Egypt coup against Morsi is rooted in a decades-long struggle - latimes

Egypt won its independence from Britain after a 1952 revolution by army officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. From the start, the military was set against the Muslim Brotherhood, a growing and at times violent underground Islamist movement. - Egypt coup against Morsi is rooted in a decades-long struggle
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