Egyptian protesters hold a large banner depicting Gen. Hussein Tantawi, left, former President Hosni Mubarak, center, and former interior minister Habib al-Adly in nooses with Arabic writing that reads, "The peoples rule," in Tahrir Square during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides of Cairo's Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political divides that emerged in the year since the downfall of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. The graffiti at right, in Arabic, reads, "freedom," and "down with the military rule."(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left) meets with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Egyptian Armed Forces Supreme Council, in Cairo on Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
An Egyptian paints an anti-higher military council, which rules Egypt, graffiti, at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 10, 2011. Demonstrators barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed Friday's overnight protest killing one and injuring scores. At left, painting showing field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the higher military council. Arabic read, " the battle of higher military council against demonstrators" . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
