“The Egyptian Army is like that pyramid, it cannot be broken.”

—  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

- El-Sisi http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/10/07/egyptian-people-will-never-forget-who-stood-with-them-or-against-them-al-sisi/
2013

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