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Egypt's Military to Warn Against "Chaos and Disorder"
By Reuters

The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labour unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work. Ref. Source 2

Military Egypt

Is The Army Tightening Its Grip On Egypt?
By Robert Fisk

There is a growing concern among those who overthrew Mubarak that the fruits of their victory may be gobbled up by an army largely composed of generals who achieved their power and privilege under Mubarak himself. Ref. Source 7

Egypt Military History & Civil Business Politics

Egypt court bans military 'virginity tests'

An Egyptian court has ordered the country's military rulers to stop the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees, a practice that has caused an uproar among activists and rights groups. Ref. Source 8

Military Egypt

Panetta Urges Egypt's Military Chief to Continue Political Transition
US Military News

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called the leader of Egypt's ruling military council and encouraged him to move forward with a political transition in that country, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed

Military Egypt

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has removed the country's two top military officers and rescinded a June decree by the generals that kept lawmaking powers in their hands, his office announced Sunday.

Morsy, Egypt's first freely elected leader, assumed office June 30. He took the helm of a deeply divided nation that is economically strapped and lacks a working government. Ref. CNN

Egypt Military

Six killed by Egypt army in Sinai:

Egyptian security forces killed six gunmen in a raid on a village in North Sinai early on Sunday, witnesses say Ref. Source 5

Egypt Military

Tanks guard Egyptian presidential palace

Egyptian army tanks deployed outside the presidential palace on Thursday in streets where supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi had clashed into the early hours of the morning in violence that killed five people. Ref. Source 9

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Egyptian army abruptly postpones "Unity" talks:

Efforts to resolve Egypt's rapidly worsening political crisis suffered a blow on Wednesday when the army abruptly postponed "Unity" talks that the opposition had minutes earlier said they would attend. Ref. Source 7