U.S. government calls for immediate lift of state of emergency in Egypt

The U.S. Government has called Wednesday Egypt Supreme Military Council to lift the state of emergency immediately. Responding to question about the U.S. government''s view of the Supreme Military Council move to revive the emergency law and to extend its application to categories of behavior that previously had not been covered, the State Department said "We have encouraged the transitional government to lift the state of emergency immediately. Moreover, we believe that the trials of accused civilians appropriately belong in Egypt’s civilian courts". In a statement the Department said the Supreme Council has said publicly " they are prepared to eliminate the emergency law as soon as conditions permit, and before parliamentary elections. We have repeatedly encouraged them to do so."