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Protesters run from riot police during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo on November 23, 2012.
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Protesters shout slogans against President Morsi in Tahrir Square on November 23, 2012.
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President Mohamed Morsi, center, speaks to supporters in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on November 23, 2012.
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A protester cheers as items ransacked from an office of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party burn in Alexandria on November 23, 2012.
NBC News staff and wire reports — Opposition protesters clashed with police in several Egyptian cities Friday after new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi awarded himself sweeping new powers.
Police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the center of anti-regime protests that ousted longtime U.S.-backed leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
"The people want to bring down the regime," shouted protesters, echoing a chant used in the anti-Mubarak uprising. "Get out, Morsi," they chanted. Read the full story.
Demonstrations erupt in major Egyptian cities after President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping new judicial and legislative powers. NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Cairo.
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The protestors in the picture do not look radical, they look like normal people. I don't know all the details, but shouldn't we consider supporting them, over the Muslim Brotherhood?
Gary, We should have been more supportive of them before the election of Morsi. He was elected with 52% vs the 48% protesting.
And YES, we should be supporting them now!
This just goes to show, how fast a person can take power away from the people and unto themselves. He has already made himself the equivalent of a pharaoh. He now expects the population to bow down and suck it up. That is not going to happen. The people learned that they have a power in their masses. They have learned, that if it costs some lives, they will accept that cost.
This is one leader who is underestimating the power of the masses. France had to learn that cost, and their king, other royals and even commoners, paid dearly for it. Even in other Middle East countries recently, dictators fell, including Egypt. If people won't learn from history, they shall learn those lessons themselves.
President Morsi is one man with a very short memory and huge ego. He will pay with his life if he doesn't watch himself. Unlike the Egyptian God RA, this President is not immortal and can be brought down and killed.
I hope and pray for diplomatic solutions as an alternative to riots in the world… My heart goes out to civilians without internet and electricity today, stay safe!
Goes to show you never know how bad things could be, until you go ahead and actually make them much worse.