Revolutie in Egypte #191: Waar we weer op Tahrir plein staan

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Catastrofica1 twitterde op zaterdag 19-11-2011 om 18:19:17 +1 RT @Henduccia: I hope they do RT @TheMiinz: A curfew might be imposed anytime now. #tahrir #Police reageer retweet

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LuizdaVeiga twitterde op zaterdag 19-11-2011 om 18:36:13 police fled #tahrir and the rest of the city apparently. civilian checkpoints raised... #nov18 reageer retweet

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Egypt: violent clashes in Cairo leave dozens injured

Egyptian government security forces open fire on thousands of anti-junta protesters in Tahrir Square, leaving 81 injured

Violent clashes have returned to central Cairo after government security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters who had been demonstrating against the military junta. Egyptian state TV reported 81 people were injured in clashes with police in Tahrir Square.

The clashes come just nine days before nationwide parliamentary elections are due to begin.

Trouble began after riot police moved to disperse tents that had been set up in Tahrir Square following a large rally on Friday calling on Egypt's ruling generals to return the country to civilian rule. Following hours of scuffles, protesters succeeded in driving the central security forces (CSF) from the square and captured one of their trucks in the process. Crowds jumped up and down on the vehicle chanting "the interior ministry are thugs" and calling for the downfall of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the country's de facto leader since the toppling of former president Hosni Mubarak in February.

By mid-afternoon, armed police had returned to Tahrir square in far greater numbers, launching volleys of teargas, rubber bullets and 'birdshot' pellet cartridges into the crowd, often from armoured vehicles. Eyewitnesses claimed they were targeted at head height, and ambulances ferried away several protesters suffering from serious head wounds. As darkness fell both the police and the protesters saw their ranks swell in number, with the unrest spilling down side streets and along several of downtown Cairo's most important thoroughfares.

"The scenes are reminiscent of the Friday of Anger," said journalist and pro-change activist Hossam el-Hamalawy, referring to 28 January, the day protesters succeeded in beating Mubarak's security forces off the streets during the uprising against his regime. "We are being hit with showers of US-made tear gas canisters, and I've watched with my own eyes at least five people being struck by rubber bullets."

A military police car which at one point approached the centre of the unrest was chased away by protesters, another sign of public support for the junta apparently waning. "Ordinary people are making a stronger link than ever between the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (Scaf) and the hated troops of the interior ministry," added el-Hamalawy. "The police and the Scaf are revealing their true colours with this brutal attack on Egyptians. They have succeeded in only one thing today, and that is mobilising even more of Egyptian society against them."

By Saturday evening the number of demonstrators had grown to several thousand, and fires could be seen dotted around the central square. There were reports that the ultras – hardcore fans on Cairo's main football teams, some of whom played a significant role in the anti-regime uprising earlier this year – were also joining the protests. Solidarity rallies quickly sprung up in other towns, including the port city of Alexandria.

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Al Jazeera: Egypt Live Blog

15 min 47 sec ago - Egypt

The only serious clashes between protesters and security forces still appear to be occuring on Mohammed Mahmoud Street, which runs east from Tahrir Square past the American University in Cairo's old campus and toward the Interior Ministry.

Manar Mohsen posted this image with the caption: "Crowded, constant launching of tear gas canisters at Mohamed Mah, but people standing still, refusing to move. #Tahrir"

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Op zaterdag 19 november 2011 21:48 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:
Ik heb het idee dat de huidige (militaire) machthebbers geleerd hebben van de vorige keer en dat ze dit keer het volk zo min mogelijk ruimte zullen geven, danwel kei en keihard zullen optreden.

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MayAbdelAsim twitterde op zaterdag 19-11-2011 om 22:03:16 if #tantawi speaks tonite, does that mean 2 more speeches to go? DOWN WITH #SCAF #tahrir #nov19 #REVOLUTION thawra thawra hattal nasr! reageer retweet

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ErinMCunningham Erin Cunningham
I just saw a man with half of his face shot off, brains coming out. Friends were carting him out of #tahrir. This is going to be ugly.
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