Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi walks with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton was holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders, just hours after calling for them to help smooth the country's full transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi walks with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, back center, watches as Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, second left, greets members of the American delegation before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's top general has raised the stakes in the military's political standoff with the Muslim Brotherhood, saying the armed forces will not allow a "certain group" to dominate the country.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi did not mention a specific organization, but his comments Sunday in the city of Ismalia were clearly referring to President Mohammed Morsi's Brotherhood.
Tantawi is the most senior of the generals who took power after last year's popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. They handed over power to Morsi last month, but first issued a decree ensuring the army retained key powers and stripping the president of others.
Morsi last week defied the military when he revoked a decree by the generals to dissolve the Brotherhood-dominated parliament on the basis of a June 14 court verdict.
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