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With Less Than A Day Left, Mursi Demands Withdrawal Of Ultimatum; Mubarak Says Mursi Should Step Down

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When news hit 30 minutes before the market close that the Egyptian president would have a joint statement with the local military, some saw  this was a good sign that there may finally be a compromise forming. Couldn't be further from the truth. As Reuters reports, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi called on the armed forces on Tuesday to withdraw an ultimatum for him to share power with his political opponents and said he would not be dictated to. "President Mohamed Mursi asserts his grasp on constitutional legitimacy and rejects any attempt to deviate from it, and calls on the armed forces to withdraw their warning and refuses to be dictated to internally or externally," a tweet on the official Twitter feed of the Egyptian presidency said. A military source said the armed forces had seen Mursi's statement and would issue a response to it.

And just to complete the epic farce, Al Arabiya reported that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that the country’s current Islamist president, Mohammed Mursi, should step down for the sake of the Egyptian people. One couldn't make this up, nor could one make up the losses those short Egypt risk protection have suffered in the past month as Egypt CDS have widened by 50%.

In the meantime, US puppet Mursi has precisely 23 hours and 53 minutes.

 

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Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:14 | 3715267 buzzsaw99
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a puppet cannot step down, the strings prevent this

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:16 | 3715275 Groundhog Day
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we'll see who is bluffing in less then 24 hours

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:19 | 3715293 francis_sawyer
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I 'doubled up' on the yeast & sugar to help my BREAD HELMET dough rise faster... I'm nervously drumming my fingers at the moment...

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:26 | 3715318 Xibalba
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T-9 until the 'red line' has been crossed in Egypt....must invade, achem...I mean 'liberate' them with US drones.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:50 | 3715408 ACP
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Looks like an Egyptian Standoff.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:39 | 3715606 zerozulu
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Morsi did the same mistake as a lot of other before him did. And that was, he did not execute Mubarak.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:53 | 3715421 inevitablecollapse
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HRC may have some yeast to lend

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:31 | 3715340 Overfed
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Perhaps considerably less.

http://www.morsitimer.com/

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:38 | 3715364 Rusticus
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Mursi is in denial, which is not just a river in Egypt

Wed, 07/03/2013 - 06:54 | 3717048 Flagit
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Mursi is in denial, which is not just a river in Egypt

 

i didn't know your were Egyptian....cause you are knee deep in  DA NILE!

i also like,

ya'll must be haunted.......cause this is some BOO-lshit!

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:11 | 3715474 McMolotov
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To horribly mangle a Marvin Gaye lyric, "Mursi Mursi me, things ain't what they used to be."

Whatever happens, the ordinary Egyptian citizens will likely suffer. It's the same tired script over and over: One dictator gets traded in for another, usually with the backing of Uncle Sam. And people wonder why most of the world hates our government? Who can blame them? It didn't used to be this way. We had a long-ish tradition of staying out of other countries' business, but we've thrown that away over the past hundred years.

Things ain't what they used to be, and everyone is worse off because of it.

Wed, 07/03/2013 - 06:57 | 3717052 Flagit
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To horribly mangle a Marvin Gaye lyric, "Mursi Mursi me, things ain't what they used to be."

or how bout Cannonball Adderley, "Mursi Mursi Murisi"

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 20:15 | 3715953 beefman
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the army is bluffing

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:17 | 3715279 kliguy38
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well done....and don't forget that if he does step down a lot of "puppets" are stacked on top and will come down with him.....quite a juggling act

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:14 | 3715269 Sutton
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Army, if you're gonna do it, then do it. 

Fait Accompli

Just take Morsi out(he's got powerful,insane allies).

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:44 | 3715390 beefman
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They're (the military) not going to do a thing watch and learn. They will come to an agreement soon and then later(months) we will see Morsi's FIST. The ole Texas two-step. 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:17 | 3715280 Flakmeister
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Whats the over under on the death toll?

I'll take the over for anything up to 500....

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:20 | 3715283 Overfed
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The State Department is scrambling for a replacement puppet.

 

I just googled "Morsi Timer", and it's showing 2 hrs and 30 some minutes.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:21 | 3715300 johnQpublic
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kevin clash is free now that three lawsuits have been dropped

this pedigree makes him just the right guy for the job

of course he was just a puppeteer before, but its time for him to step up into the role of a full on puppet

http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/judge-dismisses-three-lawsuits-against-elmo-puppeteer-kevin-clash-6C10488685

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:26 | 3715313 Overfed
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Compared to O'bomb-a, most of Congress, Anthony Weiner, Barney Frank, Hitlary, and the rest of 'em, Kevin Clash is a saint.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:19 | 3715289 Make_Mine_A_Double
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Klassic that Murbarak calls on Morsi to stand down.

+1 for the Hoser

 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:25 | 3715312 buzzsaw99
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Hosni? Is he still alive?

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:41 | 3715369 Mae Kadoodie
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Whoo-ahh, Mursi, Mursi me,  ohh, things 'aint like they used to be..

