Muslim Brotherhood has dismantled military leadership and now has complete control in Egypt.......Qatar contributes 2 billion in spite of the moves by the Muslim Brotherhood !

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Qatar pledges $2bn for Egypt's central bank

Announcement follows Cairo meeting between President Mohamed Morsi and Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Last Modified: 12 Aug 2012 09:02 inShare Email Print Share Feedback

The Emir of Qatar's visit was the first trip to the country by a Gulf leader since Morsi was sworn in on June 30 [EPA]

Qatar is to deposit $2bn at the Egyptian Central Bank in an effort to help support an economy battered by a year and a half of political turmoil, an Egyptian presidency statement has said. The announcement came after meeting in Cairo on Saturday between President Mohamed Morsi and Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Egypt's foreign reserves began a steep decline last year when a popular uprising against the government of Hosni Mubarak sent the economy into a tailspin and led the central bank to start selling dollars to prop up the country's pound. The economy faces a looming balance of payments crisis and high state borrowing costs, with experts saying financial aid is urgently needed to avoid currency devaluation. The emir of Qatar held talks with Morsi during the first trip to the country by a Gulf leader since Egypt's new president was sworn in on June 30. Austerity measures Morsi's new cabinet will have to decide whether it should implement new and potentially painful austerity measures to help stabilise government finances and secure foreign financial help. Political unrest has scared away tourists and foreign investors and prompted government employees to strike for higher wages. The central bank's reserves have fallen sharply since the fall of Mubarak, the former president, in February 2011. Reserves are at $14.4bn, against $36bn a year and a half ago. The cash shortfall raises fears about Egypt's ability to maintain imports of basic commodities such as wheat and refined fuel, and to honour its international financial commitments. A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Cairo this month to resume talks with the government over a $3.2bn loan. Political tensions have been delaying the unlocking of aid as the IMF demanded that any loan gets broad political support. The Egyptian government expects a growth rate of 3.5 to 4 per cent in the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year. Gulf governments have offered some aid to Cairo, including a $1bn deposit from Saudi Arabia at the central bank earlier this year. and....

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Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi

Powerful head of armed forces and chief of army staff dismissed and top commanders retired in shock announcement. Last Modified: 12 Aug 2012 16:24 inShare4 Email Print Share Feedback

Tantawi, left, and Enan, right, are among the several senior defence officials to lose their jobs [Reuters]

