Egypt's army chief who led coup gets top rank

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) -- State television says Egypt's interim president has promoted the country's powerful army chief who led the July 3 coup that ousted the nation's Islamist president to the top military rank of marshal.

Interim President Adly Mansour's decision, announced Monday, comes amid heated speculation that Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi will step down to become a candidate in Egypt's coming presidential elections, set to take place before the end of April.

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Oh - so now it was a coup.

[MisterP]

1. same song and dance as in Honduras: coup happens, denied, then admitted in year 3 out of a

4-year presidential term, by which it's time for elections--and you aren't against elections, are you? if the deposee were that popular they'd just get reelected, right?

we can call them "paper coups"

[dipsydoodle]

2. Aristede was prevented from standing again in Haiti.

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[MisterP]

3. and the Salvadoran and Colombian left and rebels were just lured out for the election and murdered