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Please excuse this "troubled" post in the wake of excitement from Iraq.  I just received an email from my daughter in Egypt saying that she and her husband (Naval officer on tour) might be evacuated.  There was no other information, and as a mother, am asking for prayers and any news that might be of consequence.  Please give me words of encouragement as my heart is heavy right now.  Thank you all for your support.

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Don't panic, Mom... your Patriots are in good hands.

 

They'll stick together over there and everything'll be alright.

 

 

You just put this in The Good Lord's lap for the moment and take a deep breath. :praying:

 

The Greatest Military in The World will do the rest. :eagle:

 

Please keep us posted....

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Don't panic, Mom... your Patriots are in good hands.

 

They'll stick together over there and everything'll be alright.

 

 

You just put this in The Good Lord's lap for the moment and take a deep breath. :praying:

 

The Greatest Military in The World will do the rest. :eagle:

 

Please keep us posted....

 

 

God has a thousand angels surrounding them as of now.  Trust in Jesus.  Praying for their safety.  :praying: :praying:

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Please excuse this "troubled" post in the wake of excitement from Iraq.  I just received an email from my daughter in Egypt saying that she and her husband (Naval officer on tour) might be evacuated.  There was no other information, and as a mother, am asking for prayers and any news that might be of consequence.  Please give me words of encouragement as my heart is heavy right now.  Thank you all for your support.

 

Our thoughts and praters are with your loved ones. Keep us posted let us know when they are in a safe place and all is secure.

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Reached out to Navy counterpart... He sent me this info. It is not an official communication issued by a military source, but will give you an idea of what is going on over there.... As a parent, I know the angst of not knowing... its in the parent top 10 of awful for me.... Thought it might at least help to have info as to source of this event and will readily add my prayers to those of the other DVers herein. Here is the info:

 

 Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where two people were killed — including an American — and 85 were injured while at least five offices of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood were torched, officials said.

The competing camps were trying to show their strength before even bigger nationwide protests planned by the opposition Sunday — the first anniversary of Morsi’s inauguration — aimed at forcing his removal.

The opposition says it will bring millions into the streets across Egypt, and more violence is feared. Already, six people have been killed in clashes this week, including Friday’s deaths.

The Cairo International Airport was flooded with departing passengers, an exodus that officials said was unprecedented. All flights departing Friday to Europe, the U.S. and the Gulf were fully booked, they said.

Many of those leaving were families of Egyptian officials and businessmen and those of foreign and Arab League diplomats — as well as many Egyptian Christians, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

The U.S. State Department warned Americans against all but essential travel to Egypt, citing the uncertain security situation. It also said it would allow some nonessential staff and the families of personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to leave until conditions improve.

Opposition protesters in Alexandria broke into the local headquarters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and set fires, throwing papers and furniture out the windows.

For several days, Brotherhood members and opponents of Morsi have battled in cities in the Nile Delta. With Friday’s deaths, at least six have been killed this week.

‘‘We must be alert lest we slide into a civil war that does not differentiate between supporters and opponents,’’ warned Sheik Hassan al-Shafie, a senior cleric at Al-Azhar, the country’s most eminent Muslim religious institution.

Morsi opponents massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests in 2011 that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. The crowd shouted, ‘‘Leave, leave’’ — this time addressing Morsi. Tents were put up on the grass in the middle of the historic square.

Dozens of protesters also gathered at the gates of the presidential palace in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo, urging him to resign, Egypt’s state news agency reported.

At the same time, tens of thousands of Morsi supporters, mainly Islamists, filled a public square outside the Rabia el-Adawiya Mosque, not far from the palace. Islamist parties have decided to hold a sit-in.

‘‘They say the revolution is in Tahrir,’’ said young activist Abdel Rahman Ezz, a Morsi supporter who addressed the crowd. ‘‘It is true the revolution started in Tahrir. But shamefully, today the remnants of the old regime are in Tahrir. The revolutionary youth are here.’’

The palace is one of the sites where the opposition plans to gather Sunday and has been surrounded by concrete walls.

In Alexandria, on the Mediterranean coast, fighting began when thousands of anti-Morsi demonstrators marched toward the Brotherhood’s headquarters, where up to 1,000 supporters of the president were deployed, protecting the building.

When an unidentified person on Islamist side opened fire with birdshot on the marchers, and the melee erupted, according to an Associated Press cameraman. Security forces fired tear gas at the Brotherhood supporters, but when the two sides continued battling, they withdrew. Protesters later broke into the building and began to trash it. Online video posted by witnesses showed a protester carrying a gun who appeared to be shooting at the Brotherhood building.

