The fallout from President Morsy's sweeping power grab in Egypt spirals into more deaths, another key defection and a scene that resembles a war zone.FULL STORY
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Chaos in Cairo
Cairo (CNN) -- Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled into the shattered district near the Egyptian presidential palace Thursday after days of protests there targeting President Mohamed Morsy.STORY HIGHLIGHTS- NEW: The Egyptian military says it will clear an area near the presidential palace
- NEW: Egypt's highest religious authority urges the president to delay the constitutional vote
- President Mohamed Morsy is to address the nation on Thursday
- Opposition leaders say they're willing to talk with Morsy if he withdraws his decree
The military unit charged with protecting Egypt's capital said it would clear the area surrounding the palace Thursday afternoon ahead of a planned presidential address. Morsy supporters fled, leaving only a small crowd of anti-Morsy protesters in the area, which resembled a war zone Thursday after repeated clashes between the two camps.Piles of rubble and burned cars littered the streets. The doors of nearby storefronts were smashed in.Five people have been killed and 446 injured in clashes between pro- and anti-Morsy demonstrators outside the palace, the Egyptian health ministry said Thursday. At least 35 police officers are among the injured, MENA reported.While Morsy met Thursday with the prime minister and other advisers on how to deal with the situation, the group that is Egypt's highest religious authority -- Al Azhar -- urged the president to postpone the December 15 referendum on Egypt's new constitution.Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy clash with anti-Morsy protesters outside the Egyptian presidential palace on Wednesday, December 5, in Cairo, Egypt.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsy supporters destroy tents of anti-Morsy protesters outside the presidential palace on December 5.Morsy supporters carry an injured man to safety during clashes with anti-Morsy demonstrators on a road leading to the Egyptian presidential palace on December 5.Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Morsy clash with anti-Morsy demonstrators on a road leading to the Egyptian presidential palace on December 5.Egyptian riot police stand behind barbwire as thousands of Egyptian demonstrators march to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, December 4.Tens of thousands of demonstrators encircled the presidential palace in Cairo after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas on December 4.An Egyptian woman waves a national flag as demonstrators march to the presidential palace in Cairo on December 4.A supporter of Egypt's president Mohamed Morsy waves a national flag outside the Supreme Constitutional Court as hundreds of supporters of the president protest on Sunday, December 2, in Cairo, forcing judges to postpone a hearing on a constitutional panel at the heart of a deepening political crisis.Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy pray during a protest outside the Supreme Constitutional Court on December 2.A man kisses a portrait of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy during a gathering of thousands of Islamists in front of Cairo University on Saturday, December 1.Thousands pray during a rally in support of Morsy in front of Cairo University on December 1.An Egyptian man delivers a speech as protesters gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, November 30.A man shouts as protesters gather in Tahrir Square on November 30.A man holds a copy of the Koran and a cross in Tahrir Square on November 30.Protesters run from Egyptian riot police during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday, November 28. Police fired tear gas into the square, where several hundred protesters spent the night after a mass rally to denounce President Mohamed Morsy's assumption of expanded powers. Activists have been camping out in Tahrir Square since November 23.A protester carries a rock during clashes with police on Wednesday.Egyptians carry a giant national flag as tens of thousands take part in a mass rally in Cairo on Tuesday, November 27, against a decree by President Mohamed Morsy granting himself broad powers.An Egyptian protester holds up a Quran and a figure of Christ on the cross during Tuesday's demonstration.Protesters continue to rally in Tahrir Square on Tuesday.An Egyptian protester attempts to throw back a tear gas canister on Tuesday during clashes with riot police in Omar Makram Street, off Tahrir Square.Activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, November 26, carry the coffin of Gaber Salah, an activist who died overnight after he was critically injured in clashes in Cairo. Salah, a member of the April 6 movement known by his nickname "Jika," was injured last week during confrontations between police and protesters on Cairo's Mohammed Mahmud street.Thousands of activists attend the funeral of Gaber Salah on Monday.Protesters clash with Egyptian police at Simon Bolivar Square on Sunday, November 25, in Cairo. Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood called nationwide demonstrations in support of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy in his showdown with the judges over the path to a new constitution.Egyptian protesters hurl stones at police at Tahrir Square on Sunday.Protesters gather at sit-in tents in Tahrir Square on Sunday.Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy waves to supporters in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday, November 23. Thousands of ecstatic supporters gathered outside the presidential palace to defend their leader against accusations from rival protesters that he has become a dictator.Morsy supporters gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday. Morsy insisted that Egypt was on the path to "freedom and democracy," as protesters held rival rallies over sweeping powers he assumed that further polarized the country's political forces.Protesters demonstrating against Morsy run from tear gas fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday.Egyptian protesters throw rocks toward riot police on FridayEgyptian supporters and opponents of Morsy clash in the coastal city of Alexandria on Friday.A man throws a rock during clashes in Alexandria on Friday.Thousands of demonstrators march through the streets of Cairo to protest against Morsy on Friday.Clashes rocked the coastal city of Alexandria on Friday.Egyptians protest over presidential powersHIDE CAPTION1234567891011121314151617181920Tensions in Egypt turn deadly
Morsy spokesman: He wants democracy
Egypt's prime minister on turmoil
