Egyptian president asserts power in Sinai and on the pitch

Taking on the military: Sports minister El-Amry Farouk
By James M. Dorsey
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is negotiating his working relationship with the country’s powerful military in the battle against armed militants in the Sinai and on the soccer pitch.
Taken together, the Egyptian military’s effort to restore control in the Sinai, a region that had…
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