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The military crackdown on pro-Morsi protests in the country continued on Saturday as exchanges of gunfire erupted around the Fateh mosque in Cairo. And as loyalists to deposed (former) president Mohamed Morsi — the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and more hard-line groups who also supported the former president — become more isolated in Egypt, the Prime Minister has proposed dissolving the party altogether.

On Saturday, Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi sent a proposal to the government that would remove the group's NGO status, essentially dissolving the organization in the country. The Muslim Brotherhood was last dissolved in the '50's, and only just registered legally as an NGO in March, according to Reuters. The group's political party, the Freedom and Justice Party, was registered in 2011. Meanwhile, the Egyptian presidency has started referring to pro-Morsi protesters as the "enemy," with the insinuation that the protests are instigated or influenced by foreigners.

Presidency (in translation frm English 2 Arabic 2 English): Now Egyptians r mor united than before...We r dedicated 2 victory over the enemy — Abigail Hauslohner (@ahauslohner) August 17, 2013

The presidency, in a press conference held in English, also referred to a "war by the forces of extremism", and vowed to fight "extremism and terrorism through security measures."

State TV feed of gov't press conference is labeled "Egypt Fights Terrorism." via AJE. http://t.co/gZCxoHr6pT pic.twitter.com/svrsqjkQfA — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 17, 2013

According to the latest official figures from Saturday, 173 people died in Egypt yesterday, in addition to the over 600 killed in the first 24 hours of a brutal crackdown against pro-Morsi supporters in the country, who have staged sit-ins around Cairo since the July uprising that led to the military deposition of Egypt's most recent democratically-elected leader. As many have noted, Saturday's presidential press conference seemed aimed right at the international community, who have protested (to some extent) the military crackdown on supporters of former president Morsi on humanitarian grounds.

Egyptians, state & ppl, now know their allies.. & know who's giving international, financial, moral cover (to MB) - #Egypt presidency — Rawya Rageh (@RawyaRageh) August 17, 2013