Tensions Rise in Egypt, Protests Expected
LEMON: Tensions are rising in Egypt where opponents of President Mohammed Morsi are getting ready for massive nationwide protests. And Morsi supporters are determined to make a stand for their president. It's all happening tomorrow, one year after Morsi took office. And CNN's Ben Wedeman is in Cairo.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They chant "We love you, Morsi" to the Egyptian president in one part of Cairo. And in another they're telling him to go, get out now. Egyptians are polarized as never before. And the two camps seem headed inexorably to a violent clash.</s>WEDEMAN: There are two large and determined and enthusiastic camps. Here, the pro-Morsi crowd; in Tahrir Square the anti-Morsi crowd, both large and both ready for a confrontation.</s>WEDEMAN (voice-over): The opposition, made up of young revolutionaries, old regime loyalists and ordinary citizens, fed up with fuel shortages, power cuts, a collapsing economy and rising crime, will hit the streets Sunday to demand the immediate resignation of the Muslim Brotherhood-supported President Mohammed Morsi, elected a year ago in Egypt's first post-revolutionary presidential vote. The president's supporters insist he must stay in power. Some demonstrators have brought clubs and sticks and say they're ready for a fight. Refat Ali traveled from Upper Egypt to the capital with a message to Morsi's opponents. "Our patience has run out," he says. "Either you back off or the only thing left to do is to attack you with one fist." Brotherhood spokesman Jihad Haddad warns the group's supporters will not turn the other cheek.</s>JIHAD HADDAD, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN: This time under the bounds of the law we intend to execute our right of self-defense to protect our protesters, our buildings and our homes.</s>WEDEMAN (voice-over): There's scant talk of compromise. The stakes are high. And no one is ready to back down, certainly not the once persecuted and now empowered Muslim Brotherhood.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For Islam this is the battle of life and death. So Morsi for them is the red line. So they cannot imagine the world without Morsi as the president, because they know that if Morsi steps down, this means that they will not come to power again. And the new president will put them in jail again.</s>WEDEMAN: Morsi's opponents are openly cautioning of an army takeover if order totally collapses.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We want to warn them if they are going to use this kind of violence against us and threaten a state of civil war, of course, some of the parties will have to interfere, even if it's the army, but to protect the security of Egyptians.</s>WEDEMAN: At the rally for the president, young men put on a show of their fighting skills. But it may not be longer for show -- Ben Wedeman, CNN, Cairo.</s>LEMON: Are we closer to finding life on another planet or three other planets? Details next.