The Egyptian president has ordered the powerful head of the army and defence minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, into retirement and cancelled constitutional amendments issued by the military restricting presidential powers. Mohamed Morsi announced through a spokesman on Sunday the dismissal of Tantawi and his appointment as a presidential adviser. According to state television, Abdul-Fatah al-Sessi would replace Tantawi as defence minister and the general commander of the army. Morsi also sent into retirement the chief of army staff, Sami Anan, and appointed him as a presidential adviser. Lieutenant-General Sidki Sayed Ahmed was named as Anan's replacement. Morsi further appointed a senior judge, Mahmoud Mekki, as vice-president. All decisions are effective immediately. The latest moves are seen as escalating the power struggle between Morsi, who took office on June 30, and the military. Tantawi was the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which ruled the country after Hosni Mubarak was toppled as president in February 2011. He was defence minister for nearly two decades under Mubarak. Brotherhood-military tensions Morsi, from the Muslim Brotherhood, and his Islamist allies did not hide their displeasure with the amendments issued by the military in mid-June curtailing the president's role and granting the army massive powers, including legislative control. Earlier this week, Morsi sacked the head of the intelligence service. Besides Tantawi and Anan, Morsi also ordered the retirement of the commanders of the navy, air defence and air force. The retired navy commander, Lieutenant-General Mohan Mameesh, was named as chairman of the Suez Canal, the strategic waterway linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and a major source of revenues for the country. Al Jazeera's correspondent, Sherine Tadros, reporting from Cairo, said the president's spokesperson made the surprising announcement on state television. "There will be a lot of questions asked, especially if Morsi is able to do this," she said. "In the coming hours, we will find out how this decision came about. All of this has happened very fast, and it was unexpected." and..... http://www.debka.com/article/22268/Muslim-Brotherhood-anti-army-coup-in-Cairo-Tanks-move-up-to-Israel-border Muslim Brotherhood anti-army coup in Cairo. Tanks move up to Israel border DEBKAfile Special Report August 12, 2012, 7:20 PM (GMT+02:00) Tags:  Egypt   Mohamed Morsi  President Morsi fires generals HAVING GAINED CONTROL OF THE EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENCY, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS MADE ITSELF THE UNCHALLENGED RULER OF EGYPT. DEMOTING THE HEADS OF THE MILITARY LEAVES THE MB IN CONTROL OF THE BIGGEST ARMY IN THE ARAB WORLD. TWO MONTHS AFTER ASSUMING THE PRESIDENCY, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI SWEPT AWAY THE POWERFUL PRO-AMERICAN SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL HEADS RULING EGYPT SINCE HOSNI MUBARAK’S OVERTHROW.  SUNDAY. AUG. 12, HE FIRED THE EGYPTIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, FIELD MARSHAL MOHAMED TANTAWI, THE EGYPTIAN CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. HAFEZ SAMI ANNAN AND THREE MORE GENERALS AND APPOINTED FIELD MARSHALL ABD AL-FATAH SISSI DEFENSE MINISTER AND GEN. SIDKI SOBHI CHIEF OF STAFF IN THEIR PLACE. The three generals also sacked were Air Force chief Rezza Abd al-Megid, Navy commander Mahab Muhamed Mamish and Air Defense chief Abd Al-Aziz Muhamed Seif. PRESIDENT MORSI ALSO ANNULLED THE LAW AMENDMENTS ENDOWING THE MILITARY WITH BROAD POWERS. DEBKAFILE REPORTS: FIELD MARSHAL TANTAWI AND GEN. ANNAN WERE REGARDED AS THE LAST MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S COMPLETE TAKEOVER OF EGYPT. MORSI’S ACTION HAS CAST EGYPT’S MILITARY CASTE OUT INTO UNCERTAIN TERRITORY WITH REGARD TO ITS FUTURE STATUS IN GOVERNMENT. MORSI’S ACTIONS IN THE LAST MONTH HAVE AROUSED SERIOUS CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. HIS COUP SUNDAY WILL GIVE THEM MORE UNSAVORY FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THEY WILL NOT HAVE MISSED THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF EGYPTIAN ARMY M-60 TANKS (MADE IN THE US) RIGHT UP TO THE ISRAELI BORDER OF SINAI WHILE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS WERE ANNOUNCED IN CAIRO. IT IS STILL NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND ARMY WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD OR GAVE PERMISSION FOR THIS EXTREME EXCEPTION TO THE DEMILITARIZED CLAUSES OF THEIR 1979 PEACE TREATY. HOWEVER, LAST WEEK, THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SAID THAT TREATY CLAUSES NOT DEEMED BENEFICIAL TO EGYPTIAN INTERESTS BY THE NEW REGIME WOULD HAVE TO GO. ISRAEL DID NOT RESPOND TO THIS STATEMENT. IN ANOTHER NEW DEPARTURE, HE APPOINTED A FORMER SENIOR JUDGE MOHAMED MAHMUD MAKKI VICE PRESIDENT, A NEW OFFICE IN EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. DEBKAFILE WAS THE ONLY PUBLICATION TO REPORT THAT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND MORSI WERE EXPLOITING THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN SINAI TO RID CAIRO OF THE PRO-WESTERN MILITARY CONTROL OF THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. DEBKAFILE WAS THE ONLY PUBLICATION TO REPORT THAT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND MORSI WERE EXPLOITING THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN SINAI TO RID CAIRO OF THE PRO-WESTERN MILITARY CONTROL OF THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. A FASTER WORKER, MORSI HAS ACHIEVED THIS IN EXACTLY SEVEN DAYS.