Stone-throwing volleys, vigilantism, hate: raged for hours on Wednesday in Cairo, Mubarak civil war fighting between opponents and supporters of the regime suddenly mobilized. A log of the hours, zunichtemachten the dream of a peaceful revolution. The voice of the young woman is hoarse, but does not hear the crying.
"We are all Egyptians, we must not kill each other," she croaks. In their eyes are tears. Maha has waited seven days in the Tahrir Square in central Cairo, day and night, has protested peacefully for the overthrow of the dictator, Hosni Mubarak. Now drag screaming men past her. Many of them bleeding on the head - hit by the stones.
Their faces are distorted hate. In their hands they have rocks. With outstretched arms Maha tried to stop them. "Does the end finally heard at last," she shouts. The men do not listen. As in a trance, she continues to run. Then they throw their stones. It is Wednesday, sometime around 13 clock.
It is the day after the largest demonstration by hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, who have propped peacefully against the still incumbent president Hosni Mubarak. The despot will still not depart from power: By September, the end of his term, he wants to keep his post. Then again, tens of thousands of government opponents in the square in central Cairo gathering, the heart of their uprising against the regime that has controlled Egypt for 30 years with an iron hand and it filled the bag itself.
It should be the day that the dream of a peaceful revolution against Mubarak had finally burst. At this lunch at Tahrir Square began a bloody street fighting between opposition forces and the followers of the ruling elite. Out of nowhere, appeared on all roads suddenly thousands of Mubarak supporters who thronged towards the demonstration of regime opponents.
Who has thrown in at the end of this confrontation, the first of thousands of stones, who carried out the first strike is, in the end no one can say exactly. Is common in the evening only: In the battles were, according to official figures, over 600 people injured and killed probably more than the three whose deaths the government announced in the evening.
A doctor said on the night of 1500 injured. The revolt against Mubarak has become a bloody power struggle. The aggressiveness of Mubarak supporters who had been carted organized by his party to the center of Cairo, was felt from the beginning. Before the fences of the place was crowded with shouting men, the Western reporters hit without warning and tried to shrink back to their hotels.
"This is a matter between us Egyptians," they chanted, "let alone the rules." Still seemed like one of the staged scenes of the regime, the state television during the march, the first million just absurd-looking images of a small demonstration by Mubarak loyalists in front of the royal palace and showed the mass protest on the Tahrir Square simply ignored.
But then flew the stones. In addition to the National Museum of thousands Mubarak supporters crowded into the square, between horses, camels and countless posters with the portrait of a young Mubarak, whose face after 30 years of rule now looks like a waxen mask. The storm was unleashed.
Within minutes, both sides threw stones at stone against the enemy line. But still she has always separated the neutral military. Dozens of men with gaping lacerations to the head were pulled from the crowd. Your friends down new stones from the pavement, the street fighting began. The violence was now fully unleashed.
Eventually, the soldiers withdrew. Partisans on both sides rose to the tanks, threw more stones. Tried the mostly young opponents of the regime initially lift to dealing with human chains against the invaders, and soon, their actions were more brutal. Instead of the otherwise mostly good English-speaking students suddenly urged young people in front of Cairo's impoverished suburbs to the front line of the small war against the Mubarak loyalists.
As in the noise, they ran with loud "God is great" call forward, hurling their stones and ran back to buy new ammunition. "He's like Mubarak, now we will kill him," Again and again dragged the injured opponents on the opposite side of the square. "This is an undercover policeman," they cried.
The suspicion was enough to quickly gather a bunch of hateful people around the victim, that the maltreated more brutal. "He's like Mubarak, now we will kill him," echoed the screams. In the observed cases could be averted lynching of moderate protesters. However, nobody can exclude that have been killed in the side streets but not injured.
The hatred, the fight to the death would not end. For hours the battle lines moved back and forth. The security forces moved in were in position on a motorway bridge behind the National Museum and a Nile bridge, always a helicopter hovering over the battle zone. There, men rushed despite lacerations, just makeshift medical treatment incited by pain and adrenaline back in the direction of the enemy lines.
"We have suffered 30 years, now we bring them to," cried some on the side of Mubarak's opponents. "They want to destroy what we have achieved with Mubarak," chanted the supporters back. The opponents see behind the escalation of violence is a calculation of the President. With the organized mobilization of his camp, among them experienced provocateurs, he wanted to provoke the very bloody images of a street war that went all day around the world, it said.
And in the night was the sound of gunshots and exploding Molotov cocktails to hear the clashes flared up again and again. But the opposition groups must be wondering how they can take their movement back under control. As much as many Egyptians have suffered under the regime, repulsive images of pure hatred in the ranks of Mubarak's opponents.
These images fit well into the program the president. Even in his speech after the mass protest on Tuesday, he signaled that he alone could organize the master of the taut police and the ruthless secret service, an orderly transition to a new government. Many Egyptians may be impressed after a day of civil war images from their capital.
Instead of the open confrontation against which to sit at his post clinging Mubarak could transform many opt for a balance that the president secured an honorable departure, but also the transition to a system would be, would help determine in which his followers continue at least . Now if the opposition for Friday again calling for a mass demonstration in Cairo, the mobilization of supporters could be more difficult than before.
In addition, its leaders fear that the next rally ends in a bloodbath. Thus possibly also the protest movement would be discredited, thus risen Mubarak ice cold maneuvers. For his purposes, it is now clear, the President goes tumbling over dead bodies. He risks, even, that the mob in the coming days Cairo ravaged and pillaged.
