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Pro-Sisi Egyptians Struck by Amnesia

Millions are embracing Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and have seemingly forgotten the ills of military rule that plagued Egypt for decades.

Supporters of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak shout slogans against members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi near a poster of Egypt's armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, outside a police academy before Mubarak's trial in Cairo July 6, 2013. The slow-motion retrial of former Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak dragged on at snail's pace on Saturday, impervious to the latest upheaval in the country he ruled for 30 years - the military overthro
Supporters of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak shout slogans against members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi near a poster of Egypt's armed forces chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, outside a police academy before Mubarak's trial in Cairo, July 6, 2013. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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