Clinton faces real Arabspring: “Hillary, go home! Leave Egypt alone!”

Clinton faces real Arabspring: “Hillary, go home! Leave Egypt alone!”

July 14, 2012 (TSR) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced unprecedented protests on Saturday as she arrived in Egypt for key talks with President Mohammed Mursi.

Clinton’s visit is considered by some to be part of an alliance between Washington and the Muslim Brotherhood against those who want a civil state.

Diverse groups called for all of Egypt’s political forces to join the protest to reject US interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. Youth activists, MPs and journalists condemned the meeting, with many accusing the US of wanting to control the country.

The liberal Free Egyptians Party staged a protest held at 5pm on Saturday in front of the US embassy in Cairo.

The Free Egyptians Party was founded by prominent Coptic-Christian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris after the 25 January Revolution. The party’s main objective is to promote the economic and social development of Egypt. It ran under the umbrella of the liberal Egyptian Bloc during the 2011 parliamentary elections, winning 15 seats in Egypt’s parliament.

The Maspero Youth Union, a group dedicated to defending the rights of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority, also called on Facebook for a mass protest in front of the US Embassy, which is in Cairo’s Garden City, at 5pm on Saturday. The protest will be held under the title, “No to the alliance of the US and the Muslim Brotherhood to impose trusteeship on Egypt.”

The union said that the protest is a way to “a decisive national position by the people who revolted for the sake of freedom, and who therefore must stand against the violation of sovereignty caused by continual US intervention in Egyptian affairs and malicious agreements and deals between the US and the Muslim Brotherhood, led by its Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, through private meetings held between the two parties.”

The  “Leftist Youth” movement in Alexandria announced it would protest Clinton’s planned visit to the city’s iconic library on Sunday, calling on activists to gather at the library’s steps to prevent the Secretary from accessing the lobby.

Egyptians chant anti-American slogans as they protest what they believe is American support for the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 14, 2012. (Photo Credit: Khalil Hamra, Associated Press)

MP Mohamed Abou Hamed called for a protest on Saturday afternoon in front of the presidential palace in Heliopolis. He tweeted, “I invite you to participate in a Coptic protest against Hillary Clinton’s visit to Egypt.”

Controversial TV presenter Tawfiq Okasha, owner of the Faraeen channel, called on Friday evening for human chains  from the Four Seasons hotel to the US Embassy to reject Clinton’s visit. He told protestors to bring eggs and tomatoes with them...

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