Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, Egypt’s defense minister, is a key person to watch as the Egyptian military struggles to figure out its role in the protests. The military is caught between its long-standing loyalty to Mubarak and the protesters who seem to hope the military will fall in on their side, the Monitor reports. In a letter to Mr. Tantawi, Human Rights Watch says the Egyptian forces are “the only security organs of the Egyptian state that retain the trust of the Egyptian people.”
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