Alexandria security chief Gen. Amin Ezz Eddin told Al-Jazeera TV that an American was killed in Sidi Gabr Square while photographing the battle. The U.S. State Department later confirmed the death, in a statement from Patrick Ventrell, a press office director.

‘‘We are providing appropriate consular assistance from our Embassy in Cairo and our Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department,’’ he said.

A medical official said the American died of gunshot wounds at a hospital. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

The Alexandria health department reported an Egyptian also died from a gunshot wound to the head. It was not immediately known if that victim was a Morsi opponent or supporter.

The country witnessed a wave of attacks against Muslim Brotherhood offices across the country. The Brotherhood’s media spokesman, Gehad el-Haddad, said on his Twitter account that eight of his group’s headquarters were attacked and looted, and two were burned down.

He accused thugs, remnants of the old regime, including members of Mubarak’s disbanded National Democratic Party of being behind the attacks.

Much of the violence was in the provinces of the Nile Delta, north of Cairo.

Protesters stormed an office of the Brotherhood, attacked members inside, injuring 10, and set the office on fire in the city of Shubrakheit, the state news agency said. Others stormed a Brotherhood office in the coastal city of Baltim, destroying electronic equipment, and another of the group’s branches was torched in the city of Aga.

Hundreds of protesters in the city of Bassioun threw stones at Freedom and Justice Party offices, tearing down the party sign.

The Brotherhood says at least five of those killed this week were its members. Some people ‘‘think they can topple a democratically elected President by killing his support groups,’’ el-Haddad said earlier on his Twitter account.

There were reports of violence from the Islamist side in the Delta as well.

At least six people were injured when an anti-Morsi march was attacked by the president’s supporters in the city of Samanod, according to a security official. Attackers fired gunshots and threw acid at the protesters as they passed the house of a local Brotherhood leader, the official said.

In the city of Tanta, four men believed to be Morsi supporters tried to attack a mosque preacher during his sermon, in which he called on worshippers to stand with Al-Azhar’s calls to avoid bloodshed.

In Qalioubia, north of Cairo, ‘‘popular committees’’ charged with managing traffic stopped a caravan of more than 90 Islamists heading to Cairo, according to a security official. The group, traveling in a bus and three minibuses, carried Molotov cocktails, clubs and gas cans, the official said.

One small bus escaped, but the others were turned over to police, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to talk with the press.

In the Suez Canal city of Port Said, an explosion left one dead and several others wounded at an opposition rally, a security official said. But the official and a witness said the blast was caused by a butane canister hit by fireworks.

In the southern city of Minya, a stronghold of hardline Islamic groups, a security official said that men affiliated to the Gamaa Islamiya group, a Brotherhood ally, fired in the air while an opposition rally was marching in the street, causing panic.

Each side has insisted it is peaceful and will remain so Sunday, blaming the other for violence.

Tamarod, the activist group whose anti-Morsi petition campaign evolved into Sunday’s protest, said in a statement it opposed ‘‘to any attack against anybody, whatever the disagreement with this person was,’’ and accused the Brotherhood of sparking violence to scare people from participating Sunday.

Tamarod says it has collected nearly 20 million signatures in the country of 90 million demanding Morsi step down.

‘‘We are against Morsi because he does not govern in the name of the Egyptian people, but in the name of the Brotherhood group,’’ said Ayed Shawqi, a teacher at an anti-Morsi rally in Alexandria.

Outside the Rabia el-Adawiya Mosque, the pro-Morsi crowd waved Egyptian flags while speakers addressed them from a stage. A banner proclaimed, ‘‘Support legitimacy,’’ the slogan Morsi’s supporters have adopted, arguing that protests must not be allowed to overturn an elected president.

They also waved the Brotherhood’s flag — a green banner with two swords — and carried Morsi posters and portraits.

‘‘This is a revolution, and there is no other one!’’ they chanted. Speakers onstage praised the military and the crowd responded with, ‘‘The army and the people are one hand,’’ seeking to keep the military on the side of the president.

‘‘Those who burn and those who kill are the traitors of this nation,’’ Brotherhood preacher Safwat Hegazi told the crowd. ‘‘Mr. President, use a heavier hand, your kind heart won’t be any use. ... We want to complete our revolution and purify our country.’’

Assem Abdel-Maged, leader of the formerly militant Gamaa Islamiya group, threatened to ‘‘sever heads’’ of opposition supporters if they attacked the military. Rafai Taha, one of the leading figures of Gamaa Islamiya, was also onstage, next to Brotherhood leaders.

