Egypt Army Looms Over Politics as Crackdown Cements Power

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Hend Soliman said she knows exactly who should lead Egypt out of a state of emergency after last week’s bloody suppression of Islamist protests: a military man.

“We need an iron fist,” said Soliman, 37, a manicurist in Cairo. “These people know the country and how to run it.”