Egypt president Mohamed Morsi forces top generals to retire

[rpannier]

Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsi, has ordered Egypt's two top generals to retire and revoked a military-declared constitutional amendment that gave them wide powers.

Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, who led Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted, retires as defence minster and Sami Enan steps down as chief of staff.

The decisions are effective immediately, presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said in a news conference broadcast on state TV on Sunday.

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The new Morsi-appointed defence minister is Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. A senior judge, Mahmoud Mekki, has been appointed vice-president. Tantawi and Enan have become presidential advisers.

link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/12/mohamed-morsi-orders-generals-retire

I know someone who voted for Morsi because he couldn't see letting any Mubarak cronies stain the country. Glad to see he's kicked those two crooks out and rescinded that Court ruling by Mubarak flunkies

[No Elephants]

1. Praying. crossing fingers and hoping in every other way that Arab Spring really arrives.

Also hoping that we fare okay.though it is hard to see how they will not hold our actions against us.

[Enthusiast]

2. Just wait until they try to get Morsi out of office. nt