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US officials call for snap Egyptian presidential polls, warn against army coup: CNN Anonymous Obama administration officials cited by CNN reportedly urge President Morsi to call for early elections while warning against coup by Egypt's armed forces
CNN has published an exclusive report claiming that the Obama administration is urging Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to call for early elections while at the same time warning the Egyptian military that it risks losing US financial assistance if it carries out a military coup against Egypt's first-ever freely elected head of state. In a report published Tuesday, the US news channel cited anonymous senior Obama administration officials as saying that the demands of the Egyptian people were similar to suggestions Washington and its allies had urged Morsi to take for weeks. According to the report, US officials have warned the Egyptian Armed Forces that a military coup would lead to the cutting of the $1.5 billion annual US aid package to Egypt. On Monday, the armed forces issued a statement giving all political forces in Egypt 48 hours to resolve their differences or face a military-imposed "roadmap" for the country's political future. In another statement later the same day, the official spokesperson of the armed forces made it clear that the Egyptian army was not planning a coup. The report also hinted that the Obama administration was concerned regarding its perceived support for the Morsi government and the Muslim Brotherhood. The report claimed that US officials had tried to push Morsi towards reform since what it described as the "23 November constitutional fiasco." http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/75518.aspx
