This is how it began on January 25th when the police forces attack the protesters at Tahrir square at night after midnight and this is why I am so scared now !!
The military police has attacked the protesters who were having a sit at Tahrir square and at the cabinet HQ at Kasr Al Aini street. Protesters have been chased and eye witnesses are saying that teasers and whips were used, activists have been detained. No one is allowed to enter there , journalists were not allowed to cover what is going on. There are reports that masked men with machine guns were seen with the military police , I think they were brought to scare the protesters.
I know someone will say that there is a curfew and I tell him that the curfew does not give the military to end the sit in by this shameful and disgraceful way. For 18 days the army let the protesters stay as they wanted regardless of the curfew.
Already where was that curfew on February 2nd when the thugs attacked and killed protesters ??
This is a dangerous escalation , unacceptable one too.
Our dear Gigi Ibrahim and Mona Seif are there. Gigi took several snapshots before her mobile phone battery went off. She was at the cabinet HQ. Her snapshots show the military police surrounding the protesters.
Mona showed a photo for a protester who was beaten by the military forces :(
Here is the latest footage from Al Tahrir square from Ramy Raoof.
Updated at 12:21PM
The Egyptian army has issued an apology on its FB page .Actually it has issued two messages about what happened at Tahrir earlier.
In MSG No.22 the armed forces council starts its apology with highlighted sweet words "An apology and we know that you would forgive us" This is the nearest translation. Then the AFC goes on and says that the army is keen to achieve the aims of the January 25th revolution youth and that what happened from clashes between the military police and the children of the revolution was unintentional !!
There were not and will not be any orders to the forces to attack the children of this great people.
There will be precautions that will make that this will never happen again !!
In MSG No.23 the AFC says that it gave its to order to release all those who were detained last night.
Now to my comment
I do not understand how the military police turned so violent against the peaceful protesters if there was not a single order for them to use force !!
I do not understand how the National TV goes and says that the military police warned the people half an hour earlier when according to the protesters the attack started just 3 minutes after that general warning !! The army knew that there will be a sit in already hours prior the curfew and again this does not give the military police the right to use violence in this way.
The army has just issued MSG No.24 that the army position is clear but there is this minority that wants to destroy the revolution and that this minority attacks the army with bottles and stones !!!!!!!!! No body attacked the army last night.
Some people say that the army may have meant the members of NDP and their thugs who recently restored their activity and wanted to create chaos in the country. Some say that these thugs joined the protesters at the Kasr Al Anini at the cabinet HQ and were provoking the army , still this was earlier and those thugs left later.
I hope that the army meant this minority because honestly using the same words the Mubarak media used during the early days of the revolution makes very uncomfortable.
Now here are a collection of videos the protesters managed to take during the attack.
It seems that military police soldier is not from Cairo
This video the protesters chanted the famous "Soldier ,Soldier" chant with a little twist. "Soldier , Soldier , why !!? Are we in Libya or what !!? The original chant was "Soldier , Soldier why , are we in jail or what"
Another video showing the military police removing tents.
A video showing the protesters running through Kasr Al Aini street
These videos from our dear Gigi at the parliament
Gigi recorded this testimony for one of the protesters
We are not against the army on the contrary , we are so angry because they are supposed to be our army.
The military police has attacked the protesters who were having a sit at Tahrir square and at the cabinet HQ at Kasr Al Aini street. Protesters have been chased and eye witnesses are saying that teasers and whips were used, activists have been detained. No one is allowed to enter there , journalists were not allowed to cover what is going on. There are reports that masked men with machine guns were seen with the military police , I think they were brought to scare the protesters.
I know someone will say that there is a curfew and I tell him that the curfew does not give the military to end the sit in by this shameful and disgraceful way. For 18 days the army let the protesters stay as they wanted regardless of the curfew.
Already where was that curfew on February 2nd when the thugs attacked and killed protesters ??
This is a dangerous escalation , unacceptable one too.
Our dear Gigi Ibrahim and Mona Seif are there. Gigi took several snapshots before her mobile phone battery went off. She was at the cabinet HQ. Her snapshots show the military police surrounding the protesters.
Updated at 12:21PM
The Egyptian army has issued an apology on its FB page .Actually it has issued two messages about what happened at Tahrir earlier.
In MSG No.22 the armed forces council starts its apology with highlighted sweet words "An apology and we know that you would forgive us" This is the nearest translation. Then the AFC goes on and says that the army is keen to achieve the aims of the January 25th revolution youth and that what happened from clashes between the military police and the children of the revolution was unintentional !!
There were not and will not be any orders to the forces to attack the children of this great people.
There will be precautions that will make that this will never happen again !!
In MSG No.23 the AFC says that it gave its to order to release all those who were detained last night.
Now to my comment
I do not understand how the military police turned so violent against the peaceful protesters if there was not a single order for them to use force !!
I do not understand how the National TV goes and says that the military police warned the people half an hour earlier when according to the protesters the attack started just 3 minutes after that general warning !! The army knew that there will be a sit in already hours prior the curfew and again this does not give the military police the right to use violence in this way.
The army has just issued MSG No.24 that the army position is clear but there is this minority that wants to destroy the revolution and that this minority attacks the army with bottles and stones !!!!!!!!! No body attacked the army last night.
Some people say that the army may have meant the members of NDP and their thugs who recently restored their activity and wanted to create chaos in the country. Some say that these thugs joined the protesters at the Kasr Al Anini at the cabinet HQ and were provoking the army , still this was earlier and those thugs left later.
I hope that the army meant this minority because honestly using the same words the Mubarak media used during the early days of the revolution makes very uncomfortable.
Now here are a collection of videos the protesters managed to take during the attack.
It seems that military police soldier is not from Cairo
This video the protesters chanted the famous "Soldier ,Soldier" chant with a little twist. "Soldier , Soldier , why !!? Are we in Libya or what !!? The original chant was "Soldier , Soldier why , are we in jail or what"
Another video showing the military police removing tents.
A video showing the protesters running through Kasr Al Aini street
These videos from our dear Gigi at the parliament
Gigi recorded this testimony for one of the protesters
We are not against the army on the contrary , we are so angry because they are supposed to be our army.
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