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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, file photo, a man and child walk past a crater from a suicide car bomb attack on the road between the border town of Rafah and the coastal city of el-Arish, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abu Deraa, File)
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Mourners carry the coffin during a funeral for Maj. Gen. Mohammed El-Said, an aide to the interior minister, who was killed gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a senior police officer as he left his home in the Haram district of Giza, Egypt, a neighborhood near the Pyramids, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. In increasing attacks against police in the capital, gunmen killed an aide to the country’s interior minister, in a high-profile drive-by shooting. Before the trial was adjourned, gunmen also shot and killed a policeman guarding a church in south Cairo. (AP Photo/Lobna Tarek, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, an Egyptian man holds a pin with a picture of Egypt's Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as he waits for his turn to cast his vote in the country's constitutional referendum in Cairo, Egypt. The head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Unknown only two years ago, a broad sector of Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power, and the state-backed personality cult around him is so eclipsing, it may be difficult to find a candidate to oppose him if he runs. Still, if he becomes president, he faces the tough job of ruling a deeply divided nation that has already turned against two leaders.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
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FILE - In this July 22, 2013, file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour, left, standing next to Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, listens to the national anthem during a medal ceremony at a military base east of Cairo. The head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Unknown only two years ago, a broad sector of Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power, and the state-backed personality cult around him is so eclipsing, it may be difficult to find a candidate to oppose him if he runs. Still, if he becomes president, he faces the tough job of ruling a deeply divided nation that has already turned against two leaders.(AP Photo/Sheriff Abd El Minoem, Egyptian Presidency, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 file photo, posters showing Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "Egypt over all," center, are displayed between posters of late Presidents Anwar Sadat, left, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, right, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic at right reads," don't trust the Brotherhood" and at left, " I was wrong when I released the Brotherhood out of prisons." The head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Unknown only two years ago, a broad sector of Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power, and the state-backed personality cult around him is so eclipsing, it may be difficult to find a candidate to oppose him if he runs. Still, if he becomes president, he faces the tough job of ruling a deeply divided nation that has already turned against two leaders.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2012 file image released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. The head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Unknown only two years ago, a broad sector of Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power, and the state-backed personality cult around him is so eclipsing, it may be difficult to find a candidate to oppose him if he runs. Still, if he becomes president, he faces the tough job of ruling a deeply divided nation that has already turned against two leaders. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File)
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FILE - This Oct. 15, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim President Adly Mansour, center, interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, fourth from left, and Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second from right, pray on the first day of Eid al-Aha, or Feast of Sacrifice, in Cairo, Egypt. The head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Unknown only two years ago, a broad sector of Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power, and the state-backed personality cult around him is so eclipsing, it may be difficult to find a candidate to oppose him if he runs. Still, if he becomes president, he faces the tough job of ruling a deeply divided nation that has already turned against two leaders.(AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File)
