TheBlaze Government ‘MONICA, MONICA’: HILLARY CLINTON’S VISIT TO EGYPT SEEMINGLY FALLS FLAT AMID HARSH PROTESTS Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:04pm by Erica Ritz (Photo: Getty Images) (The Blaze/AP) — The head of Egypt’s military took a tough line Sunday on the Muslim Brotherhood, warning that he won’t let the fundamentalist group dominate the country , only hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Ro dham Clinton urged him to work wi th Egypt’s elected Islamist leaders. (Related: Hillary Clinton Pledges U.S. Support for Newly-Elected Government in Meetings With Egypt’s Islamist President) Clinton‘s visit to Egypt underscored the difficulty Washington faces in trying to wield its influence amid the country’s stormy post-Hosni Mubarak power struggles. Protesters chanting against the U.S. – sometimes reaching several hundred – sprung up at several sites Clinton visited this weekend. On Sunday , protesters threw tomatoes, water bottles and shoes at her motorcade as she left a ceremony marking the opening of a new U.S. consulate in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. “Monica, Monica” some chanted, according to Reuters, while others yelled, “Leave, Cli nton!” Here is video of some of the protests, via the Gateway Pundit: Reuters continues: A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed nearthe armored cars carrying Clinton’s delegation in the port city of Alexandria after she gavea speech on democratic rights. gyptian Pro testers Cha nt ‘Monica, Monica‘ While T rying to Hillary Cli ... http://www .theblaze.com/stor ies/monica-moni ca-hillary-cli ntons-diploma... 1 of 4 7/15/2012 11:29 PM
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