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Morsy to address nation amid political crisis
CNN International Egypt anxiously awaits Morsy address
December 6, 2012 -- Updated 1933 GMT (0333 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party quits
- Crowd tries to storm Egyptian president's home; 26 hurt, 8 arrested
- U.S. watching events in Cairo with "growing concern," Hillary Clinton says
- President Mohamed Morsy is to address the nation Thursday
Cairo (CNN) -- Hasan Amin has been here before.
Thugs with knives and rocks chasing down protesters. Presidential backers belittling opponents, accusing them of using "crude and contemptible ways of expression," to quote the Muslim Brotherhood. The pressure to go home and be quiet.
A few years ago, the thugs belonged to former President Hosni Mubarak. Now, Amin says, it's President Mohamed Morsy and his backers in the Muslim Brotherhood wielding the oppression.
"It's exactly the same battle," the CNN iReporter said.
Morsy, the target of intense anger from Egypt's fractious liberal opposition, was expected to speak to the nation Thursday night, a day after violent protests outside his presidential palace that left six people dead and at least 672 wounded.
In the speech, which was hours late in coming Thursday night, he was make an important announcement, his chief of staff said without elaboration.
Opposition leaders say just one thing will mollify them: Morsy must roll back his edict granting himself expanded presidential powers and postpone the scheduled December 15 referendum on a proposed constitution.
