\u0628\\u062f \\u0627\\u0644\\u0642\\u062f\\u0648\\u0633\" screen_name=\"sharifkouddous\" id=\"352461338657820673\" created_ts=1372868306 iframe_id=\"twitter-embed-352461338657820673\" expand=1 embed_desktop_width=550 embed_desktop_height=273 embed_mobile_width=375 embed_mobile_height=297] Morsi has been defiant against calls for him to step aside by the populist movement opposed to his rule and on Tuesday said he would lay down his life in order to protect the legitimacy of his government. \"My life is the price for protecting the legitimacy [of the constitution],\" Morsi said in a televised speech late on Tuesday. His backers are calling the military's assertion of power the precursor to a coup de'ta. Meanwhile, Egypt's military council, which set an afternoon deadline for Morsi to properly address the crisis, said it was meeting with various members of the opposition to help determine its next move. Numerous reports indicate the military has overtaken state television stations, though what they plan to do next remained a mystery as the nation awaited official word from SCAF leader, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. This Common Dreams generated Twitter feed is tracking the latest developments from informed experts and sources on the ground in Egypt: Tweets about \"lang:en from:sharifkouddous OR from:Beltrew OR from:glcarlstrom OR from:JamalsNews OR from:MadaMasr OR from:RawyaRageh\" \u003C!--//-->\u003C![CDATA[// >\u003C!-- \u003C!--//-->\u003C![CDATA[// >\u003C!-- \u003C!--//-->\u003C![CDATA[// >\u003C!-- !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^https:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+\"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); //-->\u003C!]]]]]]>\u003C![CDATA[>\u003C![CDATA[> //-->\u003C!]]]]>\u003C![CDATA[> //-->\u003C!]]> The following outlets are also providing quality live coverage from Egypt: Al-Jazeera, Ahram Online, and The Guardian. Live shots from Tahrir Square via ONtv Live: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/rbL_q1i7-Pk?feature=player_detailpage expand=1 site_id=25320514] ___________________________","author":{"@type":"Person","description":"Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams.","identifier":"25378338","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8zMTk4NTAxMy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTc2OTMyOTAxMH0.G1hcFKvv76jF8ZN3JTc0kriM5ESoD9x6t8KHS64_rJM/image.jpg?width=210"},"name":"jon-queally","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/author/jon-queally"},"dateModified":"2022-12-22T04:32:01Z","datePublished":"2013-07-03T15:29:03Z","description":"'We don't want to exclude anyone,' says leader of Morsi opposition; 'Egypt just went back to square one in its post-Mubarak transition' says journalist","headline":"'Overthrow': Egypt's Military Ousts Morsi, Suspends Constitution","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"600","representativeOfPage":"True","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/egypt-s-general-abdul-fattah-al-sisi-has-announced-that-mohammed-morsi-is-no-longer-the-president-as-he-present-a-roadmap-for.jpg?id=32168164&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C46","width":"1200"},"isAccessibleForFree":"True","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2013/07/03/overthrow-egypts-military-ousts-morsi-suspends-constitution","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.commondreams.org/","@type":"Organization","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"511","url":"https://assets.rbl.ms/32373543/origin.png","width":"1501"},"name":"Common Dreams","sameAs":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dreams","https://www.facebook.com/commondreams.org","https://twitter.com/commondreams"],"url":"https://www.commondreams.org/"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":["h1",".widget__subheadline",".social-author",".body-description"]}},{"@id":"https://www.commondreams.org/","@type":"Organization","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressCountry":"USA","addressLocality":"Portland","addressRegion":"Maine","postalCode":"04112","streetAddress":"PO Box 443"},"alternateName":"CommonDreams.org","contactPoint":{"@type":"ContactPoint","availableLanguage":"English","email":"info@commondreams.org","telephone":"+1-207-775-0488","url":"https://www.commondreams.org"},"ethicsPolicy":"https://www.commondreams.org/ethics-policy","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"511","representativeOfPage":"True","url":"https://assets.rbl.ms/32373543/origin.png","width":"1501"},"name":"Common Dreams","nonprofitStatus":"Nonprofit501c3","publishingPrinciples":"https://www.commondreams.org/publishing-principles","sameAs":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dreams","https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010146/","https://www.facebook.com/commondreams.org","https://twitter.com/commondreams","https://www.instagram.com/commondreams/"],"telephone":"207-775-0488","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/"}]}
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