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Egypt retires 70 army generals

Egypt retires 70 army generals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19456182

"Seventy generals in the Egyptian armed forces are to be retired, the government has announced.

The move comes weeks after President Mohammed Mursi replaced the defence minister and the chief of staff................."

Seventy Generals - that's a lot. Just might shake up their C&C for a while. And the new Generals will be.....................?

Balance that story with......

Egypt's Brotherhood accused of trying to control media

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19245300

"The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's powerful Islamist movement, has been accused of attempting to seize control of state-owned media and silence dissent.

While attention has been focused on the battle for power between the military and President Mohammed Mursi - a member of the Brotherhood - a series of moves have allowed the group to gain influence over media policy and appointments, and seen a private TV network taken off air and the print-run of a critical newspaper confiscated................"

It couldn't be nefarious......President Obama said the Brotherhood were our friends. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by JimP (Post 466552)

It couldn't be nefarious......President Obama said the Brotherhood were our friends. :rolleyes:

We're sorry, you've violated the State Department's Ban on unkind words and phrases. Please report for you human nice-ness training.. :rolleyes::munchin

I've got an Egyptian O -5 in the class I'm teaching this week, I'll ask him about this tomorrow.

Had a good conversation with him today about the Sinai.

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Originally Posted by JimP (Post 466623)

I've got an Egyptian O -5 in the class I'm teaching this week, I'll ask him about this tomorrow.

Had a good conversation with him today about the Sinai.

By that time he might be an O-6.

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Originally Posted by Pete (Post 466625)

By that time he might be an O-6.

Or in hiding. :munchin

One step closer to to the caliphate

...the brotherhood is our friend, nothing to see here, move along

Egypt, what a complete effing disaster, and it's just going to get worse for the Egyptian people.

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Originally Posted by aegisnavy (Post 466705)

Egypt, what a complete effing disaster, and it's just going to get worse for the Egyptian people.

They voted them in so ey Desirve what they get......

The young LTC may be looking for asylum doing his course....... Do not trust him the last one we had (Muhammad) turned out to be a terrorist

Don't let him give cultural classes to you. ;)

The inmates are running the asylum. Again.