Like every day since January 25, tens of thousands of people demonstrated, Monday, January 31, in downtown Cairo and other cities demanding the departure of President Hosni Mubarak (read-line monitoring of the day and synthesis of significant events and reactions). At nightfall, they were still tens of thousands to quietly defy curfew in effect from 3:00 p.m.
to 8:00 pm local time (from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 French time) in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez in an atmosphere of carnival. But the day Tuesday, 1 February, a week after the beginning of the unprecedented revolt of the Egyptians, should mark a turning point. Following the call for general strike launched Sunday, the protest movement called for "a million march" of people on Tuesday in Cairo and across the country to further accentuate the pressure on the regime.
More than 5000 people had already gathered early Tuesday morning. This appeal was also launched in the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt, while rail traffic has been suspended throughout the country, preventing the mass movement of convergence towards the capital. Internet remains largely blocked, and Egypt's official television did not broadcast the message of the opposition, the protesters rely primarily on word-of-mouth to mobilize a population caught between hopes and fears of change of insecurity after the scenes of looting that marred the nights of major cities.
"It's probably not come near a million demonstrators," the corresponding analysis of the World this site, Benjamin Barthe, who nevertheless "the big day is tomorrow." "If processions are massive and very important, and that the opposition comes to permanently mark the spirits, his tussle with the government, trying to play the 'decay' of mobilization, in turn favor the opponents of Mubarak "said he (listen to the sound below, recorded Monday, January 31): The great inconnnue on the course of the day, again affects the attitude of the army against the expected flood of protesters.
Monday night, the Egyptian armed forces have again indicated that they would not use force against protesters and that, furthermore, they considered "legitimate" claims of "great people of Egypt" - but only in the "freedom of expression in a peaceful", not aspirations to topple the Mubarak regime.
Even if the soldiers deployed in the streets of Cairo since Friday night, are appreciated by the population and live far left movement, aircraft and helicopter gunships have been out on Sunday over the Tahrir Square: a way for those in power, to show that the military can, in theory, at any time resume control of the situation.
Monday, shortly before the declarations of its leaders, the military also installed in the streets of Cairo several concrete barriers, intended, according to observers, to block the vehicle and contain the demonstrators around Tahrir Square rallies held key in Cairo last week. Monitoring and development commitments of the army will remain a crucial outcome of the dispute.
A situation that the protesters are aware, judging by the banner deployed Monday on Tahrir Square: "The army must choose between Egypt and Mubarak." The demonstrators from the family or in groups, and barely controlled the entrance to the site by soldiers positioned for the maintenance of order, have expressed their refusal all day regime, corruption and police repression.
"The fear is gone, the floor is released in the streets of the capital, observed Benjamin Barthe, Le Monde, present among the demonstrators in Cairo, and according to him, trust between the military and the population remains very high (listen to the the following, recorded Monday, 31 January): While the anti-Mubarak has started without clear leader or formal training, the opposition is now trying to organize.
The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement strongly supported by the most modest, officials said Monday they were trying to form a broad political committee with Mohamed ElBaradei, former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to engage with the army. They rejected the new cabinet, calling for "massive demonstrations across Egypt so that the whole plan - President, party, ministers and parliament - leaves office." 
to 8:00 pm local time (from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 French time) in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez in an atmosphere of carnival. But the day Tuesday, 1 February, a week after the beginning of the unprecedented revolt of the Egyptians, should mark a turning point. Following the call for general strike launched Sunday, the protest movement called for "a million march" of people on Tuesday in Cairo and across the country to further accentuate the pressure on the regime.
More than 5000 people had already gathered early Tuesday morning. This appeal was also launched in the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt, while rail traffic has been suspended throughout the country, preventing the mass movement of convergence towards the capital. Internet remains largely blocked, and Egypt's official television did not broadcast the message of the opposition, the protesters rely primarily on word-of-mouth to mobilize a population caught between hopes and fears of change of insecurity after the scenes of looting that marred the nights of major cities.
"It's probably not come near a million demonstrators," the corresponding analysis of the World this site, Benjamin Barthe, who nevertheless "the big day is tomorrow." "If processions are massive and very important, and that the opposition comes to permanently mark the spirits, his tussle with the government, trying to play the 'decay' of mobilization, in turn favor the opponents of Mubarak "said he (listen to the sound below, recorded Monday, January 31): The great inconnnue on the course of the day, again affects the attitude of the army against the expected flood of protesters.
Monday night, the Egyptian armed forces have again indicated that they would not use force against protesters and that, furthermore, they considered "legitimate" claims of "great people of Egypt" - but only in the "freedom of expression in a peaceful", not aspirations to topple the Mubarak regime.
Even if the soldiers deployed in the streets of Cairo since Friday night, are appreciated by the population and live far left movement, aircraft and helicopter gunships have been out on Sunday over the Tahrir Square: a way for those in power, to show that the military can, in theory, at any time resume control of the situation.
Monday, shortly before the declarations of its leaders, the military also installed in the streets of Cairo several concrete barriers, intended, according to observers, to block the vehicle and contain the demonstrators around Tahrir Square rallies held key in Cairo last week. Monitoring and development commitments of the army will remain a crucial outcome of the dispute.
A situation that the protesters are aware, judging by the banner deployed Monday on Tahrir Square: "The army must choose between Egypt and Mubarak." The demonstrators from the family or in groups, and barely controlled the entrance to the site by soldiers positioned for the maintenance of order, have expressed their refusal all day regime, corruption and police repression.
"The fear is gone, the floor is released in the streets of the capital, observed Benjamin Barthe, Le Monde, present among the demonstrators in Cairo, and according to him, trust between the military and the population remains very high (listen to the the following, recorded Monday, 31 January): While the anti-Mubarak has started without clear leader or formal training, the opposition is now trying to organize.
The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement strongly supported by the most modest, officials said Monday they were trying to form a broad political committee with Mohamed ElBaradei, former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to engage with the army. They rejected the new cabinet, calling for "massive demonstrations across Egypt so that the whole plan - President, party, ministers and parliament - leaves office."
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