نيويورك تايمز: عنان سيلعب دوراً محورياً فى مستقبل مصر

نيويورك تايمز: عنان سيلعب دوراً محورياً فى مستقبل مصر
نشرت صحيفة «نيويورك تايمز» الأمريكية تقريراً عن أعضاء المجلس العسكرى بمناسبة قرب تسليمهم السلطة رسمياً للرئيس المنتخب، وركزت الصحيفة على 6 من أعضاء المجلس، بينهم الفريق سامى عنان الذى وصفته الصحيفة بأنه الجنرال «المفضل» للمؤسسة العسكرية الأمريكية، وأضافت أنه رجل عسكرى تقليدى ركز كل نشاطه فى الماضى على تحديث الجيش المصرى، وسيلعب دوراً مركزياً فى مستقبل الحكم فى مصر، ويعتبره مسئولون أمريكيون حلقة وصل مهمة بين واشنطن والقاهرة.
The Leaders of the Egyptian Military Council

Egypt’s ruling military council is made of up 23 senior officers. Six of them dominate the decision making in the council.

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

Field Marshal Tantawi is the head of the
military council that took power on Feb. 11, 2011, after President Hosni
Mubarak stepped down. It is Field Marshal Tantawi, perhaps more than
any other single person, who is now driving events in Egypt. He was a
trusted ally of Hosni Mubarak for more than 20 years. A leaked
diplomatic cable from the American Embassy in Cairo to Washington in
2008 described Field Marshal Tantawi as “charming and courtly” but “aged
and change-resistant.” The cable also reported that midlevel officers
in the Egyptian Army referred to him as “Mubarak’s poodle” — incompetent
and old-fashioned but intensely loyal.

Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez Enan

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

General Enan is a favorite of the American
military, and the second in command among the group of generals ruling
Egypt. He is considered a traditional military man focused on army
operations and modernization, and he will play a central role in Egypt’s
future government. American officials say General Enan has become a
crucial link for the United States as it navigates the rocky course
ahead with Cairo.

Maj. Gen. Mamdouh Shahin

Assistant Defense Minister for Legal Affairs

General Shahin is the military council’s legal
and constitutional adviser, and the military’s representative in the
current constitutional assembly. After dissolving the Muslim
Brotherhood-dominated Parliament and seizing all legislative power on
June 14, 2012, General Shahin sought to defend the military’s actions
in a televised news conference. In May 2011, he said that the military
should be given ”some kind of insurance, so that it is not under the
whim of a president."

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Maj. General Hassan al-Roueini

Commander of Central Military Zone

General Roueini is the military commander for
the Cairo area who is responsible for the closed-door military tribunals
that 7,000 to 10,000 people were brought before after Mr. Mubarak’s
resignation. The Democratic Alliance, a coalition of political parties
formed during the revolution, accused General Roueini, among others, of
instigating the killings of protesters. A day before former Mr. Mubarak
resigned, General Roueini famously appeared before a crowd of
antigovernment protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square and said, “All your
demands will be met."

Maj. General Mohamed al-Assar

Assistant Defense Minister

In a news conference aimed at defending the
military’s dissolution of Parliament, General Assar said, “We will give
the president of the republic his complete powers.” He also said he
would transfer power to the president in a “grand ceremony” by the end
of June. Appearing on a popular talk show months after the protests,
General Assar called Mr. Mubarak’s overthrow “the greatest revolution in
the history of Egypt.”

Maj. General Mukhtar al-Mulla

Assistant Defense Minister

In a December 2011 news conference, General
Mulla appeared to believe that the old Constitution — built for
one-party rule, lacking clear separation of powers or judicial
independence — might not need much fixing. He also said the
now-dissolved Parliament dominated by elected Islamists could not be
representative of the public. “Do you think that the Egyptians elected
someone to threaten his interest and economy and security and relations
with international community?” General Mulla asked. “Of course not.”