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:45 | 3715392 The Shootist
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Must be on life support in his bird-cage.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:21 | 3715297 Cdad
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Classic!  Once again, and on behalf of the criminal syndicate known as Wall Street, The BlowHorn [CNBC] rumors that peace is about to break out in Egypt.  Of course, with literally millions of Egyptians gathering in the square, and the Muslim Brotherhood almost certain NOT TO surrender power...where are we now?

But hey...don't worry...as The BlowHorn promised at least ten times today that they would keep an eye on the story for all of us.

Just unplug that network already.  Good grief. 

Anywho...onward then with useless nanosecond stock suggestions from the FastMoney idiots.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:29 | 3715328 NOTW777
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bill griffeth today lamented that egyptians were not being patient enough with the dictator - that they should give him more time  (I guess to brutalize and oppress)

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:26 | 3715315 Sudden Debt
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that's a cool counter!
SOMEBODY MAKE ONE FOR OBAMA!

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:30 | 3715332 Dooud
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That's easy, 00:00:00:00

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:39 | 3715365 Rainman
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00:00:00: 01

he's always late 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:30 | 3715333 RacerX
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Yep time to break out (bake out??) the bread helmets.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:34 | 3715348 Divine Wind
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As of 5:31, AP is reporting that Morsi refuses to step down.

I wonder of he is actually in the palace, or calling the shots from a tent somewhere in the interior of the country.

 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:42 | 3715374 buzzsaw99
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he is probably in a drone control bunker in idaho

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:42 | 3715617 zerozulu
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How did you find out?

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:50 | 3715644 fxrxexexdxoxmx
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Obama only allows Sunni's to go to the bunkers..... oh wait a minute...

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:35 | 3715351 0b1knob
Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:42 | 3715377 Divine Wind
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Morsi now addressing the Egyptian people on Al Jazeera.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:48 | 3715636 zerozulu
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MuslimBrotherhood is more organized than any other political party in Egypt right now. Egyptian and Turkish protester smells same, i don't want to say shit.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 19:54 | 3715867 Renewable Life
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I think Hosni tried that shit, just before the tanks rolled in and the people threw flowers on them and kissed their feet!

Morsi is just another religious zealot, like every religious lunatic in the Middle East and the military and the Egyptian people understand they fight now, or its death camp time very soon!

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:57 | 3715432 g'kar
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tick-tick-tick-tick-boom

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 17:59 | 3715440 Frank N. Beans
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First Hosni

Now Morsi

Egyptians not happy about either one, I guess these are two extremes at opposite ends.

 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:38 | 3715602 Suisse
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Maybe they just want full on Sharia law and free social goodies?

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:05 | 3715463 ebworthen
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Morsi is doing and saying all the wrong things, and increasing his chances of getting a bullet from the military versus a seat at the table.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:45 | 3715618 starman
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Lawrence of Arabia sequel Obama of Arabia

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 18:43 | 3715619 Smuckers
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I think Mursi's sphynx just loosened. 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 21:23 | 3716161 g'kar
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Right now Obama via Clinton is frantically trying to bribe everyone possible to keep the Muslim Brotherhood alive and kicking. Hillary always did remind me of Marcy, Al Bundy's next door neighbor. Fried chicken anyone?

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 19:36 | 3715813 mark mchugh
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What part of "ultimatum" does he not understand?

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 19:49 | 3715851 beefman
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listen to the wisdom of the beefman. MORSI is a fox he will use this INCIDENT to crack down on the people. you will see zerohedgers. Take off your blinders. Morsi is not going anywhere! You guys are being played on an epic scale. You Zerohedgers are so smart you are dumb Well some of YOUS! Watch and Learn A decision will be made the army is talking SMACK Watch and Learn from an old guy.

Mark this post Nothing is going to happen MORSI will stay in power. Anyone want to put their name on the line with me.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 20:23 | 3715984 NoDebt
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So noted.

Always time to listen to someone who is willing to make a strong call on a binary event with a defined timeline.  So, consider your balls officially on the table on this call.

I haven't the slightest clue what will happen, personally.  That he will attempt a severe crackdown, absent a military coup in the next day is beyond debate, however.  Either the military is going to "escort him from the building" or he is going to order the crowds be beaten and teargassed mercilessly into submission.

 

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 19:56 | 3715878 Fix It Again Timmy
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Morsi says, "Let them eat baklava!"

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 19:57 | 3715880 Fix It Again Timmy
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You know how that turned out.....

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 22:33 | 3716453 monoloco
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I'm the dictator, I will not be dictated to!

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 22:54 | 3716518 bluskyes
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I think the real question is: What more important event is this distracting us from?

Wed, 07/03/2013 - 07:13 | 3717076 Flagit
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 I think the real question is: What more important event is this distracting us from?

i dunno man, egypt flaming out is a pretty big deal.

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 23:19 | 3716596 0b1knob
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"Dr. Morsi sent us".   Cry repeated in Egyptian accent by the killers of US ambasador in Bengazhi.

 

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/cynthia-farahat/benghazi-terrorists-dr-morsi-sent-us/

 

 

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