Egypt: how the Egyptian army is desperate to win British support

Egypt: how the Egyptian army is desperate to win British support

Hand-picked by the country's leader himself, they were the generals that President Mohammed Morsi thought he could rely on. When they turned against him, the betrayal was all the harsher.

By Richard Spencer, Cairo
06 Jul 2013

"It was me who made you a minister, and I can fire you if I want," Mr Morsi said last week to General Abdulfattah al-Sisi, Egypt's defence chief, according to one account of their final meeting.
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