Photos: Egyptian forces continue crackdown
August 17, 2013
Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque and through angry crowds, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
Pro-Muslim Brotherhood supporters shove furniture against the doors to stop anyone from breaking their way in the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian woman talks to policemen from the inside of Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153266 )
Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Aug. 17, 2013: Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque and through angry crowds near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Security forces raided a mosque in Egypt's capital where protesters supporting the nation's ousted president had been barricaded inside overnight. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Egyptian riot policemen get in the community services hall of Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522154141 )
Debris is scattered inside the al-Fatah mosque, after Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian boy runs after police exchanged gunfire with Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi holed up inside a Cairo mosque on August 17, 2013. The clashes came on the fourth day of bloodshed between the two sides, with the government saying 173 had died in the past 24 hours alone. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522152086 )
An army officer points his weapon at the crowd as he helps an Islamist man to leave Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153522 )
A group of Egyptians gather at the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian security forces escort supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, center, out of the al-Fatah mosque and through angry crowds, in the background, in Ramses Square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight on Friday, following a day of fierce street battles. A Muslim cleric, Sheik Abdel-Hafiz el-Maslami, still inside the mosque told The Associated Press that people are afraid to leave the mosque out of fear of detention or being assaulted by the crowd outside. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
An army officer helps an Islamist woman to leave Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. AFP PHOTO / ALWATAN NEWSPAPER / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153443 )
Army officers help people to leave Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. AFP PHOTO / ALWATAN NEWSPAPER / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 522154062 )
Egyptian army officer (L) helps an Islamist woman to leave Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153770 )
Egyptian policemen carry an Islamist man outside Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. AFP PHOTO / ALWATAN NEWSPAPER / STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153472 )
Egyptians, soldiers and policemen gather outside Cairo's Al-Fath mosque where Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi hole up on August 17, 2013. The standoff at al-Fath mosque in central Ramses Square began on August 16, with security forces surrounding the building where Islamists were sheltering and trying to convince them to leave. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153904 )
Aug. 17, 2013: Egyptians security forces provide a cordon around the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Security forces raided a mosque in Egypt's capital where protesters supporting the nation's ousted president had been barricaded inside overnight. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Egyptians state security and army forces provide a cordon around the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian security forces try to keep angry crowds away from the al-Fatah mosque, where supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood barricade themselves, in Ramses Square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight on Friday, following a day of fierce street battles. A Muslim cleric, Sheik Abdel-Hafiz el-Maslami, still inside the mosque told The Associated Press that people are afraid to leave the mosque out of fear of detention or being assaulted by the crowd outside. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian army armored vehicle and a riot police truck are seen on a bridge over the Nile river at Zamalek District in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) ( Mideast Egypt )
The ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi are seen after it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters attacked two Christian churches, security officials said. Many of Morsi's supporters have criticized Egypt's Christian minority for largely supporting the military's decision to remove him from office, and dozens of churches have been attacked this week. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian walks in the ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi after it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters attacked two Christian churches, security officials said. Many of Morsi's supporters have criticized Egypt's Christian minority for largely supporting the military's decision to remove him from office, and dozens of churches have been attacked this week. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian gather in the ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi after it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters attacked two Christian churches, security officials said. Many of Morsi's supporters have criticized Egypt's Christian minority for largely supporting the military's decision to remove him from office, and dozens of churches have been attacked this week. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptians walk in the ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi after it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters attacked two Christian churches, security officials said. Many of Morsi's supporters have criticized Egypt's Christian minority for largely supporting the military's decision to remove him from office, and dozens of churches have been attacked this week. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
Damaged pharaonic objects lie on the floor and in broken cases in the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted between the evening of Thursday, Aug. 15 and the morning of Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The interim Cabinet authorized police to use deadly force against anyone targeting police and state institutions on Thursday. The violence capped off a week that saw more than 700 people killed across the country. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
A damaged pharaonic object lies on the floor of the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted between the evening of Thursday, Aug. 15 and the morning of Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The interim Cabinet authorized police to use deadly force against anyone targeting police and state institutions on Thursday. The violence capped off a week that saw more than 700 people killed across the country. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
Damaged pharaonic objects lie on the floor of the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted between the evening of Thursday, Aug. 15 and the morning of Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The interim Cabinet authorized police to use deadly force against anyone targeting police and state institutions on Thursday. The violence capped off a week that saw more than 700 people killed across the country. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Rows of display cases are broken and empty at the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted between the evening of Thursday, Aug. 15 and the morning of Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The interim Cabinet authorized police to use deadly force against anyone targeting police and state institutions on Thursday. The violence capped off a week that saw more than 700 people killed across the country. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and of ousted president Mohamed Morsi runs past a burning vehicle during clashes with security officers close to Cairo's Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. Backers of Egypt's ousted president pledged to stage daily demonstrations as they ended a day of angry protests in which at least 75 people were killed during the day. VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images ( 522153206 )
Aug. 15, 2013: Egyptians mourn over the bodies of their relatives in the El-Iman mosque at Nasr City, Cairo, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The Interior Ministry authorized police to use deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions after Islamists torched government buildings, churches and police stations in retaliation against the crackdown on their encampments. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 16, 2013: A wounded Egyptian receives treatment on the ground during clashes between security forces and supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Ramses Square, in downtown Cairo, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with armed vigilantes in the fiercest street battles to engulf the capital since the country's Arab Spring uprising. The clashes killed 173 people nationwide, including police officers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 14, 2013: Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Nasr City district, Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces detain supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 15, 2013: Egyptians on a motorbike pass by burnt poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Nahda Square, near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Arabic on the posters read, "Yes for legitimacy." The Interior Ministry authorized police to use deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions after Islamists torched government buildings, churches and police stations in retaliation against the crackdown on their encampments. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 14, 2013: Firefighter attempt to put out fires as Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 14, 2013: Egyptian security forces detain protesters as they clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 16, 2013: Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles while guarding an entrance to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with armed vigilantes in the fiercest street battles to engulf the capital since the country's Arab Spring uprising. The clashes killed 173 people nationwide, including police officers. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 15, 2013: Bodies of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi lie on the floor of the El-Iman mosque in Cairo's Nasr City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The Interior Ministry authorized police to use deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions after Islamists torched government buildings, churches and police stations in retaliation against the crackdown on their encampments. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 15, 2013: Egyptians tour the inside of the charred Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi had a camp at Nasr City, Cairo, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The Interior Ministry authorized police to use deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions after Islamists torched government buildings, churches and police stations in retaliation against the crackdown on their encampments. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 14, 2013: A supporter of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits next to a woman lying down on the floor amid smoke as Egyptian security forces clear their sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers clear two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that kill at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
Aug. 16, 2013: Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi before clashes with Egyptian security forces in Ramses Square, in downtown Cairo, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with armed vigilantes in the fiercest street battles to engulf the capital since the country's Arab Spring uprising. The clashes killed 173 people nationwide, including police officers. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ( Egypt Timeline Four Days )
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