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**Sertvfdnhgjk** · 02-03-2011, 02:30 AM

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Media Become a Target as Egypt Protests Turn Violent

Pro- and Anti-Mubarak Crowds Collide in the Worst Clashes Since Friday

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK

By CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR

CAIRO, Feb. 2, 2011

The worst clashes in a week erupted today in Cairo with pro-Mubarak mobs rushing Tahrir (Liberation) Square in an effort to wrest the area from the anti-government demonstrators.

It did not look to be a spontaneous eruption. It appeared to be deliberately orchestrated political theater, a planned and organized bid by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak to send a message. The stage for the violence, Tahrir Square, was in full view of the world audience.

Anti-government demonstrators have occupied the square for more than a week.

The group rushing the square all came from one area and it happened all at once. As we stood on the roof of Associated Press television headquarters preparing to do a broadcast, we could see that down on the street, the throngs protesting had gone from a couple of hundred pro-Mubarak people to what looked thousands, all in very short order.

Then we saw men on horseback and camels rushing the square. The whole thing had the feel of an organized band of thugs moving in. That was when the pro- and anti-government demonstrators began fighting, throwing bricks with the army standing by.

Around 4 p.m., we started to hear gunshots and we could not be sure where they were coming from.

02-03-2011, 02:30 AM	#2
Sertvfdnhgjk Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/egypt...ry?id=12820590 Media Become a Target as Egypt Protests Turn Violent Pro- and Anti-Mubarak Crowds Collide in the Worst Clashes Since Friday REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK By CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR CAIRO, Feb. 2, 2011 The worst clashes in a week erupted today in Cairo with pro-Mubarak mobs rushing Tahrir (Liberation) Square in an effort to wrest the area from the anti-government demonstrators. It did not look to be a spontaneous eruption. It appeared to be deliberately orchestrated political theater, a planned and organized bid by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak to send a message. The stage for the violence, Tahrir Square, was in full view of the world audience. Anti-government demonstrators have occupied the square for more than a week. The group rushing the square all came from one area and it happened all at once. As we stood on the roof of Associated Press television headquarters preparing to do a broadcast, we could see that down on the street, the throngs protesting had gone from a couple of hundred pro-Mubarak people to what looked thousands, all in very short order. Then we saw men on horseback and camels rushing the square. The whole thing had the feel of an organized band of thugs moving in. That was when the pro- and anti-government demonstrators began fighting, throwing bricks with the army standing by. Around 4 p.m., we started to hear gunshots and we could not be sure where they were coming from.
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