The document was drafted by a council dominated by Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood-backers of the president. Egypt's liberal and often splintered opposition has expressed grave concerns about the document, and with Morsy's recent decree granting himself expanded presidential powers.Morsy's administration has said the referendum will go on as planned December 15. Morsy was scheduled to speak to the nation on Thursday and deliver what chief of staff Refaa El-Tahtawy called important news, but he would not say what that news would be.Morsy's actions, and the growing anger over them, are the strongest test yet for Egypt's fragile democratic experiment in the wake of the 2011 popular uprising that forced former President Hosni Mubarak from power.Because Egypt is a key player in the unstable Middle East and North Africa, what happens there has important ramifications far beyond Egypt's borders, and is being watched closely worldwide.The clashes flared Wednesday and early Thursday after a week of largely peaceful protests in Cairo. Supporters and critics of Morsy hurled Molotov cocktails, rocks and fireworks at each other in front of the palace.Opponents are furious over Morsy's recent decree that gave his decisions judicial immunity until a new constitution is approved. They also denounced the proposed constitution, which they fear will give him even more power.Morsy has said his decree was designed to protect the spirit of the 2011 revolution, but that perspective has not been shared by everyone in his inner circle.On Thursday, Mohammed Seif became the fourth presidential adviser to resign during the upheaval, the state-run EgyNews reported.Another former adviser, Amr Ellissy, told the world via Twitter that he resigned "in protest of the constitutional declaration and the fact that I was not consulted in making these decisions."But the Morsy camp is trying to reach out to opponents.Vice President Mahmoud Mekki called for a dialogue with opposition figures and asked critics to submit their proposals to change the disputed articles in the proposed constitution.Opposition leaders are prepared to open talks with Morsy if he withdraws his decree and delays the referendum, said Mohamed ElBaradei, leader of the liberal Constitution Party and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.Meanwhile, the blame game for who's responsible for the unrest continues."We hold opposition figures, namely Sabbahi & ElBaradei, fully responsible for escalation of violence & inciting their supporters," said the Muslim Brotherhood in a tweet. Hamdeen Sabbahi leads the Dignity Party.Morsy, Egypt's first freely elected leader, was a Muslim Brotherhood leader before winning office in June, when he resigned from the movement and the Freedom and Justice Party to represent all Egyptians, he said.The powerful Muslim Brotherhood called the protesters "thugs" who were trying to overthrow the president.But some say Morsy does not represent the people's will."This is not what we asked for," one protester said. "It's a complete dictatorship."Reza Sayah and Ian Lee reported from Cairo; Holly Yan reported from Atlanta. CNN's Saad Abedine and Amir Ahmed and journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy also contributed to this report.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsy supporters destroy tents of anti-Morsy protesters outside the presidential palace on December 5.
Morsy supporters carry an injured man to safety during clashes with anti-Morsy demonstrators on a road leading to the Egyptian presidential palace on December 5.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Morsy clash with anti-Morsy demonstrators on a road leading to the Egyptian presidential palace on December 5.
Egyptian riot police stand behind barbwire as thousands of Egyptian demonstrators march to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, December 4.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators encircled the presidential palace in Cairo after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas on December 4.
An Egyptian woman waves a national flag as demonstrators march to the presidential palace in Cairo on December 4.
A supporter of Egypt's president Mohamed Morsy waves a national flag outside the Supreme Constitutional Court as hundreds of supporters of the president protest on Sunday, December 2, in Cairo, forcing judges to postpone a hearing on a constitutional panel at the heart of a deepening political crisis.
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy pray during a protest outside the Supreme Constitutional Court on December 2.
A man kisses a portrait of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy during a gathering of thousands of Islamists in front of Cairo University on Saturday, December 1.
Thousands pray during a rally in support of Morsy in front of Cairo University on December 1.
An Egyptian man delivers a speech as protesters gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, November 30.
A man shouts as protesters gather in Tahrir Square on November 30.
A man holds a copy of the Koran and a cross in Tahrir Square on November 30.
Protesters run from Egyptian riot police during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday, November 28. Police fired tear gas into the square, where several hundred protesters spent the night after a mass rally to denounce President Mohamed Morsy's assumption of expanded powers. Activists have been camping out in Tahrir Square since November 23.
A protester carries a rock during clashes with police on Wednesday.
Egyptians carry a giant national flag as tens of thousands take part in a mass rally in Cairo on Tuesday, November 27, against a decree by President Mohamed Morsy granting himself broad powers.
An Egyptian protester holds up a Quran and a figure of Christ on the cross during Tuesday's demonstration.
Protesters continue to rally in Tahrir Square on Tuesday.
An Egyptian protester attempts to throw back a tear gas canister on Tuesday during clashes with riot police in Omar Makram Street, off Tahrir Square.
Activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, November 26, carry the coffin of Gaber Salah, an activist who died overnight after he was critically injured in clashes in Cairo. Salah, a member of the April 6 movement known by his nickname "Jika," was injured last week during confrontations between police and protesters on Cairo's Mohammed Mahmud street.
Thousands of activists attend the funeral of Gaber Salah on Monday.
Protesters clash with Egyptian police at Simon Bolivar Square on Sunday, November 25, in Cairo. Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood called nationwide demonstrations in support of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy in his showdown with the judges over the path to a new constitution.
Egyptian protesters hurl stones at police at Tahrir Square on Sunday.
Protesters gather at sit-in tents in Tahrir Square on Sunday.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy waves to supporters in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday, November 23. Thousands of ecstatic supporters gathered outside the presidential palace to defend their leader against accusations from rival protesters that he has become a dictator.
Morsy supporters gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday. Morsy insisted that Egypt was on the path to "freedom and democracy," as protesters held rival rallies over sweeping powers he assumed that further polarized the country's political forces.
Protesters demonstrating against Morsy run from tear gas fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday.
Egyptian protesters throw rocks toward riot police on Friday
Egyptian supporters and opponents of Morsy clash in the coastal city of Alexandria on Friday.
A man throws a rock during clashes in Alexandria on Friday.
Thousands of demonstrators march through the streets of Cairo to protest against Morsy on Friday.
Clashes rocked the coastal city of Alexandria on Friday.
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