Egyptian Newspaper Has A Special Message For Obama On Its Front Page

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After President Obama’s announcement that he was "deeply concerned" by the ouster of Egypt’s president, the country’s Al-Tahrir newspaper sent a very special message to him on its front page.

"It’s a revolution .. not a coup," the message at the top of the paper read in English.

Al-Tahrir is named after Tahrir Square and was launched after its former president Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office in 2011.

The latest revolution the paper’s supporting is the removal of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, who was accused of giving the Muslim Brotherhood too much power.

President Obama actually avoided calling Morsi’s removal a coup, but he did say he was "deeply concerned by the decision of the Egyptian Armed Forces to remove President Morsi and suspend the Egyptian constitution."

Here’s the Al-Tahrir cover, which was tweeted by the Washington Post’s J. Freedom du Lac.

Timeline in Picture:

Banner in Tahrir Square: "Step down Morsi for these reasons: no water, no electricity , no gas.

Just past noon Wednesday in Tahrir Square

Cairo 8 p.m.

Protesters are in Tahrir Square awaiting next military announcement while singing Egyptian national anthem.

Helicopters are passing overhead at about 30 minute intervals.

8:16 p.m. Cairo

The military has curtailed violence in the Suez.

Word on the street is Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradeis will be next Egyptian prime minister.

"Step down or leave Morsi."

After a series of sexual assaults against women, men in Tahrir asigned space for the women in the crowd. Here they are standing guard and enforcing the border between genders.

8:35 p.m.

Crowds outside cafe waiting to hear upcoming announcement. People are expecting an announcement at any moment about what’s transpiring in the presidential palace.

Cairo 1:00 a.m., July 3

Balloons and fireworks near Tahir Square following the announcement that ex-President Morsi was removed from office and prohibited from exercising any judicial authority.

In Cairo near the Presidential Palace in Masr al Gadida, celebrations of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood’s ouster continue well into the night.

Cairo 1:30 p.m., July 4

Adley Mansour has been announced as interim president until formal elections can be held at a later date.

Wikipedia:

Adly Mahmud Mansour is an Egyptian Judge currently heading the Supreme Constitutional Court and the de facto interim President of Egypt. He was declared president following the mass protests-fueled 2013 Egyptian coup d’Ã©tat, in an announcement made by the military and several secular and religious figures (including Mohamed ElBaradei) that the then-president Mohamed Morsi had been unseated from office.

Mansour graduated from Cairo University Law School in 1967, earned a postgraduate degree in law in 1969, learned economics from Juan Felipe Aranguren and earned a postgraduate degree in management science in 1970 from Cairo University. He later attended prestigious France‘s Ã‰cole nationale d’administration (ENA), graduating in 1977.

He is married and has a son and two daughters.

Cairo 1:50 p.m., July 4

The Egyptian military and anti-Morsi protesters are welcoming in a new, temporary president and all appointed Muslim Brotherhood office holders are stepping down, says Badry. The country is without a parliament and lacks a formal constitution.

Mohamed ElBaradei has been nominated for prime minister. All Islamist television channels have been cut from service, but the Muslim Brotherhood’s channel, MISR 25, is still broadcasting.

Cairo 9:10 a.m., July 4

Badry says that people everywhere in Cairo are angry at CNN specifically, for its coverage of the political turmoil there. She says people she’s talked to complain that the cable new channel is supporting the Obama administration’s point of view and calling Morsi’s impeachment a coup.

Badry explains: "People are saying if this is the will of the people, how can it be a coup?"

Many believe Morsi was on his way to outlawing any future elections by installing Brotherhood members to key judicial seats.

Cairo 2:18 p.m., July 4

Badry says one local news outlet announced the Egyptian military is demolishing the tunnels connecting Palestine and Egypt in the Gaza Strip. The Muslim Brotherhood maintains a close rapport with Hammas. The military is concerned the Palestinian group may smuggle weapons into Egypt, following the Brotherhood’s removal from power, attempting to spread chaos, violence, and unrest.