Tahrir Square erupts with call for an end to military rule
Cairo, November 25: After sweeping aside former dictator Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's turbulent revolution, re-energised after recent bloody clashes, is now clamouring for an end to military rule and calling for the establishment of a new civilian authority to steer the country's convoluted transition to democracy.
Joined by tens of thousands of people, calling for an end to the rule by Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), protests pulsated fearlessly in and around Tahrir Square, the icon of Egypt's roaring pro-democracy uprising.
The high-decibel noise generated by the sea of humanity at Tahrir, however, could not drown chants that called for an end to the military's rule. Above the din, people shouted: "The people are a red line" and "Down with military rule".
Some personalised their attack on Mohamed Tantawi, the Field Marshall who heads SCAF. They warned that Egypt's top military commander, who served as the Defence Minister for the much reviled Mr. Mubarak, had now himself acquired heady ambitions of becoming President.
People had thronged to Tahrir in response to a call by protesters for a "million-man" rally at the Square after Friday prayers. The appeal for a massive show of strength had acquired sharp emotional resonance.
More than 30 young protesters had been killed by the security forces over the previous week. Die-hard dissidents had braved unremitting barrages of tear gas, rubber bullets, buckshot, and live ammunition, but, unfazed, had re-claimed Tahrir.
By Friday, Mohamed Mahmoud alley, which had been the focal point of pitched battles over the week, had been renamed by protesters as the "Day of Freedom" street, the Egyptian news portal Al Ahram Online reported on its website. (Agencies)
2011-11-25
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