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Egypt's Generals, Protesters Moving to Open Clash
(AP-MSNBC) Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - Egypt's ruling military and protesters seeking faster change are moving into collision, as the generals cozy up to the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Assar, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, praised the Brotherhood on Monday in a speech in Washington at the U.S. Institute of Peace, saying they were playing a constructive role. "Day by day, the Brotherhood are changing and are getting on a more moderate track," he said. The generals have launched an intensified media campaign depicting the protesters as a troublemaking minority and agents paid by foreign governments. They have also encouraged street protests by pro-military groups.