Military's road map sparks anger Supporters of deposed president Mohammed Mursi rally outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Egypt's new military-led government has enlisted internationally recognised figures to serve as its public face and promised swift elections but introduced a transitional plan that was widely criticised as muddled, authoritarian and rushed. The so-called road map, in the form of a "constitutional declaration" by the military-appointed President, elicited immediate opposition from civilian leaders across the political spectrum - including the liberals and activists who sought the ouster of president Mohammed Mursi, the faction of ultra-conservative Islamists who joined them and the many thousands protesting to demand his reinstatement. The declaration, however, made clear that the government drew its authority only from the military commander who executed the takeover, General Abdel Fattahal-Sisi. The interim President, Adly Mansour, a senior judge, cited the general's brief statement as the basis of his own authority, and the general's words were printed as law in the Official Gazette. "It is now officially a coup," Nathan Brown, a political scientist specialising in Egyptian law at George Washington University, wrote in assessing the text. The military-led government widened its crackdown on Mr Mursi's Islamist supporters a day after security forces shot hundreds of them and killed more than 50 at a sit-in to demand his reinstatement. Security officials blamed the Islamists for instigating the lopsided clashes and, as part of its investigation of the episode, ordered the arrests of 650 leaders of the mainstream Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and Gamaa Islamiyya, a more conservative and once-violent group. The officials said they had also arrested more of the former president's top advisers. Brotherhood officials said they had lost contact with about 250 members of their leadership, in addition to the dozens - including Mr Mursi - known to be detained. Meanwhile, Egypt received a financial lifeline from two oil-rich Arab monarchies that have made no secret of their fears of both Arab Spring democracy movements and the Muslim Brotherhood. The United Arab Emirates said it would provide a grant of $US1 billion ($1.09 billion) and an interest-free loan of $US2 billion, while Saudi Arabia was reportedly working on providing an additional $US5 billion. The donations are needed urgently because the recent turmoil has pushed the Egyptian economy closer to the brink of collapse. The new appointments - including a liberal economist Hazem el-Beblawi as Prime Minister and the diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei as Vice-President for Foreign Relations - appeared intended to reassure the Western allies and donors Egypt must depend on. Mr el-Beblawi is a prominent economist who served as finance minister under an earlier interim government.