In 1999, an Egyptian military court sentenced Zawahri to death in absentia.

An Egyptian military source said China had offered to sell submarines to Cairo.

They later prised it open with help from Egyptian military engineers.

The U.S. still has some juice with the Egyptian military, however.

Posters of him with past Egyptian military heroes who became presidents are ubiquitous.

That drew a sharp rebuke from Washington, long the Egyptian military's financial sponsor.

Moreover, the expectations of the Egyptian military authorities were soon fulfilled.

But it does speak to how close the U.S. and Egyptian militaries are.

The Egyptian military also had no comment on the case.

An Egyptian military spokesman said he "had no official details" on the issue.

The Egyptian military played both sides of the domestic divide and it now rules alone.

How much the United States knew in advance about the Egyptian military's intentions is uncertain.

Thirty thousand Hellenes beside our entire Egyptian military caste?

In early September the Egyptian military launched what it called a comprehensive operation dubbed Martyr's Right.

That raid was considered almost unprecedented in the context of peacetime assaults on the Egyptian military.

In addition, hundreds of Egyptian military officers come for short training courses to the US each year.