Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood pal just fled the palace.
From Fox News.
A protest by at least 100,000 Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.
Crowds around the capital and in the coastal city of Alexandria were still swelling several hours after nightfall. The large turnout signaled sustained momentum for the opposition, which brought out at least 200,000 protesters to Cairo’s Tahrir Square a week ago and a comparable number on Friday. They are demanding the Morsi rescind decrees that placed him above judicial oversight.
In a brief outburst, police fired tear gas to stop protesters approaching the palace in the capital’s Heliopolis district. Morsi was in the palace conducting business as usual while the protesters gathered outside. But he left for home through a back door when the crowds “grew bigger,” according to a presidential official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The official said Morsi left on the advice of security officials at the palace and to head off “possible dangers” and to calm protesters. Morsi’s spokesman, however, said the president left the palace at the end of his work schedule through the door he routinely uses.
The new self-proclaimed Pharaoh isn’t doing so well. C’mon B. Hussein, get on over to Cairo and spread some of that messianic mojo.
Related post:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/the-arab-spring-same-crap-different-muslim-despots/
Related articles:
Egypt’s New Constitution: Laying the Basis for an Islamist, Sharia State (Pajamas Media)