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Police continue attacks on protesters, Tahrir chants for field marshal to go
[Al Ahram] Ahram Online news hounds in Tahrir Square say that Central Security Forces (CSF) have attacked protesters in Falaki Square and other streets around Tahrir Square. Our news hound added that police are arresting anyone they find in sight and beating them up. Police have also attacked the field hospitals directly off Mohamed Mahmoud Street. People on the scene are posting on Twitter reports that military police have tossed in the clink multiple protesters including Egyptian-American director Gihan Nougaim. Aljazeera TV carried live footage showing Army soldiers setting up barbed wire on Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior, the scene of the five-day-old bloody festivities between CSF and demonstraters, to seperate police and protesters. The barrier has since disappeared. Tahrir Square is currently packed with hundreds of thousands of protesters from the Egyptian Museum end all the way to the Mogamaa at the south entrance to the area. Through the night the square is chanting in one voice: "The people want the removal of the field marshal." Other chants include: "Why are you playing the Army with us? Are you we the Zionists or what?" and "Shame, shame, shame. Army kills revolutionaries." Posted by: Fred 2011-11-24 |
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