Raw Video: Shots Heard, Firebombs Seen in Cairo

(Associated Press, 0900 PST, February 2, 2011) Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo's main square Wednesday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence chaos as soldiers stood by without intervening.

 

 

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Raw Video: Clashes Erupt in Cairo

(Associated Press, 0715 PST, February 2, 2011) Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn.

 

 

 

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Protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square React to Mubarak's Speech

(Al Jazeera English, 1630 PST, February 1, 2011) Protestors in Tahrir Square react to President Hosni Mubarak's speech, in which he asserted his intention to remain in office until the next presidential election. Some protestors told an Al Jazeera producer they would remain in the square until Mubarak leaves.

 

 

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Mubarak announces he will not seek re-election

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak annouced that he will not run for another term as president, but will remain in office until the elections in September. Demonstrators in Tahrir Square remain unsatisfied. Read more on Al Jazeera English.

 

 

UPDATE: Al Jazeera English is reporting clashes between anti-government and anti-Mubarak protestors in Alexandria.


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Egypt Protests Spread to Alexandria

(Channel 4 News 1200 PST, February 1, 2011) Lindsey Hilsum reports from Alexandria, where thousands are joining the protests against the regime.

 

 
 

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Opposition: 'No talks until Mubarak goes'

(Euronews, 1030 PST, February 1, 2011) Leading political figure Ayman Nour of the El-Ghad Party also took part in today's meeting between Egypt's opposition. Nour asserts that there will be no negotiations until the departure of President Mubarak.

 

 
 

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Raw Video: Egyptians Converge En Masse on Cairo

(Associated Press, 0730 PST, February 1, 2011) Footage from today's demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square, including interviews with some of the protesters.

 

 

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"The situation here in Tahrir Square is extraordinary"

(Channel 4 News, 0600 PST, February 1, 2011) Jon Snow from the UK's Channel 4 News reports from Cairo: "The situation here in Tahrir Square ... is extraordinary. It's exhilarating. It's extremely peacful. The army are completely complicit and cooperative with the demonstrators."

 

 

 

Mubarak: Mock Trial of Egypt President

(Channel 4 News, 0800 PST, February 1, 2011) Raw footage from Egypt.

 

 

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Millions Against Mubarak: Sharif Kouddous Reports Live from Cairo

(Democracy Now! 0730 PST, February 1, 2011) On the first-week anniversary of the unprecedented popular uprising in Egypt, over two million people descend on Tahrir Square in Cairo, defying the military curfew, to demand regime change in the country. The Egyptian Army has declared it will not use force and has recognized the "legitimate grievances" of the people.

 

By telephone, Democracy Now! interviews Sharif Kouddous, its senior news producer who is reporting live from Tahrir Square. "I am standing in an ocean of people ... They are demanding with one voice for the President Mubarak to Step Down," he says.

 

 

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Egypt Protestors Call for "March of Millions” as Army Rules Out Use of Force

Tonight, Mosaic continues our reporting on the situation in Egypt: Listen to the demonstrators' demands and take a look at Mubarak's new cabinet. Meanwhile, Dubai TV reports on the redeployment of police on Cairo's streets
as demonstrators are heard chanting "the people and the army are one."

 

As the protests progress, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the police and the army are seen in a very different light by the Egyptian people.

In June 2010, the killing of 28-year-old Khaled Said outraged Egyptian society. Said was beaten to death by two policemen for threatening to expose the rampant corruption within the police force by releasing a video that allegedly showed officers dividing up the evidence after a drug bust. This was not the first time action by Egyptian police generated the people's anger. The institution has been routinely accused of torture and human rights organizations have long reported that police brutality and torture have become systemic under President Hosni Mubarak's regime.

The army, on the other hand, is one of the most respected institutions in the country for helping overthrow Egypt's monarchy in 1952 and for its role in the 1973 war against Israel. Today, the army released a statement saying that "freedom of expression" was guaranteed to all citizens using peaceful means and vowed not to fire on demonstrators who have “legitimate grievances.”

So what does this mean for the 'march of millions' that is planned for tomorrow if the army does not back the police?

 
 

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