Egypt: violent clashes in Cairo leave dozens injured

[Bosonic]

Source: Guardian

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.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/19/egypt-violent-clashes-cairo-injured?newsfeed=true

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Link to a feed of a local news station (live feed of Tahrir Square on intermittently):
http://elfagr.org/Detail.aspx?nwsId=84858&secid=1&vid=2&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

[gateley]

1. Can they get rid of the government forces? Those poor people -

it just seems like more of the same for them. :(

[No Elephants]

2. Made in the USA. We train many leaders of the Egyptian militrary at West Point,

as various members of the military informed us during the Arab Spring, when they were appearing on TV to take credit.

They said they military was not being violent with the rebels because of that and because of their ongoing relationships with the U.S.

Haven't seen many U.S. generals going on TV talk and news shows to take credit for what happened after Mubarak bell, though.

Wonder what happened to all those great relationships than enabled us to control the Egyptian military during th Arab Spring? Did Egypt break up with the Pentagon?

[FirstLight]

3. Countdown to WH copmment in 3, 2, 1...

and yet they will continue to be silent on our HOMELAND Issues of Brutality...

[Amonester]

4. And they'll have any credibility now? Sadly tragic, but they won't.

By 'they' I mean both Barack and Hillary. They both can say whatever they want, but the murderous thugs in Cairo will just laugh at their hypocrisy. Maybe that's why we don't hear a peep.

Breaking: Police Burn Tents to Clear Cairo's Tahrir
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2352020

(AND murdered 11) :cry:

Thank you, the 'say nothing' administration. :sarcasm: