Egypt unrest: Morsi supporters shot dead in Cairo

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13. Mansour would be unlikely to say otherwise.

He knows that the military fired his predecessor. And he knows who hired him. He also has an inkling as to what happens to those that are fired.

What's only slightly striking is that not only were a lot of the protesters killed, but that this is also being used as a pretext for locking down urban centers.

It's been claimed--perhaps a bit exaggeratedly, but only a bit--that the anti-Mursiy protesters' ranks were large and the pro-Mursiy protesters ranks small because, at least in part, the MB's support is more rural and less urban. The protests were held in large urban centers, which would be the "liberals" base.

In response to this, if you were going to have large MB protests you'd move supporters in from the rural areas. And voila--suddenly the large urban centers have movement in and out of them controlled by checkpoints.

The investigation should be interesting. But you could probably already count off those who will accept its findings if they support the military's story and those who'll reject them, as well as those who'll be suspicious.