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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clash with riot police (file photo).
Egypt's Army Chief and Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Egyptians to protest on Friday to mandate the army to confront violence and terrorism, in a televised speech on Wednesday.
He stressed that the army will do what it deems as necessary for such a confrontation, adding, "That does not mean that I am advocating for violence."
Sisi added that there will be no retreat on the roadmap, which was put forth by the army following its ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on July 3, for political transition.
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How does an Army need civilians to control violence and terrorism? This is creepy!!!! The ant-Morsi protest suceeded, so they should now go home if they really did a good thing. The agrieved should be the ones ptotesting on the streets now. And if they are not doing it peacefully, the army has the automatic mandate to correct it. Having said this, the Army chief is still talking and therefore shows further that the removal of Morsi was a coup. Even the US knows that a democatically elected president cannot be yanged from seat by the military by something called a different name than a coup. People are only playing politics of interest and not necessarily politics of justice. Get Morsi back and outvote him at the end of his term!!!!!!!