埃及警方將使用實彈襲擊抗議者
Egyptian police are threatening to use live ammunition to protect themselves against anti-government protesters who say they will not give up their fight.
The Muslim Brotherhood is defying the interim government and calling for another big protest rally after Friday prayers to demand the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande plans to speak by phone separately to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday to discuss the events in Egypt.
Egyptian authorities accuse the Brotherhood and Morsi supporters of terrorism and sabotage. The Brotherhood says the country is returning to military tyranny.
On Wednesday, Egyptian police used guns, armored vehicles and bulldozers to destroy two large Cairo protest camps. The official death toll from that violence stands at 638, but the Brotherhood puts it in the thousands.
Journalists and witnesses report seeing makeshift morgues and improvised hospitals with blood-covered floors loaded with bodies.
U.S. President Barack Obama has canceled next month's scheduled military exercises with Egypt, an event Egypt always eagerly anticipates.埃及警方威脅要發射實彈來保護自己免遭反政府抗議者的襲擊。反政府抗議者表示，他們不會放棄抗爭。
要求被推翻總統穆爾西官復原職的穆斯林兄弟會繼續蔑視埃及臨時政府，號召星期五在祈禱之後舉行另外一場大規模抗議集會。
與此同時，法國總統奧朗德計劃星期五通過電話分別同德國總理默克爾和英國首相卡梅倫討論埃及局勢。
埃及當局譴責穆斯林兄弟會和穆爾西的支持者搞恐怖主義和破壞活動。穆兄會表示埃及正在返回軍事專制的老路。
星期三，埃及警方使用槍支、裝甲車和推土機剷除了開羅的兩處大型抗議者營地。官方公佈的暴力事件死亡數字是638人，但是穆兄會說死亡數字高達數千人。
記者和目擊者說，看到臨時停屍房和臨時醫院內血跡斑斑的地面放滿屍體。
奧巴馬總統已經取消了原定於下月和埃及舉行的軍演，埃及一直非常急切地想參加這場軍演。
