Egyptian President Assumes Legislative Powers, Fires Tantawi

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled the military's constitutional decrees that limited presidential powers - and retired army chief Hussein Tantawi.

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Former Minister of Defense of Egypt Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, right, is escorted by Commander of Troops Lt. Col. Mark Armstrong, U.S. Army, and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, left, as he inspects the joint service honor guard during a military full honor arrival ceremony at the Pentagon. (file photo)

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  • ras sideeq
    Aug 13 2012, 11:59

    DR.MURSI HAS MADE ONE OF AFRICAS GREATEST POLITICAL MOVES SINCE COLINIALISM. THIS MOVE HAS DISTANCED ITS GOVERNMENT FROM THAT OF PROXIES IN THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT WHOSE LOYALTY WOULD BECOEME QUESTIONABLE WHEN EVER THIER PAYMASTERS ORDERED HEM TO MOVE AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH CORRUPTION, YOUR IDENTITY BECOMES MUDDLED WHEN YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO FOREIGN SUPERIORS". IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TRY THESE MEN AT THE MOMENT, WHAT DR.MURSI SHOULD DO IS REINSTATE HIS PARLIAMENT' WHO LIKE HIMSELF WAS ELECTED FAIRLY BY THE PEOPLE. THE CONSTTITUIONAL JUSTICES SHOULD ALSO BE REMOVED AS IT WAS IN THIER INETERST TO UNDERMINE THE PROGRES OF THE REVOLUTION" THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT DR.MURSI IS INDEED PRESIDENT OF ALL EGYPTIANS AND HE WILL NOT BETRAY THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS HARD WON REVOLUTIONS IN MODERN TIMES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY WESTERN IMPERIAL REVOLUTIONS BASED ON HATE DESTRUCTION SECTARINAISMS ; THESE TYPES OF BY THE GUN IN MODERN TIMES IS A FAILURE WILL ALWAYS FAIL. THESE JUST SHOWS THAT THE WEST IS OUT OF STEP AND ONLY WISH TO DICTATE AND RELY ON MURDER GENOCIDE HATE STRIFE MISER!!! THIS WHAT THE WEST AND THEIR ILLEGAL HATEFUL SNACTIONS FORCING PEOPLES TO SUFFFER SO THEY WANT TO PICK UP THIER WEAPONS THAT THEY PEDDLE AND FREELY RELEASE TO THOSE WHOM ARE WILLING TO DO THIER WORK.SATANISM IS THIERS AND THIERS ALONE, MANY IN THIS WORLD KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET UP DAILY FIGHTING MURDERING CHILDREN SUFFERING WOMEN ELDERLY IN PAIN MISERY THESE ARE ALL THE WORKS OF SATAN' "OUR ALLMIGHTY GOD" IS COMPASIONATE LOVING FREE WIZE FORGIVING THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE THJOSE HE" WISHES OFR THOSE THAT WORSHIP AND BELIEVE IN "HIS ETERNAL GLORY". THE ACTIONS WE SEE TODAY THAT COMPRISES OF ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN DEATH AS THERE IS NO LFE IN WHAT WE SEE. WE WATCH DAILY AS INNOCENT BABES BORN INTO A WORLD THAT TAKES THEM AWAY FROM THIER BORN DESTINY; WE SEE WHOLE SOCIETIES OF PEOPLE UNDERMINED THRU ACTYIONS NOT OF FAMINE OR DROUGHT BUT AMN MADE TO DENY PEOPLE FOOD A LIFE.THESE THINSG ARE NOT OF "OUR LORD"?>>>> THAT WOULD BE IMPOSIBLE; THE MORE YOU AND I SYMBOLISE ANY CONCERTING WITH THESE ABOMINATIONS, WE SET UP OUR SELVES FOR THE FALL OF DEATH! AS WE KNOW IT; THE TORMENT OF THE ETERNAL FIRE!!!!!!! SOLOMAN SAID THAT "ALL IS VANITYOUR FLESH IS VANITY ITS JUST A CLOTH THAT COVERS THE SOUL" WE MUST TRULY IDENTIFY WITH THE MESSAGE THAT IS OURS. OUR FLESH AND BONE MEANS NOTHING NOR HOW WE ADORN IT THESE ARE ALL VANITIES OF VANITIES; WHAT WE MUST SEEK ASDDRESS IS ORU SOULS WHERE WE HAVE THE TIME TO SEE THAT WHAT WE DO ON THIS PALNETACCOMPANIES US INTO THE HEREAFTER AS THE JUDGEMENT OF THE DSAY WONT BE FLESH AND BONE BUT OUR NAKED SOULS BEFORE "OUR ETERNAL FATHER OUR CREATOR" WHAT EEVER ONE CHOOSES TO BELIVE THAT IS THIER FORTUNE OR MISFORTUNE WHAT IS TRUE IS THAT WE ALL WERE BORN WITH MORAL FORTITUDE AND THESE GIFTS WE MUST USE TO SET AN EXAMLE SO THAT ALL MIGHT SEE THAT "OUR LORD" WORKS TIRELESSLY AND ABANDONS NONE!! "PEACE AND RIGHETOUSNESS BE UPON EGYPT"