From Nancy Youssef on the McClatchy wire, who says Morsi’s speech was an unambiguous call to arms to his Muslim Brotherhood supporters …
The speech was likely to be read as a call to arms by thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members who’ve been forming their own security force, armed with sticks, helmets and Molotov cocktails, even as police and the country’s military seemed to be withdrawing their support from Morsi.
Keeping their distance from anti-Morsi protests that have brought millions into the streets, Brotherhood forces have been preparing for days, chanting, lining up in formation, and hoisting sticks, chair legs and two-by-fours in mock combat drills.
There are now reports of automatic weapons fire in clashes in Cairo.
