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Violence erupts in Egypt (39 images)

Security forces launched a crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath. A state of emergency has been declared.



Egyptian military fires tear gas as they dismantle Cairo's Rabaa Adawiya square protest camp after Egyptian security forces dispersed supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi in two huge camps in the Egyptian capital on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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A wounded protester lies on the ground during clashes with riot police at Cairo's AL-nahda Square after security forces dispersed supporters of Morsi on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Egyptian protesters taunt security forces moving in to clear one of the two sit-in sites of supporters of ousted President Morsi, near the Rabaa Adawiya mosque, in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Egyptian security forces collect the Koran as they clear one of the two sit-in sites of supporters of ousted President Morsi, near Rabaa Adawiya mosque, in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Security forces launched a crackdown on the protest camps that quickly turned into a bloodbath with dozens dead. A state of emergency has been declared. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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