Egypt army chief calls on US to pressure Islamists
Egyptian armed forces chief El-Sisi slams US for insufficient support to Egyptian people, urges Obama administration to pull strings with Brotherhood to end sit-ins
AhramOnline - Egypt's armed forces chief chief General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has lashed out at the United States, urging Washington to do more to pressure the Muslim Brotherhood to end its protest encampments.
In a rare interview with the Washington Post, the commander – who led the military coup that ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi one month ago – warned of police action to disperse the protests.
The United States provides $1.3 billion in mostly military aid to Cairo every year, but El-Sisi effectively accused President Barack Obama's administration of turning its back on Egypt.
"You left the Egyptians, you turned your back on the Egyptians and they won't forget that. Now you want to continue turning your backs on Egyptians?" El-Sisi said, according to excerpts of the Post's Thursday interview, published on Saturday.
"The US administration has a lot (of) leverage and influence with the Muslim Brotherhood and I'd really like the US administration to use this leverage with them to resolve the conflict," he said.
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