In his Friday sermon, the cleric of Rabia el-Adawiya warned that if Morsi is ousted, ‘‘there will be no president for the country,’’ and Egypt will descend into ‘‘opposition hell.’’

Pro-Morsi marchers — many wearing green headbands with the slogans of the Muslim Brotherhood — chanted religious slogans. ‘‘It is for God, not for position or power!’’ they shouted. ‘‘Raise your voice high, Egyptian: Islamic Shariah!’’

The anti-Morsi demonstrators in Tahrir Square also waved Egyptian flags. They cheered, clapped, whistled and chanted, ‘‘Egypt, Egypt, Egypt. Long live Egypt!’’ and ‘‘The people want the fall of the regime,’’ a phrase heard repeatedly in 2011.

 

Its always a well advised precaution to evacuate as many civilians as possible during these planned events, so as to better consolidate / focus resources for response, should one be necessary in protecting US facilities (e.g., base, post,) and militrary personal officially recognized and stationed at such.... or in the event an Egypt/US MOU is engaged and US response is directed past established/recognized US boundaries.  If nothing else, kuddos along with  confidence that the US officials in that area are exercising responsible caution in mitigating the radius and extent of poptential harm  in protecting their people and your loved ones..... Like StealthWarrior said.... they'll be all right ....
Hope this helps some... :hug: 

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Prayin' for ya Dolphin... nothin' more troubling to a parent than to see your child in harms way... but I pray for the Prince of Peace to comfort you, and protect your loved ones... thanks for sharin'... that's what friends are for... to help you carry the load when it gets too heavy!!!  :blush: 

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Update...Cairo airport for emergency evacuation of tourists and Americans and nationals from the Gulf

- JUNE 30, 2013
 

Emergency Cairo airport for the evacuation of tourists and nationals of the U.S. and Gulf 

70 parties and movements pretend to drop the legitimacy of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood Aacdonnha in the fourth Adawiya 

Cairo time 

Tgmeh yesterday, thousands of opponents of President Mohamed Morsi in Tahrir Square in central Cairo in response to an invitation rebel movement to demonstrate in order to bring down the legitimacy of the Egyptian President and early presidential elections especially after announcing collect 22 million signatures to demand the dropping of Mercy.

managed security forces on Tuesday evening of the arrest of several rioters tried to storm the editing to intimidate the protesters. Announced strong political and revolutionary that 30 parties and 40 revolutionary movement in North and South participated in the rallies yesterday, which ended sit in front of the Federal Palace to topple the president. The revolutionary forces announced that it will close all ministries and government bodies to prevent employees from going to their jobs and forcing them to participate in the demonstrations. Sources security unveiled monitoring meetings took place between a number of opposition figures included elements from the remnants of the former regime and leaders earlier the Interior to develop a plan to force Morsi to step down include cutting off roads and railways and the separation of Cairo for the regions and stop the supply of food and energy as well as a disguised in military uniforms to break into prison and sections. On the other side continues the influx of elements of Islamic currents in the vicinity of a fourth Adawiya to protect the legitimacy of President Morsi, as announced Islamists, they have succeeded in collecting 26 million signature to confirm legitimacy in the time when the Guidance Office case of extreme emergency were vaccinated headquarters of the group and ask the youth group of Muslims to defend it in If the failure of the police and revealed the source of the group she spotted 6 million pounds to secure their headquarters in the governorates and commissioned Guidance Office, the group's leaders to choose places alternative to store your files and sources revealed the presidency that President Morsi discussed with Defence Minister yesterday evening, the possibility of declaring a state of emergency if the aggravation of the situation and with the increased risk of civil war between supporters and opponents of the rule of President Morsi emerged as the risk of external interference, especially after the announcement of the possibility of intervention Marines to protect the U.S. embassy and American citizens in Egypt and the military source confirmed that the military establishment has sent a stern warning to the U.S. administration of the consequences of military intervention, saying that the armed forces are able to protect foreign nationals He said a number of military experts that the armed forces would not allow the entry of U.S. military forces to Egypt, but to the extent permitted by the protection of the U.S. Embassy and the replacement of the existing peacekeeping force in Sinai. Maj. Gen. Hossam Sweilem strategic expert, the numbers that have been announced are very few for the peacekeeping forces in the Sinai and Marines physically located in the U.S. embassy. He said the protection of the U.S. government to the headquarters of its embassy from the right but can not come out of these forces into the street فالعدد that has been announced is from 200 to 400 soldiers will not be able to stand in front of public anger and protests that hit the numbers participating in the hundreds of thousands and that America has learned from the experience of protests People in South America will not repeat this error. He will not do America any military alert step into Egypt after the death of the U.S. When the teacher killed the U.S. ambassador in Libya not to send troops and Marines declared war against it. He pointed out that the armed forces are the rollback impregnable against any foreign military intervention in Egypt will not allow the entry of more than the limited number and costly to protect the embassy while, Dr. Gamal Zahran, professor of political science at it under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt could happen anything, especially that the group can not veto any resolution U.S. where it is the U.S. government bond natural Brotherhood in Egypt, which is keen to continue in office and demanded Zahran armed forces to intervene and protect Egypt from any foreign military intervention under any circumstances, pointing out that he can not be any foreign military force to cross the Egyptian border without permission prior arrangement with the Egyptian armed forces. The expected entry of a number of Marines to Egypt during the coming period to protect the embassy during demonstrations June 30 and but the entry of a number greater than or not depends on the decision-maker when killed the U.S. ambassador in Libya did not dare the U.S. government to send Marines to Libya to protect the embassy and members of the diplomatic mission . In the same context has stepped up military forces from guarding the facilities vital in Cairo and other governorates have been deployed armored vehicles on the airport road to secure traffic as well as at the entrances and main roads and agricultural roads fast also received Sinai of particular interest to the military, especially in light of the escalation of tension out after the assassination of Brigadier General Mohammad Hani Mvic Interior Rafah and wounded driver was shot dead by unidentified presented ambushed a military attack in the area of Sheikh Zuid spreading ambushes and military patrols in the Sinai, especially at the entrances to prevent infiltration of external components into the country has also been allocated 12 aircraft to monitor and publish dozens of snipers trained over vital installations.With Officials at Cairo International Airport to happen alert and emergency evacuation of nationals from various countries around the world, including the United States and Gulf countries, for fear of the repercussions of the protests. 

