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Egypt Protests: Troops Clear Tahrir Square, Clash With Activists

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Posted by: Tuesday 2nd August 2011, 9:30am

"They beat people with sticks and electrified batons. I don't see why they had to use excessive force like this," she said.

Troops backed by armored vehicles and hundreds of riot police fired shots in the air and used clubs Monday to clear out activists camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square for weeks to air jordan shoes demand justice for those behind the killing of protesters during Egypt's uprising.

The protesters hurled rocks at the security forces and ignored the army's orders over loudspeakers to clear the huge traffic circle in central Cairo that was the epicenter of the 18-day uprising Air Jordan 2011 that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February. Hundreds of onlookers, frustrated over the disruptions to life and commerce around Tahrir, cheered the army for clearing the square, witnesses said.

The clashes began as the forces arrived in the square to dismantle the tents, witnesses said. They were sparked after a small group of protesters decided to continue the sit-in at Tahrir, even though most decided cheap kids shoes to end it to mark the start Monday of the holy month of Ramadan, when devout Muslims refrain from food, drink, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Activist Lilian Wagdy, who was in Tahrir Square when the army charged in, said the clashes began when some protesters tried to stop the troops from reaching the square through makeshift NFL jerseys online whole sale checkpoints they had erected to check IDs of anyone coming in.

\"The soldiers rushed in, charged toward the tents and brought them down,\" she said. \"The civilians who rushed in behind the army were cheering (the troops) and shouting: 'The army and people are one hand.'\"

Wagdy said she was beaten by one of the civilians, and one of the soldiers tried to grab her mobile phone.

\"They beat people with sticks Air Jordan 2011 Melo M7 and electrified batons. I don't see why they had to use excessive force like this,\" she said.

Nora Shalaby, an activist who arrived at the square shortly after the army moved in, said she saw soldiers detaining at least one person and dragginghim away. The checked IDs and asked hundreds of onlookers to leave.

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