Egypt forces launch bloody siege to clear Morsi backers

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi march towards Old Cairo as they carry the coffin of a colleague who was killed during Wednesday's clashes in Cairo, Aug. 16, 2013.

Gunfire rang out over a main Cairo overpass and police fired tear gas as clashes broke out after tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets Friday across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the country's bloodshed earlier this week.

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Egyptians mourn over the bodies of their relatives in the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo, Aug. 16, 2013.

Morsi supporters throw stones at other civilians in Cairo, Aug. 16, 2013.

Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles while guarding an entrance to Tahrir square, in Cairo, Aug. 16, 2013.

A trampled poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi is seen on the ground outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, Cairo, Aug. 16, 2013.

Egyptians mourn over the bodies of their relatives in the El-Iman mosque in Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egypt faced a new phase of uncertainty on Thursday after the bloodiest day since its Arab Spring began, with hundreds of people reported killed and thousands injured as police smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president.

Wednesday's raids touched off day-long street violence that prompted the military-backed interim leaders to impose a state of emergency and curfew, and drew widespread condemnation from the Muslim world and the West, including the United States.

Egyptians search through the debris at Rabaa al-Adawiya square in Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013, following a crackdown on the protest camps of Morsi supporters the previous day.

Egyptians tour the inside of the charred Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi had a camp at Nasr City, Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egyptians on a motorbike pass by a burnt poster of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Nahda Square, near Cairo University in Giza, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egyptian relatives and colleagues of policemen who were killed during Wednesday's clashes carry coffins covered with national flags during a military funeral in Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.

An Egyptian child displays empty tear gas canisters among the debris of a protest camp in Nahda Square, near Cairo University in Giza, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egyptian Army soldiers walk among the charred remains of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egyptian civilians help firefighters to battle flames at a Giza governorate building that was stormed and torched by angry Morsi supporters, Aug. 15, 2013.

An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from going forward during clashes that broke out as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi in a huge protest camp near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in eastern Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

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A Morsi supporter reacts after identifying the body of a dead family member at of the Rabaa al-Adaweya Medical Center in the Nasr City of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters clash with security forces near the largest sit-in in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

A Morsi supporter throws a drinking glass during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptians mourn over the bodies of their relatives in the El-Iman mosque in Cairo, Aug. 15, 2013.

The bodies of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi lie on the floor of the Rabaa al-Adaweya Medical Center in the Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Feet from the bodies of Morsi supporters lie on the floor of the Rabaa al-Adaweya Medical Center in the Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces detain Morsi supporters as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Aug. 14, 2013.

A member of the Egyptian security force kicks a Morsi supporter in Cairo's Giza district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clash with security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Aug. 14, 2013.

An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from hurting a wounded youth during clashes that broke out as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi in a huge protest camp near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in eastern Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Mohandessin neighborhood, Aug. 14, 2013.

A Morsi supporter carries wood to burn in a fire barricade at the sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo's Nasr City district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in of Morsi supporters in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

A member of the security forces lies on the ground and another on his police vehicle that was pushed off the 6th of October bridge by protesters near the largest sit-in of Morsi supporters in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters clash with Egyptian security forces as they clear a sit-in camp in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Wounded Morsi supporters lie on the floor of a makeshift hospital at a sit-in in Cairo's Nasr City district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas shot by police to disperse a pro-Morsi camp, Aug. 14, 2013 in Cairo.

Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces detain Morsi supporters as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian riot police are seen in a street leading to a camp of Morsi supporters in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya, Aug. 14, 2013.

A wounded protester lies on the ground as Egyptian security forces clear the smaller of the two sit-ins by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, near the Cairo University campus in Giza, Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters burn tires during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Mohandessin neighborhood, Aug. 14, 2013.

A protestor carries a fellow comrade near Rabaa al-Adawiya square in Cairo during clashes between Morsi supporters and riot police, Aug. 14, 2013.

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi shows his blood-stained hand as supporters clash with the Egyptian security forces in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

A protester carries copies of the Quran as Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry a wounded man during clashes with Egyptian security forces at Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces detain protesters as they clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Protesters throw stones at Egyptian security forces as they try to clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi surround a burning police car during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Mohandessin neighborhood, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi clash with the Egyptian security forces as they the forces move in to clear their sit-in camp in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 14, 2013.

A supporter of ousted president Mohamed Morsi throws stones during clashes with residents and Egyptian riot police in downtown Cairo, Aug. 13, 2013.

Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas shot by police to disperse a pro-Morsi camp, Aug. 14, 2013 in Cairo.

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters run from tear gas fired by Egyptian police in Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood protect their faces from tear gas fired by police to disperse a pro-Morsi protest camp in Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian military vehicles block a road leading to the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp in Cairo as Egyptian police try to disperse Morsi supporters, Aug. 14, 2013.

A protester puts away a copy of the Quran as the Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood carry away a tear gas canister fired by police to disperse a pro-Morsi protest camp, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood run for cover from a tear gas canister fired by riot police in Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

An injured man lies on the ground as Egyptian security forces move in to disperse a protest camp held by Morsi supporters, Aug. 14, 2013.

Egyptian security forces move in to disperse a protest camp held by Morsi supporters, Aug. 14, 2013.

Morsi supporters help eachother as Egyptian security forces move in to clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Aug. 14, 2013.

Makeshift wooden huts burn at a sit-in camp set up by Morsi supporters as Egyptian security forces clear the camp near Cairo University in, Aug. 14, 2013.

A member of the Egyptian security forces walks past debris after clearing a sit-in by Morsi supporters in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013.

A car burns as Morsi supporters clash with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Mohandessin neighborhood, Aug. 14, 2013.