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In its only public comment on the dispute, the military Monday delivered a thinly veiled warning to Morsi, saying the armed forces sides with the "constitution, legitimacy and law"
-- language that means the powerful military will stand by and watch a ruling by the country's highest court ignored or breached. The military handed over power to Morsi on June 30 after ruling Egypt for 16 months since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. In the run-up to the handover, the military declared itself the country's legislative authority in the absence of a parliament and gave itself control over the drafting of a new constitution and the national budget. The generals also stripped Morsi of significant powers.
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