US Pressuring Egyptian Army Not To Back al-Sisi In Presidential Election

[Purveyor]

Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces convened earlier this week to discuss the possibility of nominating Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president.

The move came despite US pressure to prevent the nomination of a military figure.

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It reviewed the American pressure and Sisi shared the details of his most recent phone conversation with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Sisi said he told Hagel he rejected outside intervention in the will of the Egyptian people.

The source said that the Obama administration had carried out a campaign in the past few days in which intensive contacts took place with several Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait with the goal of getting them to pressure Egypt to nominate a non-military figure for president. The Gulf states rejected the American request.

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http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-pressuring-Egyptian-army-not-to-back-al-Sisi-in-presidential-election-336975

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Didn't Obama once say messing around with other countries bred resentment?

I could have sworn he once made statements like that.