The anger of the Egyptians on the Mubarak regime is not extinct: About a thousand demonstrators gathered on Sunday morning in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the army is more substantial presence in the city - but stays back so far. The night is over, and it was a bad night, with looting, sometimes violent shootouts between gangs, vigilante groups spontaneously established.
Now, breaking the sixth day of protests, and the situation in Cairo does not seem to calm down. All night and on Sunday morning, waited about a thousand demonstrators from the central Tahrir Square, lit fires and chanted slogans against the incumbent President Hosni Mubarak. Especially around the Interior Ministry, a few hundred meters from the place of liberation, there were repeated clashes with security forces.
The military, which has replaced the notorious security police meanwhile, stayed back there. Although shots were heard again and again, but usually only the military firing into the air to disperse the pressing crowds. The Interior Ministry in Cairo as the "Temple of Doom" is decried, among the protesters as a symbol of the despotic regime of Mubarak.
Thousands of prisoners, mainly activists detained for political reasons, here are still imprisoned, torture and agonizing interrogations considered as the standard methods of the police. So far but it was the protesters not to storm the heavily secured building. The frantic government reshuffle, announced Friday night by the President and completed on Saturday, is in the streets of Cairo hardly provide reassurance.
The protest is directed not only against Mubarak, but also against the new Vice-President Omar Suleiman, who served previously as an intelligence chief and a close confidant of Mubarak's. Mubarak's future depends on the military at the demonstrators, the government reshuffle showed little effect.
"Mubarak can bring no reform, he wants his followers to save only his power," said a young protester. A sign in front of his chest was emblazoned the word "Killer", meant the security forces. In particular, the security police were at the beginning of the protests acted brutally against the turmoil.
For the protesters, but must resign for real reform in the country, first the President, rumored to stand for his flight from Egypt at the airport ready and waiting jet. It is primarily the nomination of Suleiman, which provides new discontent and protests. Many see the election of the 74-year-old as a sign that Mubarak wants to wrestle down the uprising with a heavy hand.
Suleiman is feared for nearly two decades a major figure in Mubarak's power structure, its intelligence service is available throughout the country. The military presence since Saturday across the city, remains cautious. In the night of Sunday some demonstrators even danced on the tanks, some embraced the soldiers.
The uniformed men were granted by the people. Whether this was ordered by the leadership or the soldiers simply do not want to act against the demonstrators, is currently difficult to assess. Nevertheless, the Egyptian army in the course of the revolt is likely to play a decisive role. Mubarak's fate will depend on how long the military holds him still loyal.
Now, breaking the sixth day of protests, and the situation in Cairo does not seem to calm down. All night and on Sunday morning, waited about a thousand demonstrators from the central Tahrir Square, lit fires and chanted slogans against the incumbent President Hosni Mubarak. Especially around the Interior Ministry, a few hundred meters from the place of liberation, there were repeated clashes with security forces.
The military, which has replaced the notorious security police meanwhile, stayed back there. Although shots were heard again and again, but usually only the military firing into the air to disperse the pressing crowds. The Interior Ministry in Cairo as the "Temple of Doom" is decried, among the protesters as a symbol of the despotic regime of Mubarak.
Thousands of prisoners, mainly activists detained for political reasons, here are still imprisoned, torture and agonizing interrogations considered as the standard methods of the police. So far but it was the protesters not to storm the heavily secured building. The frantic government reshuffle, announced Friday night by the President and completed on Saturday, is in the streets of Cairo hardly provide reassurance.
The protest is directed not only against Mubarak, but also against the new Vice-President Omar Suleiman, who served previously as an intelligence chief and a close confidant of Mubarak's. Mubarak's future depends on the military at the demonstrators, the government reshuffle showed little effect.
"Mubarak can bring no reform, he wants his followers to save only his power," said a young protester. A sign in front of his chest was emblazoned the word "Killer", meant the security forces. In particular, the security police were at the beginning of the protests acted brutally against the turmoil.
For the protesters, but must resign for real reform in the country, first the President, rumored to stand for his flight from Egypt at the airport ready and waiting jet. It is primarily the nomination of Suleiman, which provides new discontent and protests. Many see the election of the 74-year-old as a sign that Mubarak wants to wrestle down the uprising with a heavy hand.
Suleiman is feared for nearly two decades a major figure in Mubarak's power structure, its intelligence service is available throughout the country. The military presence since Saturday across the city, remains cautious. In the night of Sunday some demonstrators even danced on the tanks, some embraced the soldiers.
The uniformed men were granted by the people. Whether this was ordered by the leadership or the soldiers simply do not want to act against the demonstrators, is currently difficult to assess. Nevertheless, the Egyptian army in the course of the revolt is likely to play a decisive role. Mubarak's fate will depend on how long the military holds him still loyal.
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