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Today is the 10th day of the Popular Uprising in Egypt and the 2nd day of organized

 COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY TERROR 

Latest news:

Bursts of heavy gunfire aimed at pro-democracy demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, left at least five people dead and more than 800 wounded, according to reports from Egyptian television on Thursday.

"The real casualties taken to hospital were 836, of which 86 are still in hospital and there are five dead," Health Minister Ahmed Samih Farid told state television by telephone. According to independent sources: more than 1,500 people were injured since y'day afternoon...

Sustained bursts of automatic weapons fire and powerful single shots began at around around 4am (local time) and was ongoing more than an hour.

Today's gunfire marks an escalation of tensions, which began y'day afternoon when well-organized supporters (incl. hundreds of plain-clothed police and "state security" officers) of the "ruling" regime charged into Tahrir Square - some on horses and camels - clashing with pro-democracy demonstrators gathered there.

The situation right now (3pm, local time) in Cairo: "According to eye witnesses in Abdelmonaem Ryad square next to Tharir square Mubarak loyalists are preparing firebombs to attack protesters in the area", al-Jazeera reports.

3:30pm (local time) Al-Arabiya reports: "Heavy gunfire on bridge leading to Tahrir Square".

For more about today's latest news please check out:
☞ Egypt protests - live updates (Guardian)
☞ Live blog Feb 3 - Egypt protests (al-Jazeera)


 

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Today is the 9th day of the  UPRISING IN EGYPT. 

But - to cut a long story short - it seems that today the "ruling" regime wants to smash the uprising by inciting a kind of CIVIL WAR!

1PM(local time in Egypt): "There is a massive fight of some kind of going on right in front of me. I'm assuming that it's pro and anti Mubarak supporters," an eyewitness reported  from Tahrir Square. The security services are just sitting on their tanks watching, he says. "You can't help feeling that it has all been heavily coordinated," he says. "It's an extraordinary turnaround."

2PM(local time in Egypt): "Hundreds of well organized armed (with iron rods, rocks and knifes) pro-Mubarak forces, supported by riot police, are attacking the unarmed anti-gov't protesters", al-Jazeera reports. CNN, at the same time: "The army stays on the sidlines, just watching the battles."

Already in the morning the army ordered the anti-gov't protesters to stop the demonstrations and to go home immediately...

Related reports from the "front Line":
☞ Clashes break out in Tahrir Square (al-Jazeera, 2.02)
☞ Egypt protests - live updates (Guardian, 2.02)

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Today is the 8th day of the

UPRISING IN EGYPT

Here (some of) the latest news:

At noon (local time in Egypt) al-Jazeera reported that  "About 1,000,000 people have gathered for the planned  'Million Man March'  (MMM) in the Egyptian capital, calling for Hosni Mubarak, to step down."

Despite the Egyptian "authorities'" attempts to disrupt the anti-gov't protests by blocking the entire public traffic, the country prepared since last night for the MMM expected to leave central Cairo in the afternoon.

 
Tens of thousands of people arrived at the Tahrir Square since the early morning, joining about 10,000 protesters who violated the curfew and spent the night there.

Many protesters spent the night on the square, unbowed by the presence of troops and tanks

 
AFP reported in the morning: "Several hundred thousand Egyptians massed Tuesday for the biggest outpouring of anger yet in their drive to oust President Hosni Mubarak, on day eight of a revolt in which an estimated 300 have died".

Meanwhile al-Arabiya reported that "ElBaradei, one of the leaders of the Egyptian uprising, set a deadline for President Hosni Mubarak, calling on him to leave the country by Friday".

"Mubarak will fall!!"

For more updated news please check out
☞ [2.01] Egypt protests - live updates (Guardian)