Battle breaks out in Tahrir Square, once again

alp227

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Wed Jun-29-11 02:28 AM
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Battle breaks out in Tahrir Square, once again

Source: The Guardian

Clashes between protesters and security forces engulfed Cairo once again on Tuesday night, as the fiercest street battles since the fall of Hosni Mubarak left dozens injured.

Fighting began after dark, following earlier protests by relatives of those killed during this spring's uprising.

Armed central security police showered Tahrir Square with tear gas canisters and fired bullets into the air as several thousand demonstrators amassed and called for the resignation of Egypt's de facto head of state, Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

Some members of the crowd tore up paving stones and threw them towards police lines.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/29/egypt-battle-tahir-square-tear-gas

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EFerrari

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Wed Jun-29-11 02:33 AM
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1. Been watching this.

I'm glad I didn't stop following the Egy activists because getting rid of the figurehead was only the beginning of another phase.

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customerserviceguy

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Wed Jun-29-11 06:22 AM
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2. Like I said when this whole thing started

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. In Islamic countries, 'change' is pretty much about which group of thugs is going to build up it's family's Swiss bank accounts.

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