For peaceful resistance against a president who wants to protect his power even for a short time so wicked, there are few recipes.
"We are all Egyptians, we must not kill each other," she croaks. In their eyes are tears. Maha has waited seven days in the Tahrir Square in central Cairo, day and night, has protested peacefully for the overthrow of the dictator, Hosni Mubarak. Now drag screaming men past her. Many of them bleeding on the head - hit by the stones.
Their faces are distorted hate. In their hands they have rocks. With outstretched arms Maha tried to stop them. "Does the end finally heard at last," she shouts. The men do not listen. As in a trance, she continues to run. Then they throw their stones. It is Wednesday, sometime around 13 clock.
It is the day after the largest demonstration by hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, who have propped peacefully against the still incumbent president Hosni Mubarak. The despot will still not depart from power: By September, the end of his term, he wants to keep his post. Then again, tens of thousands of government opponents in the square in central Cairo gathering, the heart of their uprising against the regime that has controlled Egypt for 30 years with an iron hand and it filled the bag itself.
It should be the day that the dream of a peaceful revolution against Mubarak had finally burst. At this lunch at Tahrir Square began a bloody street fighting between opposition forces and the followers of the ruling elite. Out of nowhere, appeared on all roads suddenly thousands of Mubarak supporters who thronged towards the demonstration of regime opponents.
Who has thrown in at the end of this confrontation, the first of thousands of stones, who carried out the first strike is, in the end no one can say exactly. Is common in the evening only: In the battles were, according to official figures, over 600 people injured and killed probably more than the three whose deaths the government announced in the evening.
A doctor said on the night of 1500 injured. The revolt against Mubarak has become a bloody power struggle. The aggressiveness of Mubarak supporters who had been carted organized by his party to the center of Cairo, was felt from the beginning. Before the fences of the place was crowded with shouting men, the Western reporters hit without warning and tried to shrink back to their hotels.
"This is a matter between us Egyptians," they chanted, "let alone the rules." Still seemed like one of the staged scenes of the regime, the state television during the march, the first million just absurd-looking images of a small demonstration by Mubarak loyalists in front of the royal palace and showed the mass protest on the Tahrir Square simply ignored.
But then flew the stones. In addition to the National Museum of thousands Mubarak supporters crowded into the square, between horses, camels and countless posters with the portrait of a young Mubarak, whose face after 30 years of rule now looks like a waxen mask. The storm was unleashed.
Within minutes, both sides threw stones at stone against the enemy line. But still she has always separated the neutral military. Dozens of men with gaping lacerations to the head were pulled from the crowd. Your friends down new stones from the pavement, the street fighting began. The violence was now fully unleashed.
Eventually, the soldiers withdrew. Partisans on both sides rose to the tanks, threw more stones. Tried the mostly young opponents of the regime initially lift to dealing with human chains against the invaders, and soon, their actions were more brutal. Instead of the otherwise mostly good English-speaking students suddenly urged young people in front of Cairo's impoverished suburbs to the front line of the small war against the Mubarak loyalists.
As in the noise, they ran with loud "God is great" call forward, hurling their stones and ran back to buy new ammunition. "He's like Mubarak, now we will kill him," Again and again dragged the injured opponents on the opposite side of the square. "This is an undercover policeman," they cried.
The suspicion was enough to quickly gather a bunch of hateful people around the victim, that the maltreated more brutal. "He's like Mubarak, now we will kill him," echoed the screams. In the observed cases could be averted lynching of moderate protesters. However, nobody can exclude that have been killed in the side streets but not injured.
The hatred, the fight to the death would not end. For hours the battle lines moved back and forth. The security forces moved in were in position on a motorway bridge behind the National Museum and a Nile bridge, always a helicopter hovering over the battle zone. There, men rushed despite lacerations, just makeshift medical treatment incited by pain and adrenaline back in the direction of the enemy lines.
"We have suffered 30 years, now we bring them to," cried some on the side of Mubarak's opponents. "They want to destroy what we have achieved with Mubarak," chanted the supporters back. The opponents see behind the escalation of violence is a calculation of the President. With the organized mobilization of his camp, among them experienced provocateurs, he wanted to provoke the very bloody images of a street war that went all day around the world, it said.
And in the night was the sound of gunshots and exploding Molotov cocktails to hear the clashes flared up again and again. But the opposition groups must be wondering how they can take their movement back under control. As much as many Egyptians have suffered under the regime, repulsive images of pure hatred in the ranks of Mubarak's opponents.
These images fit well into the program the president. Even in his speech after the mass protest on Tuesday, he signaled that he alone could organize the master of the taut police and the ruthless secret service, an orderly transition to a new government. Many Egyptians may be impressed after a day of civil war images from their capital.
Instead of the open confrontation against which to sit at his post clinging Mubarak could transform many opt for a balance that the president secured an honorable departure, but also the transition to a system would be, would help determine in which his followers continue at least . Now if the opposition for Friday again calling for a mass demonstration in Cairo, the mobilization of supporters could be more difficult than before.
In addition, its leaders fear that the next rally ends in a bloodbath. Thus possibly also the protest movement would be discredited, thus risen Mubarak ice cold maneuvers. For his purposes, it is now clear, the President goes tumbling over dead bodies. He risks, even, that the mob in the coming days Cairo ravaged and pillaged.
For peaceful resistance against a president who wants to protect his power even for a short time so wicked, there are few recipes.
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