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Egypt's defence minister forces 70 generals to retire
 [CBC] Egypt's new defence minister has retired 70 army generals and removed a few of them from the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, according to media reports.BBC News and Al-Arabiya network say Col.-Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi acted to get rid of the generals ahead of a plan to form a new military council. The reports say al-Sisi removed six members from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... those men will still remain as members of the armed forces. Sisi was appointed only weeks ago by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who had forced then-Defence Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and the armed forces chief of staff Sami Anan to step down. Both now serve as consultants to the government. Both men had been key members of the military council, which had broad legislative and executive powers. Posted by: Fred 2012-09-03 |
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