Gunfire punctuates Egyptian Summer

Old Trooper sends us a link to an Associated Press article about the escalating violence in Egypt after the ouster of their former president Morsi. Morsi’s supporters were met outside of his former residence by locked and loaded soldiers;

When one supporter hung a sign of Morsi on the barrier, the troops tore it down and told the crowd to stay back. A protester hung a second sign and the soldiers opened fire on the crowd, an Associated Press photographer at the scene said. Several protesters fell bloodied to the ground. At least one appeared dead, a gaping, bleeding exit wound in the back of his head.

Protesters pelted the line of troops with stones, and the soldiers responded with volleys of tear gas, but the clashes appeared for the moment to ease with mid-afternoon prayers.

I would have thought that throwing rocks would have got another volley of gunfire, but teargas is good, I guess. But, I guess the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t too happy to be unseated the way they were, so they’re taking it out on the Army;

The first major Islamic militant attack came before dawn Friday in the tumultuous Sinai Peninsula, killing at least one soldier. Masked assailants launched a coordinated attack with rockets, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns on the airport in el-Arish, the provincial capital of northern Sinai, as well as a security forces camp in Rafah on the border with Gaza and five other military and police posts, sparking nearly four hours of clashes.

I guess those US troops headed to the Sinai for the Multinational Observer Force aren’t going to get a lot of time on the beach this time.

Category: Terror War