{"id":8758,"date":"2013-06-29T05:57:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T05:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/egypt-tense-before-rallies-american-among-dead\/"},"modified":"2013-06-29T05:57:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T05:57:30","slug":"egypt-tense-before-rallies-american-among-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egypt-tense-before-rallies-american-among-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt tense before rallies, American among dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{After violence in Egypt that killed three people including an American student, cities were quiet as protesters prepared for rallies on Sunday they hope can unseat the Islamist president.}}<\/p>\n

The army was on alert across the country and warned it would step in if deadlocked politicians lost control of the streets.<\/p>\n

Several offices of President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood were attacked on Friday, including one in Alexandria where two men died, including a 21-year-old American man. In Port Said on the Suez Canal, an explosion during an anti-Mursi protest killed another man, police said.<\/p>\n

The United States, which has called for compromise, is evacuating non-essential diplomatic staff and warning citizens to avoid Egypt. A source at Cairo airport said dozens of U.S. personnel and their families left for Germany on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In Cairo, a few hundred activists from rival factions were camping out in separate places. Islamist supporters were still outside a suburban mosque where they had gathered in the many thousands on Friday to vent anger and fear over a return of army-backed rule. Some speakers also urged reconciliation.<\/p>\n

On Tahrir Square, seat of the uprising of early 2011, flags and tents formed a base camp for protesters. <\/p>\n

They hoped for millions on the streets under slogans accusing Mursi and the Brotherhood of hijacking the revolution against Hosni Mubarak to entrench their own rule. <\/p>\n

A rally was also planned outside the presidential palace, where some had already taken up position.<\/p>\n

With short supplies of fuel adding to long-standing economic woes, many said they would turn out on Sunday, when Mursi marks his first year in office as Egypt’s first ever freely elected leader, to demand a new president who can bring them prosperity.<\/p>\n

Liberal opposition leaders dismissed a offer of cooperation from Mursi this week as too little too late. <\/p>\n

The Brotherhood, which says at least five of its supporters have been killed in days of street fighting, accuses liberals of allying with those loyal to Mubarak to mount a coup against the electoral process.<\/p>\n

The opposition says the Brotherhood are trying to monopolize power, Islamise a diverse society and throttle dissent. <\/p>\n

They cite as evidence Mursi’s broadsides against critical media and legal proceedings launched against journalists and satirists.<\/p>\n

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