Liberation Square in Cairo, the heart of the revolt that ended on Friday with 30 years of Hosni Mubarak regime has now been cleared of protesters, although only a few hours. Shortly after the military, now supreme power in the country after the resignation of Mubarak and the seizure of power by Marshal Tantaui as leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, evicted from the square to the latest anti-Mubarak protesters, some 2,000 people have returned to cut traffic in the central plaza.
A demonstration of police, the establishment's most hated by the Egyptians to be the armed wing of Mubarak, have come across the square to express their solidarity with the revolt. Many civilians have faced reproaching them wanting to appropriate the revolution. About 2,000 people gathered in the square of the Liberation, blocking traffic just hours after soldiers and military police fired from the square to the last dozen anti-Mubarak protesters camped.
When the military already had control of the plaza, a few hundred policemen in plain clothes and undercover, taking again the square to express their solidarity with opponents of the dictator who succeeded his departure after 18 days of protests. Waving flags of Egypt, police chanted slogans like "We and the people are one" and have paid tribute to the "martyrs of the revolution." The soldiers, as they did with the opposition to Mubarak, nor have they prevented the passage.
"We stand with the people. We ask the Egyptian people that we are not ostracized, are not the enemy", told Lt. Mohammed Mestekawy. "We're in this together and we have been mistreated by the system itself. Many police officers have died in the revolt with the other [protesters]," he said.
"The officials are corrupt, but we share the same problems as the rest of the Egyptians, low wages, lack of freedom, humiliation," said Mohamed Salah, an agent for 15 years. However, not everyone believes one of the most hated estates Egypt. At the beginning of the revolt, the police, controlled by the regime, was in charge of crowd control, further deepening the hatred she felt toward the Egyptians, which they saw the armed wing of tyranny.
Three days into the revolt, the police disappeared from the streets after having exhausted all means in vain to stem the tide of protest. There has been some skirmishes between police and some civilians who accused them of wanting to get into a car that is not theirs, and appropriating his revolution.
"I do not believe them. Where were they when the thugs [the regime] killed my brother?" He shouted Samah Hassan, a bystander who was embroiled with an agent, he reports. "Van for free, want to claim for them the revolution," said. The protest occurred just hours after a group of soldiers and military police cordoned off the square to surround those who were still in it to order them to collect their belongings and clear the place in an hour.
"We have an hour, we are surrounded by military police. We do not know what to do. We are discussing what to do," declared one of the last of the square to the agency. He added that one officer has assured them that if they did not leave would be arrested. And rushing his last hours in a place where you have come to collect hundreds of thousands of voices and that after two long weeks of peaceful protests, shouting and only on Friday February 1 was the scene of violence, the emergence of hundreds of Mubarak supporters with the intention of busting the protest last Friday got force out a President who had held power for three decades.
The Army is the supreme power now who has the supreme power. After the departure of Mubarak on Friday, was the army, an institution respected by the Egyptians and has tried to play the offset during the revolt, took all the power. Marshal Mohamed Tantaui so far Mubarak defense minister, assumed full power, released a statement yesterday in which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces would rule by decree, suspending the constitution and dissolved both houses of Parliament and elections were announced within six months.
Although the Egyptians have willingly accepted the new military regime, some are still reluctant to leave the square and announced that they will return to demonstrate if their demands are not met. By Friday, there is called a "Victory March" to celebrate the success of the revolution and perhaps to remind the new leaders of the rebellion force.
Meanwhile, the new military authorities try to get the country back to normal and not going beyond the economic damage suffered by the country after more than two weeks of paralysis. Before his departure, Mubarak, in an attempt to maintain power, increased the salaries of civil servants and pensioners, but there has been during the violence strikes in many sectors demanding improvements in wages and conditions and now, spurred by the progress of the dictator, they feel freer to express their demands.
However, a military source has reported that the Army plans to issue a decree prohibiting the union strikes and rallies in an effort to back up the country. 
A demonstration of police, the establishment's most hated by the Egyptians to be the armed wing of Mubarak, have come across the square to express their solidarity with the revolt. Many civilians have faced reproaching them wanting to appropriate the revolution. About 2,000 people gathered in the square of the Liberation, blocking traffic just hours after soldiers and military police fired from the square to the last dozen anti-Mubarak protesters camped.
When the military already had control of the plaza, a few hundred policemen in plain clothes and undercover, taking again the square to express their solidarity with opponents of the dictator who succeeded his departure after 18 days of protests. Waving flags of Egypt, police chanted slogans like "We and the people are one" and have paid tribute to the "martyrs of the revolution." The soldiers, as they did with the opposition to Mubarak, nor have they prevented the passage.
"We stand with the people. We ask the Egyptian people that we are not ostracized, are not the enemy", told Lt. Mohammed Mestekawy. "We're in this together and we have been mistreated by the system itself. Many police officers have died in the revolt with the other [protesters]," he said.
"The officials are corrupt, but we share the same problems as the rest of the Egyptians, low wages, lack of freedom, humiliation," said Mohamed Salah, an agent for 15 years. However, not everyone believes one of the most hated estates Egypt. At the beginning of the revolt, the police, controlled by the regime, was in charge of crowd control, further deepening the hatred she felt toward the Egyptians, which they saw the armed wing of tyranny.
Three days into the revolt, the police disappeared from the streets after having exhausted all means in vain to stem the tide of protest. There has been some skirmishes between police and some civilians who accused them of wanting to get into a car that is not theirs, and appropriating his revolution.
"I do not believe them. Where were they when the thugs [the regime] killed my brother?" He shouted Samah Hassan, a bystander who was embroiled with an agent, he reports. "Van for free, want to claim for them the revolution," said. The protest occurred just hours after a group of soldiers and military police cordoned off the square to surround those who were still in it to order them to collect their belongings and clear the place in an hour.
"We have an hour, we are surrounded by military police. We do not know what to do. We are discussing what to do," declared one of the last of the square to the agency. He added that one officer has assured them that if they did not leave would be arrested. And rushing his last hours in a place where you have come to collect hundreds of thousands of voices and that after two long weeks of peaceful protests, shouting and only on Friday February 1 was the scene of violence, the emergence of hundreds of Mubarak supporters with the intention of busting the protest last Friday got force out a President who had held power for three decades.
The Army is the supreme power now who has the supreme power. After the departure of Mubarak on Friday, was the army, an institution respected by the Egyptians and has tried to play the offset during the revolt, took all the power. Marshal Mohamed Tantaui so far Mubarak defense minister, assumed full power, released a statement yesterday in which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces would rule by decree, suspending the constitution and dissolved both houses of Parliament and elections were announced within six months.
Although the Egyptians have willingly accepted the new military regime, some are still reluctant to leave the square and announced that they will return to demonstrate if their demands are not met. By Friday, there is called a "Victory March" to celebrate the success of the revolution and perhaps to remind the new leaders of the rebellion force.
Meanwhile, the new military authorities try to get the country back to normal and not going beyond the economic damage suffered by the country after more than two weeks of paralysis. Before his departure, Mubarak, in an attempt to maintain power, increased the salaries of civil servants and pensioners, but there has been during the violence strikes in many sectors demanding improvements in wages and conditions and now, spurred by the progress of the dictator, they feel freer to express their demands.
However, a military source has reported that the Army plans to issue a decree prohibiting the union strikes and rallies in an effort to back up the country.
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