"Down with military rule" was once the most popular chant in Tahrir Square, during the time when the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was ruling. Not any more. A few days ago, the place that symbolized Arab struggle for democracy and freedom celebrated a military coup. One part of Egypt was celebrating the repression of the other part.
So what happened? And why do large segments of the society support a coup against Egypt's first ever democratically elected president?
Any analysis of Egypt's crisis won't make sense before dissecting the anti-Morsi camp. To simplify, the camp is composed of four main players: the army, the police force, the felol (remnants of Mubarak's status quo) and what we might call "non-Islamist revolutionary forces."
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