President Obama Condemns Egypt Over Violence, Cancels U.S.-Egyptian Military Exercises

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about the violence in Egypt while at his rental vacation home on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard in Chilmark August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Obama Condemns Egypt Over Violence, Cancels Joint Military Exercise -- NBC

CAIRO – President Barack Obama strongly condemned Egypt’s interim government Thursday, saying the United States was canceling a planned joint military operation in protest over violent clashes that left at least 525 dead.

He also called on Egypt’s army-backed interim government to cancel the month-long state of emergency it imposed after Wednesday's clashes, and to respect the rights of minorities.

“The cycle of violence needs to stop,” he said in Massachusetts where he is on a working vacation.

Obama said Operation Bright Star – a joint biennial military exercise that had been due to take place in the Sinai region next month - would not now happen. It followed the decision last month to halt a planned delivery of F-16 fighter jets.

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