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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/for-egypts-military-theres-no-turning-back/
Egypt's Military: "We Have No Plan to Take Power"
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Just hours after publishing a statement that put it firmly on the opposition's side, Egypt's military, late Monday, issued a second announcement stating: "Military coups are not part of our ideology....The [earlier] published statement was meant to push the sides towards an agreement....We have no plan of taking power into our own hands." What will the military actually do when its 48-hour ultimatum to Morsi expires? Not much it seems. The chances of a military coup seem slim at the moment. The army may simply carry on its current policy of letting the protesters do as they like, including attacking regime institutions. In such a scenario, Morsi may even turn to the army himself, requesting to be saved.