Saturday, August 3, 2013

Egypt's Commanding General: US 'turned its back'

KERRY: Egypt's 'Military Did Not Take Over' - Jeryl Bier/Weekly Standard
Kerry backpedals on controversial comment on Egyp - AP via Boston Globe
Egypt's Commanding General: US 'turned its back' - Raf Sanchez/The Telegraph

Gen Abdulfattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian general who deposed Mohammed Morsi, the country's democratically-elected president has accused the US of "turning your backs" on Egypt....

In an interview with the Washington Post he appeared to blame the instability on the White House, saying: "You left the Egyptians. You turned your back on the Egyptians and they won't forget that."

Morsi supporters defy orders to end sit-ins - Al Jazeera