An American Mastiff. In Cairo on Wednesday, Egyptian security forces deployed armored vehicles and live ammunition to clear two protest encampments set up by supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi, killing 638 people and injuring 3,994, according to an official count from the country’s health ministry. Egypt’s interim government claimed that it had authorized only the use of tear gas and bird shot, the Muslim Brotherhood claimed that 2,600 people had died, and the relatives of victims claimed that government officials wouldn’t allow morgues to accept bodies with gunshot wounds. Muslim Brotherhood supporters organized a nationwide “day of rage,” during which at least 100 people were killed as they marched from 28 mosques following Friday prayers toward Cairo’s Tahrir Square. On Sunday, security forces killed 36 Islamist prisoners as they attempted to escape, and gunmen attacked two minibuses carrying police recruits, killing 25. “We are cautious,” said General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, “about every drop of Egyptian blood.” Interim vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei resigned, and the lawyer for former president and military commander Hosni Mubarak, who is awaiting trial on charges related to the deaths of hundreds of protesters in 2011, said that Mubarak will be freed on bail by the end of the week.
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An American Mastiff. In Cairo on Wednesday, Egyptian security forces deployed armored vehicles and live ammunition to clear two protest encampments set up by supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi, killing 638 people and injuring 3,994, according to an official count from the country’s health ministry. Egypt’s interim government claimed that it had authorized only the use of tear gas and bird shot, the Muslim Brotherhood claimed that 2,600 people had died, and the relatives of victims claimed that government officials wouldn’t allow morgues to accept bodies with gunshot wounds. Muslim Brotherhood supporters organized a nationwide “day of rage,” during which at least 100 people were killed as they marched from 28 mosques following Friday prayers toward Cairo’s Tahrir Square. On Sunday, security forces killed 36 Islamist prisoners as they attempted to escape, and gunmen attacked two minibuses carrying police recruits, killing 25. “We are cautious,” said General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, “about every drop of Egyptian blood.” Interim vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei resigned, and the lawyer for former president and military commander Hosni Mubarak, who is awaiting trial on charges related to the deaths of hundreds of protesters in 2011, said that Mubarak will be freed on bail by the end of the week.