According to official sources at the airport said the U.S. embassy continued to evacuate the families of its employees, which left a number of them on the flight lines, French, German, The EgyptAir and destined for Europe. 

also left the families of some of the workers embassies of Gulf countries, especially Kuwait and the UAE, in addition to sending Qatar's private plane took off a trip No. 5151 went to Doha in the early hours of yesterday morning and the 110 of its nationals, according to German. 

Sources pointed out that the Dozens of foreign tourists, were forced to cut their visit to Egypt and waited in the airport lounges, looking for places them on trips out, for fear of the repercussions of demonstrations today, and has some embassies operating in Egypt to send delegates have to follow the conditions of their nationals at the airport and provide necessary assistance to them. As traffic in the travel itineraries and access, and noted the pilot Tawfiq Assi Chairman of the Holding Company for EgyptAir to be indicators of traffic coming to Egypt confirms a significant increase today through trips back Egyptians working abroad and Umrah tours, and the company has transferred 29 thousand passengers in the two phases and go back on board 124 international flights and domestic by 25 thousand passengers on board the 90 international flights, and 4,200 passengers on board the 34 domestic flight. 

continued lines Syria to stop its flights between Damascus and Cairo yesterday second consecutive year, in the framework stop flights this week due to the repercussions of the demonstrations called by the Opposition forces in Egypt. 

and Hahjt fields of Cairo and various governorates yesterday, mass demonstrations demanding overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi, and early presidential elections, offset by demonstrations in support of the president who represents legitimacy, with يتحسب to the army and police for the worst. 

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Patty B Newbie

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Will pray now for your family.

God hears our prayers and

He answers ~ He is merciful,

full of compassion ~ He is our

protector ~ And the bible says

that He is a very present help

in time of trouble ~ Praying for

protection for your family and

peace for you, dear friend ~

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Will pray now for your family.

God hears our prayers and

He answers ~ He is merciful,

full of compassion ~ He is our

protector ~ And the bible says

that He is a very present help

in time of trouble ~ Praying for

protection for your family and

peace for you, dear friend ~

 

Still praying for you and your family.  Amen Patty B.  :praying:

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Dolphins,

 

Just saw this.  I pray your daughter and her husband will be safely home.  I pray for peace and grace to cover you and safe passage for your daughters and others who are leaving Egypt.  Psalm 91 is for you and your daughter.  God is hovering over your daugther and He will kieep them safe in the palm of His hands.

 

Keep us posted okay :)

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