Thursday, March 27, 2014

Egypt: Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi resigns from army, declares intention to run for President

Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced Wednesday that he has resigned from the military and will run for president in elections scheduled for next month.

In a nationally televised speech, al-Sisi appeared in his military uniform, saying that it was the last time he would wear it because he was giving it up "to defend the nation" by running for president. He said he was "responding to a call from the

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