fireworks fill the air in Tahrir Square
after news that Egyptian president
Mohamed Morsi has been ousted as
demonstrators shine laser beams skywards
military helicopters dropped mini
Egyptian flags the jubilant scenes
mirrored near the presidential palace
while the cheers could be heard from the
nearby u.s. embassy a little after a day
of drama with tanks and troops deployed
to the presidential palace the head of
the army announced the president had
failed to meet the demands of the
Egyptian people ha ha ha General Abdel
Fattah al-sisi said a new roadmap would
include suspending the constitution
holding presidential and parliamentary
elections and a committee to include
youth movements a Muslim Brotherhood
spokesman said Morsi is now being held
by authorities as much as the voices of
morsi's opponents were being heard so
too were those in support of him here in
Cairo a rally where the message was
clear we will not accept the rule of the
military they shouted Muslim Brotherhood
supporters say the Armed Forces
announcement and mounted to a military
coup
there were clashes after the news of the
ousting with a number of people killed
when opponents and supporters threw
rocks and bricks in Alexandria an
interim government will now be formed
but will be closely watched by the West
the fall of the first elected leader
after the Arab Spring raises questions
America provides over a billion pounds a
year to the Egyptian military and has
called for a swift return to democracy
if the intervention is deemed to be a
military coup it may affect the amount
of aid given to Egypt however there
hasn't been a cut and a flow just yet