Abigail Hauslohner, Time
It would seem that Mohamed Morsy is on a roll. Less than a week after sacking several major security chiefs, the first elected President in Egypt's history has moved on to tackle the big guns. On Sunday, Morsy fired Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the country's Defense Minister and powerful chief of Egypt's military council, with whom the President has been locked in a power struggle since he took office at the end of June. Perhaps no more.Along with Tantawi, who in the 18 months since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak has reigned as the most powerful man in Egypt,...
It would seem that Mohamed Morsy is on a roll. Less than a week after sacking several major security chiefs, the first elected President in Egypt's history has moved on to tackle the big guns. On Sunday, Morsy fired Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the country's Defense Minister and powerful chief of Egypt's military council, with whom the President has been locked in a power struggle since he took office at the end of June. Perhaps no more.Along with Tantawi, who in the 18 months since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak has reigned as the most powerful man in Egypt,...
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