Police in plain clothes use their beasts to control and inflict maximum damage on what were originally peaceful protesters.
BREAKING NEWS:
Conditions are deteriorating rapidly as Mubarak rallies supporters to fight back. The use of agent provocateurs to rile up the crowds of protesters has been implemented at this time as a pretext to bring in the military. So far, the military, however, has said it will not hurt civilians. Only time will tell.
According to a FOX News report, Wednesday evening in Cairo Egypt, men on camels beat protesters as they hurled Molotov cocktails into the massive crowds. People were caught on fire.
Automatic weapon fire has been heard from within the crowd. Women, children and protesters are deemed to be trapped within the square at this time.
Violence seems to be escalating. Journalists have also reported to have been attacked.
January 2, 2011
A plainclothes policeman speaks with a boy as others beat protesters in Cairo January 28, 2011. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
A dear friend who lives in Cairo told me the other night that the police have been doing most of the looting in that city. He told me of their thuggish behaviour and also the use of Mubarak's special bully boys running wild in the riots. He also said food was becoming scarce and some people were going hungry because the shops are empty due to shortages as well as the looting.
As much as I distrust ElBaradei, here I feel he is being honest in his words.
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Noted Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei blames Cairo for clashes between anti-government protesters and the regime's so-called sympathizers, warning it could lead to a “bloodbath.”
Posing as supporters of President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, plainclothes police officers attacked the demonstrators in the capital. At least one person has been killed and hundreds of people have so far been injured in Wednesday's clashes.Reports also say that security forces have also attacked people in Suez and Alexandria, both in the northeast.
On Wednesday, ElBaradei accused Cairo of using “scare tactics” and denounced the pro-regime supporters as a “bunch of thugs,” Reuters reported.
“My fear is that it will turn into a bloodbath,” he warned.
“I'm extremely concerned. I mean this is yet another symptom, or another indication, of a criminal regime using criminal acts.”
The country witnessed on Wednesday the ninth day of unprecedented protests against the three-decade-long rule of Mubarak. At least 300 people have died since the protests began last week.
The uprising is inspired by Tunisia's recent revolution, which ended the 23-year-long rule of the country's President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali.
On Tuesday, the United Nations called on the Egyptian leadership to pay attention to the demands of the people for democratic reform and respect human rights.
HN/AKM
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