It is too early to know the definitive story of what led to Tuesday’s protests at the US embassy in Cairo and the brazen attack on the US consulate in Benghazi later that night that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

There are three components to the current crisis in Egypt. Right now, the most important, at least in public eye, is who will become the next president of Egypt?

Hani Serag, Egyptian democracy activist and part of Peoples Health Movement discusses with Newsclick the issues in Egypt after the removal of Hosni Mubarak as President.

America presumes to know, and presumes to have a say equivalent to those of the millions who have thronged Egypt's squares, writes Vijay Prashad