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December 7, 2012

Morsi Runs Back into the Arms of the Military

Alan Philps, The National

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The posting of tanks outside the presidential palace yesterday morning raises an uncomfortable question for the future of Egypt: is the result of last year's revolution going to be just more military rule, under a light frosting of Islamist politics?

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TAGGED: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi

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