Brotherhood in charge: Morsi retires pro-U.S. Tantawi, fires military command

Brotherhood in charge: Morsi retires pro-U.S. Tantawi, fires military command

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ruling Muslim Brotherhood has fired Egypt’s military command. President Mohammed Morsi, the nation’s first Islamist president, has dismissed many of the members of the ruling council. Morsi, a Brotherhood leader, fired the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi, as well as the […]