First, reports of Police joining in to the looting, and now this....
{this is a cross-post}
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665397/posts
Egyptian Army Joining Protests
World Threats/Ha’aretz ^ | 1/29/11
Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:12:28 PM by therightliveswithus
There is now word that elements of the Egyptian army are joining the protesters on the streets of Cairo. This report comes from the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, which says that members of the armed forces are taking off their helmets and joining in the protests.
The military officers removed their helmets as they were hoisted up by the crowd in ecstasy. The masses gathered at the square singing, praying and chanting that they will not cease their protest until Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns.
If this starts with the overall military, it is the end of the Mubarak regime. The army locked down Tahrir (Liberation) Square in Cairo, which was the center of earlier protests. Now there are reports that Tahrir Square is mobbed by ten thousand rioters.
There was a clip of one the military yelling out - asking for the people to go home at night so they could fight the thugs after curfew, and they would remove their uniforms and protest with them during the day.
(Don’t think it was going to work, but it appears that they are with the protest)
This confirms Egyptian citizen on CNN claiming that the demonstrators consider the army to be on their side. He said that on average, every Egyptian family has a member in the Army.
Been doing laundry- just catching up now