Obama 'Admin' calls on Egypt protesters to have restraint.

Obama 'Admin' calls on Egypt protesters to have restraint.(BM).CAIRO: The United States has called on anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters and the government in Egypt to show “restraint.” The State Department spokesman Mark Toner was quoted as saying that the White House was also following the situation closely. “We would simply urge that protesters express their views peacefully and that they be given the environment, if you will, to protest peacefully,” AFP reported Toner as saying. Toner acknowledged that tensions were high Cairo, where thousands of people surrounded the presidential palace to denounce a decree expanding Morsi’s powers and placing him beyond judicial oversight. Toner stressed that the Egyptian people should have the opportunity to express themselves on a new constitution that is moving toward a referendum on December 15. “In the coming days, it’s going to be important that they have an opportunity to express their views, as I said, peacefully, and ultimately that they are able to express their views in a vote, in a peaceful and secure environment,” Toner said.
The statement came as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have taken to the country’s streets calling for an end to Morsi’s regime. Protesters in Tahrir told Bikyamasr.com that they are “here to stay” until Morsi has withdrawn his presidential decree issued on November 22 that gave him powers above judicial review. Others said this was the revolution “continuing.” A march to the palace continues to grow on Tuesday night, with the chanting loud and boisterous. “We want the downfall of the regime,” is being screamed, in unison, toward the house that Morsi has lived in since early July. He reportedly fled the area as the protesters arrived and clashed with police. A number of police have since joined the protesters in their march, an eery remembrance to the police who also joined the anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrations in January and February 2011. The chants, “the people want the downfall of the regime,” is echoing throughout Cairo near Morsi’s residence in what activists and citizens have described as a “revolution in the making.” The march to the palace comes less than two weeks after Morsi issued a presidential decree that gives him powers above judiciary review, which activists have called a power grab. The boisterous march, dubbed the “Last Warning” is seen by many as the final attempt to open dialogue between the left and the conservative Morsi regime. Tens of thousands have also gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to continue their demonstration calling for an end to dictatorship..Read the full story here.