Egypt unrest: Tense stand-off in Cairo's Tahrir square : open battles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12345656 ^ | BBC

[sunmars]

Update : battles have started.

There is a tense stand-off in the Egyptian capital's main square, after fights broke out between supporters and opponents of beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak.

Thousands of the president's supporters had surged into Cairo's Tahrir Square, dismantling barricades set up by anti-Mubarak groups.

[sunmars]

It is the pro’s, they are the ones attacking the journalists too.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Ain't that the truth. More apparent today than any time in memory!

I'm not a pre-, post-, or mid-trib rapture believer (just don't know), but right now is as good a time as any. That said, it's a good idea to stay ready!

[Ladycalif]

Anderson Cooper assualted

[HushTX]

And many of their demonstration signs are in English. Go figure!

That REALLY bothers me.

[Ladycalif]

Anderson Cooper attacked, punched in the head by pro-Mubarak mob #egypt

[PghBaldy]

Not saying it is right, but the journalists are openly supporting the anti-govt mobs.

[Ladycalif]

Mubarak men are blocking entrances and exits of Tahrir Sq. People are trapped.

[PghBaldy]

Great point.

[sunmars]

and that means they should be chased, beaten, attacked by thugs from the Govt?, this is not right, this is a disgrace.

[archivist007]

Al Jazerra English was on the Link TV satellite channel yesterday. I have not checked today.

[Ladycalif]

Just saw a foreign journalist being chased by a mob with weapons. He was alone. They got him. God help him #Egypt #jan25

[Kolokotronis]

"Well, perhaps because in each case there were Islamic fundamentalists who wanted to see the more secular government toppled so they could install a more Islamic government?"

You think Egypt has a secular government???????????????????? Tell that one to the Copts. The dictator Mubarak has been on a jihad against indigenous Eastern Christianity since the day he hooked up with Nasser and we've made sure he could get away with it. As I said before, the Copts I know are excited about this uprising and have confidence in the future. If they thought an Egyptian Khomeini was on the way, they wouldn't feel that way.

[EBH]

You asked: Egypt will be set back 100 years. Anyone ask if the women will still be able to attend schools?

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Am I the Only One Troubled By Cairo Street Scenes?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2666942/posts

First, view these photos of Cairo University graduates in 1959, 1978, 1995, and 2004. Clearly, there is a progression—a regression really, in terms of women’s rights. Former feminist gains have, increasingly, been washed away.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Dang. As much as I can’t stand Anderson Cooper, I do not wish him harm.

[sunmars]

I’ve just seen petrol bombs coming down.

[Carley]

All our worst fears have come true.

[HushTX]

They’re literally breaking and ripping up concrete to throw.

[sunmars]

Gulf News reporter in Dubai. Protesters are hunting down Al Jazeera journos. I keep having to clarify that I’m not one of them

[EBH]

hunting down Al Jazeera journos...

Why? American reporters...I understand...Al Jazeera?

[sunmars]

They wont go down without a fight .

AP : Egypt rejects calls from international community for an immediate transition of power - AFP

Meaning Mubarak means to hold power.