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Ahmed Gomaa / AP
Egyptian soldiers raise their batons at a protester during clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, on May 4. Egyptian armed forces and protesters clashed in Cairo on Friday, with troops firing water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who threw stones as they tried to march on the Defense Ministry, a flashpoint for a new cycle of violence only weeks ahead of presidential elections.
Amr Nabil / AP
An Egyptian protester holds a national flag as he chants slogans at a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo Egypt, on May 4. Thousands rallied in Egypt against the country's ruling military council on Friday, two days after a flare-up of street violence left at least nine dead and fueled a wave of Islamist-led opposition to the generals ahead of presidential elections.
Ahmed Gomaa / AP
An injured protester is evacuated by motorbike from the site of clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, on May 4. Egyptian armed forces and protesters clashed in Cairo on Friday, with troops firing water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who threw stones as they tried to march on the Defense Ministry, a flashpoint for a new cycle of violence only weeks ahead of presidential elections.
Reuters reports -- Protesters threw rocks at troops guarding Egypt's defense ministry on Friday as thousands marched in Cairo to denounce violence against demonstrators and the exclusion of candidates from the country's presidential election.
The crowd hurled insults at the soldiers sent to defend the ministry after 11 people were killed in clashes there on Wednesday, and called for the overthrow of the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.
"O Tantawi, good morning, this is your last day," shouted the crowd, and "Field Marshal leave, the people are dangerous."
Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
Egyptian securrity forces (not pictured), use water canons against protesters, during a sit-in at Abbassiya square, near the Defense Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, on May 4. Protesters clashed for the second time in two days after marches converged at the Defense Ministry. On May 2, clashes left nine people dead after unknown assailants attacked protesters according to the Egyptian military council.
Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
Egyptian anti-military protesters hurl stones at Egyptian army forces (not pictured), during clashes at Abbassiya square, near the Defense Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, on May 4. Protesters clashed for the second time in two days after marches converged at the Defense Ministry. On May 2, clashes left nine people dead after unknown assailants attacked protesters according to the Egyptian military council.
Ahmed Gomaa / AP
An injured protester is assisted at the site of clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, on May 4. Egyptian armed forces and protesters clashed in Cairo on Friday, with troops firing water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who threw stones as they tried to march on the Defense Ministry, a flashpoint for a new cycle of violence only weeks ahead of presidential elections.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
People attend a protest after Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo on May 4. Thousands marched to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against the exclusion of prominent candidates from Egypt's presidential election, convinced that the country's ruling generals are trying to manipulate the outcome.
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Look at the crowds. All men, often wearing comfy Western clothes. Only a few wearing Islamic nighties. My guess is, this isn't a demonstration for women's rights.
Women don't show up at these Islamafests for obvious reasons. I doubt they will do a counterprotest also for obvious reasons.
It's not often that I side with the authority of might, especially military authority, but I have in many recent cases. We need to stand behind sanity in Egypt. The lack of an educated electorate and the abundance of competing Imams will drive Egypt into a dark age hell-hole. We need to better understand the motives of the Islamic Brotherhood, before we give tacit approval to thier fledgeling democracy. Mahammad Atta was a card carrying member, so was Sayyid Qutb and Ayman al-Zawahiri, etc...
The '97 Luxor terrorist massacre (pre 911), not to be forgotten:
"They descended on the Temple of Hatshepsut at around 08:45. With the tourists trapped inside the temple, the killing went on systematically for 45 minutes, during which many bodies, especially of women, were mutilated with machetes. A note praising Islam was found inside one disemboweled body. The dead included a five-year-old British child and four Japanese couples on their honeymoons"
The fundemental face of Islam is emerging in Egypt. The military is opposing it. I know many Egyptian expatriates also oppose it.
wheres all the chicks??? looks like a f**king sausage fest!
Yeah, we get it. You have no cultural understanding. You need to get out of mom's basement and learn about the world.
wher is the cristian pepoles in egypt.
Egypt is on a slippery slope to "Radical Islama-facism," ala Iran style revolution, rather than the pseudo- "Muslim Spring," that was supposed to happen...Shame...for the women and educated democratic students who hoped for more. Now Muslim Bro-hoods will steal the control and power by attrition.
The US doesn't even have a strategy for protecting non-radicals in the region...as we did in Europe after WWII when nazi's & USSR were stirring the pot...We should wake up.
So, how's that Arab Spring thing working out for you folks?
LOL
Just the way our president seems to want things.