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Screams, fires, bloodshed, tears: The streets of Cairo resembled a war zone as Egyptian security forces stormed protest camps organized by the Muslim Brotherhood in support of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. The violent crackdown left more than 500 dead and drew strong international condemnation. In this photo, an Egyptian woman stands in front of a military bulldozer to protect a wounded youngster lying in the road.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Mossab el-Shamy, AFP/Getty Images
A bloodied Egyptian youth, injured in clashes between protesters and security forces, seeks treatment at a makeshift hospital in Cairo. U.S. President Barack Obama deplored the violence against civilians and canceled a planned military exercise with Egypt's armed forces.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Manu Brabo, AP
A supporter of Mohamed Morsi, the deposed Islamist president, uses a slingshot during a battle with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Mossab el-Shamy, AFP/Getty Images
Amid burning debris, a Muslim Brotherhood supporter wearing a mask raises a determined fist.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Asmaa Waguih, Reuters
In scenes reminiscent of the Palestinian intifada, protesters threw stones at Egyptian riot police and soldiers, who protected themselves with shields.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Mohammed Abu Zeid, AP
Egyptians watch clashes from an overpass in the Nasr City district of Cairo.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Khaled Elfiqi, European Pressphoto Agency
Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood topple the burned wreck of a truck during street battles in the Giza area of Cairo.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Hussein Tallal, AP
A member of Egypt's security forces kicks a protester in the stomach near Cairo University.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Manu Brabo, AP
Women at a Cairo protest camp found that walls made of loose bricks, tires, metal, and sandbags did not deter well-armed security forces.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Imad Abdul Rahman, AP
During an operation to clear out a protest camp, a member of Egypt's security forces talks to an anguished woman brandishing a stick.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Manu Brabo, AP
Thousands of Egyptians were wounded in the clashes, including these men, who were brought to a makeshift hospital.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Ed Giles, Getty Images
An Egyptian woman identifies the body of a family member killed in the crackdown.
Published August 15, 2013
Photograph by Ahmed Hayman, European Pressphoto Agency
A man walks within the charred remains of the Rabaa Adawiya mosque, where police brutally dispersed supporters of ousted President Morsi.
Published August 15, 2013
Quite a frightening standoff..so many primeval forces at work..but the true spirit of the people perhaps subdued by the aggressive postures of the Military and the Brotherhood..the skill is to find a middle way..sadly the Rules of Transition to a civilian govt were perhaps never formalised..one can only hope loss of innocent lives can be reduced pl
im not surprised none of these photos show the crimes performed by the MB!! burning of churches and the university!! Armed "peacefull" demonstartions such as friday in zamalik? use of firearms underthe procetion of a mosque!! throwing a truck of a bridge with solders in it (solders were unarmed).
not saying there wasnt any violence from the army. but these pics seem kind of biased!!
when millions cry out with one voice, they will be heard. (the Muslim brotherhood's) the military government in Cairo, panicked to what millions can do, and responded with panic. (that should not have been the kind of response). Success does not come to those who use muscles but those who use brains. it our prayer to the almighty God. That our brothers in Egypt should forgive each other. otherwise they are headed for the like of Syria, Libya etc. THEY SHOULD BE CAREFUL AND SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT MISLEAD BY THOSE WHO MAY CLAIM TO BE HELPING.
Satyagraha threw the British out of India. Remember Ghandi !
Free speech has NOTHING to do with weapons.
The British slaughtered 500 trapped, unarmed civilians in a courtyard, in the 1940s. The whites in South Africa slaughtered thousands of tribal Africans while Mandela was in jail for 30 years. John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi, millions of Soviets, were all killed by military-minded powerful men.
Nowhere; not Detroit, or Tienemen Square, or South Africa, or Berlin, or Paris, or anywhere else, have the United People, EVER BEEN DEFEATED.
All we are saying is, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE !!!
We SHALL overcome.
With Love,
Peace ....
Please try to get pictures for the churches and government buildings being burned by Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt .
@Ty Hiebert I don't support muslim brotherhood but Im a human and Im against violence and against this high numbers of dead people it's madness ,,Simple conclusion: There are those who have committed horrendous crimes on both sides (MB & Army/Police), however here are the main differences:
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