Egypt protesters resume occupation of Tahrir Square

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News 20 November 2011 Last updated at 09:27

Egyptian protesters have reoccupied Tahrir Square in Cairo, following deadly clashes with police in the capital and other cities.

Several hundred protesters spent the night in the square, having fought off police attempts to remove them.

The clashes resumed on Sunday as the police fired tear gas at protesters approaching a government building.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15809739

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"We have a single demand: The marshal must step down and be replaced by a civilian council," said protester Ahmed Hani, referring Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's military ruler and Mubarak's longtime defence minister.

"The violence yesterday showed us that Mubarak is still in power," said Hani, who was wounded in the forehead by a rubber bullet. He spoke over chants of "freedom, freedom" by hundreds of protesters around him.

Rocks, shattered glass and trash covered most of Tahrir early Sunday. Several hundred protesters were camping out on the lawn of the square's traffic island. All roads leading to the square were blocked by protesters who ran ID checks on anyone coming into the plaza.

Sunday's clashes, which were mostly on a road leading from Tahrir to the Interior Ministry, appeared likely to grow.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8902168/Egyptian-riot-police-clash-with-protesters.html

[pam4water]

1. K&R for resilience! I hope they keep on until thing change for real.

[Turborama]

2. Photos

Here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15809539

[Shining Jack]

3. Meanwhile at the White House...

:crickets:

[Robb]

4. Who could have ever predicted dissatisfaction with the military junta?

The situation post-Mubarak has been worse, not better. As I and a few others predicted -- and were roundly chastised for.

The protests in Egypt have lost their hold on the world's attention, and when (and I said when) the military kills a few of them, they will die largely unmarked.

The lesson is quite clear, if we choose to heed it: change can be wrought in the heat of demonstrations only with set goals that are immediately achievable (oust Mubarak), but you must choose those goals wisely and with an eye to the future. OWS want change, we need concrete change -- draft legislation clutched in every upraised fist, new laws that can be passed and which will change the way the nation is run going forward.

Or we can just all get together and march on Saturdays in perpetuity. It's up to us whether we want to find ourselves in a different place at the end.

[EFerrari]

10. Why do you say the situation has been worse post Mubarak?

And it might be that the American media isn't following Egypt but that's here, not the world. Of course Mubarak had to go and of course he left behind the power structure that protected his regime. What did you think was going to happen, the military would disappear?

If the legislature you are so keen on using wasn't sold out to a man, they would suspend military aid to Egypt because all those tear gas canisters still say "USA" and supporting the junta is a violation of the Leahy law.

If you're feeling impatient with #OwS, you might note that the Egyptians haven't been at this since January but for two generations now and it might take another one before they get what they need.

[Robb]

13. "The Army is not really coming in to take power but to save the country and move to democracy."

That was ElBaradei in http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/11/133682481/elbaradei-its-the-greatest-day-of-my-life">February. What do you suppose he thought was going to happen?

[EFerrari]

15. He was wrong, of course. The Army already was in power.

[girl gone mad]

16. Have you spoken with any of the Egyptians involved in this struggle?

Every one that I have had contact with believes the fight will be long and difficult. ElBaradei is not their spokesman. He is his own agent.

[concord]

5. Just checked and Richard Engel is there now nt

[dipsydoodle]

6. Current UK. TV News both Sky and BBC says

2 dead and hundreds injured.

[Bosonic]

7. Tahrir Square has been cleared

In a large police/army charge. Live on Aljazeera right now.
And setting fire to abandoned tents...

[dipsydoodle]

8. They brought in armoured vehicles

and set fire to the tents which been erected. Injured figure is now 900.

[EFerrari]

11. The people are forcing the junta to show their brutality to the world.

They're far ahead of us here. I imagine if we showed up in Oakland armed with rocks, we'd see tanks, too. That's next, I guess.

[Hissyspit]

9. Police, Protesters (Against Army Rule) Clash In Egypt ("Tahrir Looks Like A War Zone")

Source: CBS News

November 20, 2011 10:18 AM

Police, protesters clash in Egypt

(AP) CAIRO - Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a second day of clashes Sunday with rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government.
Tensions are rising on Egypt's streets in the days leading up to Nov. 28 - the start of the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. The violence reflects rising public anger over the slow pace of reforms and apparent attempts by the ruling generals to retain power over a future civilian government.

An estimated 5,000 people protested Sunday in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak in February. Many chanted "freedom, freedom" as they pelted police with rocks and a white cloud of tear gas hung in the air.

"We have a single demand: The marshal must step down and be replaced by a civilian council," said protester Ahmed Hani, referring to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling military council and Mubarak's longtime defense minister. "The violence yesterday showed us that Mubarak is still in power," said Hani, who was wounded in the forehead by a rubber bullet. He spoke over chants of "freedom, freedom" by hundreds of protesters around him.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57328311/police-protesters-clash-in-egypt/

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The Nation's Sharif Kouddous:

@sharifkouddous

Protesters defiantly marching back. Tahrir looks like a war zone. Tents lit ablaze, thick smoke fills the air.

https://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/sharifkouddous/status/138276914652647424/photo/1

[red dog 1]

14. POTUS Publicly Supports These Protesters....But Not American Protesters?

[defendandprotect]

12. What a long battle they've endured for control of their nation -- !!

Elites/RW -- Military -- never stop!!

[dipsydoodle]

17. Now 13 + dead - BBC ink updated

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15809739

[denem]

18. Egypt protesters re-occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15809739

Thousands of Egyptian protesters have re-occupied Tahrir Square in the capital, Cairo, after a violent attempt by troops and police to evict them.

At least 13 people have died this weekend, reports say.

Earlier, demonstrators fled as security forces fired tear gas and beat them with truncheons, but they returned less than an hour later, chanting slogans against Egypt's military rulers.

The European Union said it condemned the violence "in the strongest terms".

Read more: BBC

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"... after a violent attempt by troops and police to evict them"?

[Javaman]

19. And I got shouted down when I stated that the new boss is like the old boss.

Anyone paying attention would have seen this coming.

More bloodshed cause by control freak military morons.

I will always side with the people.