Tanks Around Cairo Palace

By Andrea Crossan ⋅ December 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Members of the Republican Guard move barbed wire barricades to close a road leading to the presidential palace in Cairo (Photo: Reuters)

Egyptian soldiers have surrounded the presidential palace in Cairo with barbed wire and tanks, after ordering all protesters to leave.

It’s the latest escalation in tensions between Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi and his opponents.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, who is in Cairo.

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