(Repeats item first run on Thursday)
* Mursi brother says generals wrong but supports military
* Local people criticise Brotherhood even in Mursi's village
* Egypt needs army to bring stability and security -villager
By Maggie Fick
AL-ADWA, Egypt, July 25 (Reuters) - Even though they oustedhis brother from office, Sayed Mursi does not have a bad word tosay about Egypt's military.
"I have boundless confidence in the army," Sayed said,sitting in his sparse, drafty house, a picture of deposedpresident Mohamed Mursi hanging on the wall next to a framedverse from the Quran.
"I have patience. He does too," he told Reuters, referringto his elder brother. "He taught me that when someone makes youmad, don't antagonise them, you don't respond with anger."
Views in the Mursi family's home village of al-Adwa reflecthow many Egyptians feel about their military: its generals arefallible but as an institution it can bring a degree ofstability and security to a country weary of political chaos.
The rice paddies, corn fields and dirt roads of al-Adwa feela world away from the clogged, polluted streets of Cairo. Butthe Nile Delta village where the Mursi brothers grew up is lessthan two hours' drive from the capital.
Mohamed Mursi, the talented son of a peasant farmer, studiedin Cairo and Los Angeles before rising through the ranks of theMuslim Brotherhood to become Egypt's first freely-electedpresident last year - until the army removed him on July 3.
Two of his brothers, Saeed and Sayed, still live in al-Adwa.While Saeed went straight to Cairo to join thousands ofIslamists staging a round-the-clock vigil to demand thepresident's return, Sayed has stayed in his sleepy village.
Sporting the same haircut and close-cropped beard as theousted Islamist leader, Sayed distinguishes between the generalshe blames for his brother's downfall and the army itself thatremains a source of enormous pride.
"The most important thing in this country is the army. It'sa red line for Egyptians. If someone in the army makes mistakes,that's a problem. But we are humans and we make mistakes," hesaid, sitting on a cushion on the plastic mat-covered floor.
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ordered Mursi's removalafter huge street protests against the president, has called formore rallies on Friday, challenging the Muslim Brotherhood whichis planning its own marches.
The Brotherhood has accused Sisi of staging a coup and saythey fear the return of a "police state".
Mursi himself has not been seen in public since July 3 andhas been held at an undisclosed location.
Even the family has not heard from him, but asked if hefeared for his brother's safety, Sayed said: "I've never beenafraid in my life. I only fear God. He is protecting Egypt."
SYMPATHY
Outside the village's main mosque, men in long robes emergedfrom midday prayers and offered similar sentiments. "The army isnot Sisi," said Ali Ibrahim, a farmer. "The army is my son, mybrother, my uncle. The army belongs to us, it is made up of us."
Mohamed Mursi's life was shaped by his membership of theMuslim Brotherhood, a movement he joined while studying inCalifornia more than three decades ago.
Sayed credits the army with instilling the values that arehelping him through this difficult time, speaking fondly of hismandatory military service in 1983 and 1984 and saying the armygives Egyptian men their sense of "manhood".
"The army teaches Egypt's sons how to work, how to think.You learn what to do when you are in a hard place, when you facea difficult situation."
Al-Adwa's roughly 5,000 people voted overwhelmingly forMursi in last year's elections, breaking with the rest of theNile Delta province of Sharqiya, who chose his opponent.
While there was still much sympathy for their local hero,who visited the village twice during his short-lived presidency,there is also lively criticism of his Muslim Brotherhood.
"He is a man of our village. We know he's a good person,"said Ismail Mohamed al-Saddiq, 43, a farmer and a father ofthree who also does construction work to make ends meet.
"His problem was that he brought the Muslim Brotherhood intoall of the seats of power. That made people mad," said Saddiq ashe sat under a tree next to rows of tall corn stalks with hiseldest son Mohamed, while his brother Ehab shovelled cow manure.
"Mursi or no Mursi, we all wanted someone to fix thecountry: to make it better, not worse," he added, voicing ademand of the original 2011 uprising, when Egyptians of allcolours united to topple the autocratic Hosni Mubarak.
Down the street from the mosque, a woman selling olives andpickled lemons and onions said she feared for Egypt at a timewhen nearly 200 people have died in violence since Mursi'soverthrow.
"The Muslim Brotherhood should have mercy upon us and letthe army do its work. They had their chance and didn't know whatto do," said Sahar Ibrahim, 38, as she bounced her toddler onher lap. "People are dying every day. The army needs to be incharge to protect the country, to stabilise things, so peoplecan live in security." (Editing by Crispian Balmer and David Stamp)
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