Morsi role at Syria rally seen as tipping point for Egypt army

[David__77]

Army concern about the way President Mohamed Morsi was governing Egypt reached tipping point when the head of state attended a rally packed with hardline fellow Islamists calling for holy war in Syria, military sources have said.

At the June 15th rally, Sunni Muslim clerics used the word “infidels” to denounce both the Shias fighting to protect Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the non-Islamists that oppose Mr Morsi at home.

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For the army, the Syria rally had crossed “a national security red line” by encouraging Egyptians to fight abroad, risking creating a new generation of jihadists, said Yasser El-Shimy, analyst with the International Crisis Group.

At the heart of the military’s concern is the history of militant Islam in Egypt, homeland of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. The military source condemned recent remarks made by “retired terrorists” allied to Mr Morsi, who has deepened his ties with the once-armed group al-Gamaa al-Islamiya.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/morsi-role-at-syria-rally-seen-as-tipping-point-for-egypt-army-1.1450612

The anti-Syria, pro-terrorism actions of Morsi are definitely what moved the army to threaten a coup.

[leveymg]

1. Wouldn't that make Morsi our ally in the Friends of Syria? Confusing. Confused.

[David__77]

2. Yes, and no.

The US wants to take action, resulting in arming al Qaeda. But the US will prosecute any US citizen who goes and joins them directly. The US wants non-Western fighters to serve as cannon fodder for the Islamist war. Egypt's military doesn't buy in to that plan for its people to serve as cannon fodder, recognizing that Syria is serving as a training ground for al Qaeda and all manner of terrorist subversives. Morsi's call to terrorism - by its own citizens - was too much for them.

[sabrina 1]

3. Yes, it seems he has betrayed the people who rose up against that other Western puppet,

Mubarak. The Egyptian revolution that ousted one puppet clearly doesn't want another. Concerns began when Gates flew into Egypt as soon as Mubarak resigned.

They are determined to remain free of Western influences which caused decades of oppression in their country.

They knew when they ousted Mubarak that 'this is only the first step'. The military there is not to be trusted either. It will take a lot more to finally break free of outside influences than the toppling of a few puppets, sadly.

[leveymg]

4. I agree. But, Morsi simply wants to replace the old puppetmaster, the US, with the Saudis.

The Saudis probably pay better, too.

[sabrina 1]

5. Same difference, we are tied at the hip with the Saudi Regime.

[leveymg]

6. One of a pair of siamese twins we spawned at the end of World War Two.

"My bibopsy"