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22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

iyad_elbaghdadi#Tahrir on fire: http://t.co/GGkhtyxY #EgyptSat Dec 17 10:00:20

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22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

iyad_elbaghdadi#Tahrir on fire: http://t.co/GGkhtyxY #EgyptSat Dec 17 10:00:20

Tags Cairo Tahrir Square, occupy cabinet, Twitter
22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

RawyaRagehSoldiers took off uniform, came up bldgs to beat up journalists #occupycabinet #EgyptSat Dec 17 10:55:20

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22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

 

Egyptian soldiers with batons charged into Tahrir Square on Saturday after fatal clashes nearby.

Shots were also fired in the air as the troops in riot gear pushed into the square following the eruption of a fire in the area around buildings associated with Egypt's upper house of parliament, the witness said. Troops were seen grabbing some people and beating them. [Reuters]

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22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

 

Egypt's prime minister, Kamal el-Ganzouri, addressed the violence in a news conference on Saturday, saying the fighting was an attack on the country's revolution.

"This is not a revolution, but a counter-revolution," he said. "Those who are in Tahrir Square are not the youth of the revolution."

He added that his government would not confront peaceful demonstrations with any force, but he said protesters "threw rocks and destroyed everything they came across".

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, said the "overall impression that came out from the prime minister was that he was blaming the protesters".

Read the full story: Clashes continue on the streets of Cairo


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22 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

The Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el- Ganzouri, speaking at a press conference refused to blame any any sides for the country by saying "we do not confront peaceful protests",

Yet his press conference  implied the military were blameless, by saying "protesters threw rocks and destroyed everything they came across in government building, they destroyed everything in their way."

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo, who was at the press conference said the "overall impression that came out from the prime minister was that he was blaming the protesters."

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