Mursi took military divisions and the impact of the attack in Sinai

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rivalries could have used a military hierarchy decadent and weakened by the attack in the Sinai to the quarterback out of office Hussein Tantawi, Minister of Defence for 20 years, analysts said on Monday. The announcement of the pass retired quarterback who led the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (CSFA) and the "number two" of the agency, the Chief of Staff Sami Annan, the president demonstrated a will to dominate Islamist military machine, with which it was conflict, AFP reported. To reach its aims, Mursi could have benefited from rivalries and general decadence well hidden until now "old guard" military, while trying to find an honorable way out to the leaders who were sections. "The decision to bring down Mursi Tantawi Anan and confirms that the CSFA was really helpless that it was a paper tiger," said one of the most prestigious Egyptian editors, Ibrahim Eissa, the newspaper al-Tahrir . "Although Tantawi and Annan had wanted to resist, mobilize troops or reject this decision, I think that would be very unlikely given the way things developed," said Gamal Salama, director of the Department of Political Science at the University Suez. "The two men were the main Egyptian decorations and were recruited as advisers to the president, which is reassuring, although it is an honorable position," he said. CSFA Three other officers - the chief of the navy, Vice Admiral Mohab Mamish, the air defense commander, Saif Abdelaziz el Din, and the air force chief, Mahmoud Reda Hafez - in return received high positions in the public sector. Mamish important and prestigious direct the administration of the Suez Canal One of the main sources of income for Egypt. Other members of CSFA rise in the government hierarchy, particularly the military intelligence chief, General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who was appointed defense minister. Numerous media highlighted the Marshal Tantawi, 76 and a veteran of three Arab-Israeli wars, was replaced in that role for 50 years overall, showing a jump of generation at the expense of "old guard". Another member of CSFA, General Mohamed Asar, was promoted to deputy defense minister. All these movements "do constitute a form of prior understanding between the president and certain members of the high military council" to redistribute the cards on top of the hierarchy and alienate Tantawi responsibilities said Mustafa Kamel political scientist el Sayed, University of Cairo. A military source quoted by the official news agency MENA said on Sunday that those decisions were made ​​"in cooperation and after consultations with the military." An attack attributed to "terrorists" that killed 16 border guards on 5 August in the Sinai border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, revealed serious deficiencies in security in the area and might also encourage a restructuring of the dome military.