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Quiet Military Coup Was Behind Mubarak's Resignation


(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel - President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after what appears to have been a quiet military coup. After Mubarak's Thursday night address in which he announced he was transferring his powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman but would not resign, Egyptian military leaders, anticipating the anger of the protesters, told Mubarak that if he did not step down voluntarily the army would force him out.
2011-02-14 00:00:00
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