Reports On Pro-Mubarak Hooligans Turning Up To Disrupt The Peaceful Protests In Egyptian Cities

Reporters on the phone keep coming in with updates.

Jacky Rowland just called in and said that the army saw off the October the 6th Bridge mob. Sounds like the Army ain't going to put up with their hooliganism any more.

The 6th of October bridge is the bridge on the left (short vid with a map): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLUorDt_bTA

Will update when more details come in.









Still from footage of an agent provocateur who infiltrated the crowd in Alexandria being busted is shown on the right of this pic...



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I hope the Army keeps the mubarak supporters away, those people in the square are peaceful protestors.

outside of Tahrir Square.

only a few hundred Mubarak supporters. They ran away from an army tank that approached them.

Glad the tank chased them away.

between pro-democracy people and pro-Mubarak goons

I hope the Army is on high alert.

lack the numbers to be terribly effective in their campaign of violence/intimidation against such a large pro-democracy crowd. I don't think they will be able to get past perimeter security.

before letting them in.

Their intention seems to be to keep Mubarak's thugs out of the square. If goons are approaching the square, it will be important to see what the soldiers do to show their solidarity with the people or with Mubarak.

a kamikaze mission.

is harass people coming and going on the outskirts of the protest

Alternately elated and terrified for the people of Egypt. My heart is with them in their struggle for a decent life and an honest government.

so emotional... hopes for the human condition in this crazy world... I Love all those beautiful faces I am seeing on AJE...

I hope M. Steps down and leaves the country today. What are the chances he will do that? It would be a truly amazing thing. There is so much riding on the courage and determination on these people in Tahir Square!

the oct 6th bridge is secured, reported. army carriers are securing bridge from different directions.

in one thread instead of so many quick, sinking posts.

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LIve camera on the ground in Liberation Square.

Army has secured 6 October Bridge from across the river, preventing assault.

Your thread is excellent but a generic commentary on what's going on.

Please feel free to post a link to this one in there if you like.

Now they're going off to try somewhere else.

3:51pm Al Jazeera issues a statement condeming the "gangs of thugs" that stormed their office in Cairo. The office has been burned along with the equipment inside it.

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Egyptian regime or its supporters to hinder Al Jazeera’s coverage of events in the country...

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Egyptian regime or its supporters to hinder Al Jazeera’s coverage of events in the country.

In the last week its bureau was forcibly closed, all its journalists had press credentials revoked, and nine journalists were detained at various stages. Al Jazeera has also faced unprecedented levels of interference in its broadcast signal as well as persistent and repeated attempts to bring down its websites.

We are grateful for the support we have received from across the world for our coverage in Egypt and can assure everyone that we will continue our work undeterred.

...after the afternoon prayers - some pro-democracy protesters have made sure that he was not injured by anyone.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/node/3164

Rumors that there are more mobs on the way.

Two Guardian reporters describe hair-raising encounters with the Egyptian security forces and members of an angry mob

Peter Beaumont in Cairo | Friday February 4 2011 16.30 GMT


A plainclothes policeman (L) moves to attack a foreign journalist as
others beat a protester during demonstrations in Cairo last week
Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

The soldier appeared helpful at first, offering to walk us through to Cairo's Tahrir Square as we attempted to cover the latest protests on what had been dubbed Mubarak's "day of departure". But it was not the square that we were being led to but the ministry of the interior.

The next soldier, outside the ministry's main door was not so friendly. He ordered us to kneel facing a wall with our hands behind our heads, an order that was quickly countermanded by another soldier.

The soldiers were disciplined but firm, demanding to know who we were, querying a passport stamp for the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; others for Tunisia and Afghanistan. Soon there were more of us sitting with our backs against a wall: a freelance journalist from New Zealand, another Briton, a Dane and an Italian, and three students.

Next came two officers in plain clothes, less friendly than the enlisted troops.

"Israeli?" asked one of the plain clothes men. No, British, we replied. Our phones were taken despite our best efforts to hide them. The Dane's bag was searched, as well as those belonging to three students who were French.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/04/egypt-cairo-guardian-journalists-security-forces-mob?CMP=twt_fd

The army are scaring them off with warning shots in the air, though.

1:07pm This was just posted on Twitter from our web producer on the ground in Cairo: "Altercation at the main protester barricade by Egyptian museum. Soldiers gather at the barricade, and some protesters are hopping" and "There is also now a line of soldiers inside the square itself separating the interior from the protesters at the museum barricade."
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/04/live-blog-feb-5-egypt-protests