Egypt regime warns of crackdown
Egypt’s embattled regime has warned of a military crackdown as massive protests demanding its overthrow spilled out across the country and deadly unrest flared in the remote south. Hundreds of demonstrators marched on parliament from the epicentre of the uprising in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the day after the largest protests since the revolt began, as other demonstrations erupted in cities across the country. Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit warned the army, until now a respected and mostly neutral force on Cairo’s streets, would intervene to protect the country if the protests against President Hosni Mubarak escalated. “If chaos occurs, the armed forces will intervene to control the country,…
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Egypt regime warns of crackdown
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