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Analysis: Egypt still in turmoil after 16 months

By Lee Keathsarah, El Deeb
Published June 15, 2012 10:47pm ET
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Analysis: Egypt still in turmoil after 16 months
Egyptians sit in front of graffiti showing faces of people killed in the 2011 revolution, right, and the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, casting his vote, center, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 15, 2012. Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled that Mubarak's former prime minister can stand in the presidential runoff this weekend, setting the stage for the military and remnants of the old regime to stay in power. Arabic reads "locations of deaths of people, left, presidential elections 2012, center, long live 25 January, right." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) | Amr Nabil

CAIRO (AP) — On the eve of a presidential election and two weeks before they are supposed to hand over authority, the military generals who were the power behind Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic rule are more entrenched in control than anyone in Egypt had ever intended. That shows no sign of changing.

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