Editing Anwar Sadat (section)

===Corrective Revolution===
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[[File:Sadat Egypt.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=4:07|1972 Echo [[newsreel]] about the early Sadat years|210x210px]]Shortly after taking office, Sadat shocked many Egyptians by dismissing and imprisoning two of the most powerful figures in the regime, Vice President [[Ali Sabri]], who had close ties with Soviet officials, and [[Sharawi Gomaa]], the Interior Minister, who controlled the secret police.<ref name=nytobit/> 

Sadat's rising popularity would accelerate after he cut back the powers of the hated secret police,<ref name=nytobit/> expelled Soviet military from the country<ref>{{Cite journal| last=Hughes|first=Geraint |date=5 April 2020 |title=Courting Sadat: The Heath Government and Britain's Arms Sales to Egypt, 1970–1973 |journal=The International History Review|volume=43|issue=2 |pages=317–332 |doi=10.1080/07075332.2020.1745256|s2cid=216279788|issn=0707-5332}}</ref> and reformed the Egyptian army for a renewed confrontation with Israel.<ref name=nytobit/>