Turmoil Rocks Egypt: Morsis OutStephen Lendman Egyptian troops control key sites nationwide. Large contingents are deployed around Cairo. Unconfirmed reports suggest Morsis under house arrest. Egypts Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) gave him 48 hours to yield. Do so or step down, it said. The deadline came and passed. Reuters reported that SACF said its ready to die to defend Egypts people against terrorists and fools. It did so in response to Morsi. It headlined The Final Hours. It did so hours after Morsi rejected a power-sharing ultimatum. It expired Wednesday morning. Reuters said Egyptian troops control state television. Shoukry Abu Amira heads it. He confirmed it. Armored vehicles patrol outside. Publicly Morsi remains defiant. If the price for legitimacy is my blood, he said, then I am prepared to sacrifice my blood to legitimacy and my homeland. Privately its anyones guess if he means it. Perhaps he yielded power. Ultimately he has no choice. SCAF has final say. Reuters suggested hell resign or be sacked. Late reports said hes out. SCAF forcibly removed him. Ahramonline is the governments official English language web site. It said military officials told Morsi hes no longer head of state. Coup detat power rules. Opposition crowds expected it. Their numbers exceed anything Egypt before experienced. SCAF head Abdul Fatah al-Sisi and key commanders have final say. Theyll decide how things turn out. On Monday, he called for families in all Egyptian governorates and villages to be prepared to take to the streets and fill squares. He said do so to support Morsi. Hes history. He no longer matters. Crowds opposing him dwarf supportive ones. Millions upset with his rule left him no choice. He reflects leadership without authority. Travel bans against Muslim Brotherhood officials were issued. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil and Morsis ministers abandoned their offices. SCAFs expected to install new provisional council officials. Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrahim placed police, internal security and intelligence forces at SCAFs disposal. Coup detat authority rules. Events remain extremely fluid. Separate incidents claimed 16 lives. Many injuries were reported. Reports suggest SCAF plans a new constitution. New elections will be called. Theyll be held soon as possible. Morsis election was tainted. His fate is unknown. Perhaps hell remain a powerless figurehead. Maybe hell stay that way until someone replaces him. Post-Mubarak, SCAF took power. It did so again. Obama tried to save Morsi. So did Joint Chiefs chairman General Martin Dempsey. They urged SCAF not to issue a 48-hour ultimatum. They proposed leaving him in office, stripping him of power, and installing a transitional government ahead of new elections. Reports said SCAF head al-Sisi rejected Washingtons demands. Unconfirmed ones said Washington sent or plans sending hundreds of US troops to Egypt. Perhaps special forces are there. On June 19, a Fort Hood press release headlined 6-9 Cav. to support peacekeeping in Sinai, saying: The 1st Cavalry Division announced today a battalion task force from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team will deploy to Egypts Sinai Peninsula this summer as part of the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping force. A 40+ US battalion is involved. Perhaps greater numbers are now. Sinai deployment maybe shifted to Cairo. A so-called Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is composed of troops from 13 governments. Its trained in riot control. Its mandate is controlling violence. Its mission is serving US imperial interests. Events continue fast moving. Updated reports follow others moments earlier. Tanks are deployed in central Cairo. Morsis government is crumbling. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr resigned. So did military advisor General Sami Anan. Senior judges and police officials joined anti-Morsi protesters. SCAF promises intervention if he fails to heed the will of the people. His deadline passed to do so. Muslim Brotherhood officials were arrested. Reports suggest theyll be tried for crimes in office. Morsis last message was resist. He urged doing so peacefully. Angry protesters want him out. They got what they asked for. The Military dictatorship replaced him. Expect final outcome to same old, same old. Replacing Mubarak accomplished nothing. Expect nothing different this time. Democracys verboten. Popular needs arent addressed. Nothing going forward looks promising. Expect festering anger to continue. In time itll again erupt. Perhaps much more violently. Revolutionary struggles arent easy. They take time. Dozens died in recent days. Thousands may next time. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.His new book is titled How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War.Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/ linkwithin_text= Articles: 