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Hussein Tallal / AP
Anti-government protesters try to tear down a cement wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 24.
Egyptian protesters worked Thursday to tear down a cement wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square, in Cairo. Ultimately, they toppled the wall. The protests come on the eve of the second anniversary of Egypt’s Jan. 25 uprising, which toppled longtime authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Hussein Tallal / AP
Egyptian protesters try to tear down a cement wall near Tahrir Square.
Hussein Tallal / AP
Hussein Tallal / AP
Egyptian protesters react as the wall falls.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Protesters flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes after protesters removed a concrete barrier near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 24.
Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to mark the 2011 uprising that led to Egypt's change in power. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Story: Two years since uprising, Egypt braces for more protests
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Things there keep getting worse and worse.
Their president openly supports terrorists actions and groups.
For some reason we keep sending them arms.
Repeat. They are the enemy and we keep sending them weapons.
I would prefer lower taxes than giving our money to the enemy.
In what Bizzaro universe does this make sense?
I think our leaders need to explain this policy to us.
We give them fighter planes and tanks which someday will be used against us.
Our leaders have failed us and should be charged for treason.
Arab Spring, part II ?
I'm still waiting on the summer of recovery.
We're no better off than we were 4 years ago.
Protesters topple a barrier...Israel blamed.
I would hate to live in Israel.
Death could come from any direction at any time.