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CAIRO (AFP) – Anger gave way to gloom on Thursday as Islamists rallied at a Cairo mosque where thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi said they felt under siege and betrayed by the army.
Pictures of the ousted leader hung on walls, as protesters chanted against the military that removed Morsi from his post and outlined a roadmap for a political transition.
Inside the hall of the mosque, members of his ousted government and the leadership of his Muslim Brotherhood huddled together, planning their next moves and vowing not to deal with the new leaders.
"The whole guidance council is here," said Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad al-Haddad in reference to the Islamist movement's political bureau.
He slammed the army's removal of Morsi as "thuggery" and a violation of democratic principles.
Morsi was Egypt's first freely elected president. But his opponents accused him of betraying his promise as a president for all Egyptians by concentrating power in the hands of Islamists.
As the economy nosedived, inflation soared and fuel shortages drove large parts of the country to a standstill, public opinion became increasingly anti-Morsi.
Millions took to the streets to call for his resignation, but his supporters said he should have been allowed to see out his term and be removed only through future elections.
"President Mohamed Morsi is the elected legitimate Egyptian president. They imposed a new reality with force but legitimacy is on our side," said Brotherhood spokesman Ahmed Aref.


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