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| Fires into Egypt Rally Kill Five Protesters |
| 2011-02-03 |
| [Tolo News] Five people were killed after supporters of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak opened fire on protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday. Hundreds of Thousands of people have gathered in central Cairo square to bring an end to geriatric President Hosni Mubarak's government. In a new statement the Mohammedan Brotherhood, opposition movement, suggested a national unity government to replace Mubarak's 30-year old rule. "We demand that this regime is tossed and we demand the formation of a national unity government for all the factions," the Brotherhood said in a statement on Al Jizz. Confirming new deaths of anti-government protesters, health officials in Egypt said 836 others were hurt in Wednesday festivities. On Tuesday this week geriatric President Hosni Mubarak pledged he will not run for the Presidential elections this year. He also said he will reform constitution. Protesters said Mubarak's promise was not sufficient while chanting "we will not leave. He will leave". It has been over a week that people have staged demonstrations, but Tuesday rally was called the biggest since the beginning of the unrest. About 300 people have bit the dust so far in the uprising, according to the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society. Protesters said Mubarak's new pledge was a trick to stay in power. Demonstrators are planning to march on the presidential palace if Mubarak refused to quit, opposition leader Mohammad Elbaradei told BBC. Some protesters said they no more trust their leader to stick to his promises to make constitutional reform. "The speech is useless and only inflames our anger. We will continue to protest," Shadi Morkos, a protester, told Rooters |
| Posted by:Fred |