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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Morsi-tried-to-split-military-dismiss-defense-minister-319069
Report: Morsi Sought to Remove Defense Minister Sisi
(Jerusalem Post) Ariel Ben Solomon - Egypt's El-Watan newspaper reported on Sunday that Egyptian intelligence, monitoring phone calls between the Muslim Brotherhood leadership and the presidential palace, revealed a plan to remove the commander of the Egyptian armed forces, Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sources said President Morsi sought to find a military leader to replace Sisi. Furthermore, as the mass anti-Morsi protest of June 30 approached, Morsi asked the commander of the Egyptian Republican Guard to arrest prominent judges, members of the media and members of the opposition - but he refused.