February 2, 2011

BLOOD IN CAIRO SQUARE: MUBARAK BACKERS, FOES CLASH


Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's innermost square on horses and camels brandishing whip while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appear to be an orchestrated assault alongside protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years. Three people died and 600 were injured.


The protesters accused Mubarak's regime of unleash a force of paid thugs and plainclothes police to crush their extraordinary 9-day-old movement, a day after the 82-year-old president refused to step down. They showed off police ID badge they said were wrested from their attackers. Some administration workers said their employers ordered them into the streets.


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