Army surround Tahrir holdouts, reportedly arrests leaders

Some 30 protest leaders were reportedly forcefully removed by the army and were being held in an area adjacent to the Egyptian Museum, near the square, according to the report.

While some of the protesters resisted the advancing line of troops, chants of "Peacefully, peacefully" broke out in the square, according to Al Jazeera.

Over loudspeakers set up in Tahrir, one protester demanded that instead of removing "us from the square.... They must respond to our demands," according to the report.

The protester continued, "We demand from [the] armed forces to release all sons that have been arrested" in the central Cairo Square, according to the report.

The Egyptian army assumed power from deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Friday. It said that it respects the demands of the Egyptian people but has said the protesters occupying Tahrir Square for more than two weeks should return to their homes so that life in the capital can return to normal.

While most of the protesters heeded the calls to end the demonstrations, some have remained in order to demand that the army move towards implementing a democratic regime.

We will now see how well the benevolent US financed/inspired Egyptian army will respond to these facebook wankers. I see some wanker head splitting in the future.

The Egyptian Military can’t feed the people, house the people or employee the people so it’s just a matter of time before the people turn on the military and run to the Muslim Brotherhood.

10 to 1 odds the holdouts in the square are M.B. oriented. They had the appearances of fundamentalist, Jihad types. NOW WHAT?!, CNN and BBC???!!!

4 posted on 02/13/2011 5:41:42 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (The issue? "Responsibility" for this mess. Obama ? Or the AMERICAN PEOPLE for putting him in there?)

Gosh, what a huge surprise. Thanks Oldeconomybuyer. And from the "no kidding" stringer:

Muslim Brotherhood says it will not run for presidency
Main Opposition Groups to End Protests in Cairo
U.S. Preparing Aid Package For Egypt Opposition ["As Hosni Mubarak clings to power in Egypt..."]

oh, and it's just wrong when someone besides an enemy of the US suspends a constitution somewhere?

jihadists zero, war on terror one:

it's not just about the money, boys, but that is important in old age:

for the 'tastes lousy / less than half full' debate:

current and future goals:

I can just visualize Pres. Obama, Hillary, Joe Biden, Valerie Jarrett and Clapper dressed in female cheer leading garb, cheering on the last 30 or so Tahrir Square holdouts: “Gimme and A, Gimme a B etc.?

7 posted on 02/13/2011 3:19:48 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)

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