Egypt's president asserts authority over army

[Duct Tape]

Source: Al Jazeera

The Egyptian president has ordered the powerful head of the army and defence minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and several senior generals into retirement and cancelled constitutional amendments issued by the military restricting presidential powers.
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Morsi also sent into retirement the chief of army staff, General Sami Anan, and appointed him as a presidential adviser.

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Morsi further appointed a senior judge, Mahmoud Mekki, as vice-president. All decisions are effective immediately.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, said that would be no exaggeration to say that no one saw this one coming.


Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281215511142445.html

[craigmatic]

1. He'll probably get assasinated for this. I hope he doesn't but I think he will.

[rudycantfail]

2. There are a lot of powerful people in Washington

London and Tel Aviv who don't see this as good news.

[Deep13]

3. this won't end well. : (

[stockholmer]

4. I think Morsi will be able to pull this off, well played, IMHO

[Canuckistanian]

5. Consolidating power immediately...

And no one saw this coming....

Hmmm.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

6. Whoa.

If he isn't assassinated and there isn't a military coop, this is a huge change. This is a huge change for Egypt and a big change in the region. I hope it doesn't turn into an oppressive Islamic state for the women living there. It'll be an interesting situation to watch in the coming months.