Heads rolled in Cairo Wednesday, Aug. 8, when Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in conjunction with military council chief Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, reshuffled the top levels of the Egyptian army, intelligence and police over continuing armed attacks on Egyptian military and police in Sinai.
Intelligence chief Gen. Mourad Mowafi took early retirement, replaced in the interim by Maj. Gen. Mohamed Shehata, who liaised between Cairo and Jerusalem in negotiations last year for the release of Gilead Shalit;  Mohamed Osama now heads the security directorate in Cairo.