{"id":1857,"date":"2011-11-21T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2011-11-21T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T12:38:18","slug":"scores-killed-and-wounded-at-tahrir-square-in-a-replay-of-january-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/11\/21\/1857\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores killed and wounded at Tahrir Square in a \u2018replay\u2019 of January revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news1\/egypt_reuters_nocredit.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>Clashes between police and protesters in Cairo\u2019s Tahrir Square erupted for a third day Monday while the death toll rose to 22, amid fears Egypt\u2019s first vote since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak could be at risk.  <!--more-->  <br \/>Police and military forces sporadically used batons, tear gas and birdshots to try to clear the central square of thousands of protesters demanding that the ruling military cede power to a civilian authority.<br \/>By mid-morning Monday large crowds were again streaming to Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of demonstrations that toppled Mubarak in February, correspondents said.<br \/>Egypt\u2019s health ministry said 22 people had died in the violence, kicking off a brutal countdown to the country\u2019s Nov. 28 parliamentary elections, the first since the end of Mubarak\u2019s 30-year-rule.<br \/> \u201cThe deaths in Tahrir Square and several provinces has reached 22,\u201d since clashes broke out on Saturday, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official MENA news agency.<br \/>With just a week before voting in the first free parliamentary election in decades, the confrontations in the capital and other cities raised worries about how smooth voting will be.<br \/>The ruling military council in a statement read out on state television, said it \u201cregretted\u201d what was happening. It said it was committed to honoring the timetable for elections.<br \/>Protesters camped out for a third night on Monday in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 28-day uprising that ended Mubarak\u2019s rule, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parliamentary vote to start Nov. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egyptians are scheduled to elect a new parliament in a staggered vote that starts on Nov. 28, but even when the assembly is picked, presidential powers will remain with the army until a presidential poll, which may occur late 2012 or early 2013. Protesters want a much swifter transition.<br \/>Tear gas has rained down on demonstrators and police have beaten them with batons in a bid to end the protest. Angry protesters brandished spent shotgun cartridges and bullet casings on Sunday, although police denied using live rounds.<br \/>Police backed by army officers fired salvoes of gas canisters and charged demonstrators in the square as darkness fell on Sunday, temporarily sending protesters fleeing.<br \/>Internet video clips, which could not be independently verified, showed police beating protesters with sticks, pulling them by the hair and, in one case, dumping what appeared to be a corpse on piles of rubbish.<br \/>But demonstrators swiftly regrouped in side-streets and returned to take control of the square.<br \/>Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak\u2019s defense minister for two decades who is currently leading the army council, has become a target of protests.<br \/> \u201cThe people want the toppling of the Field Marshal,\u201d protesters frequently chanted.<br \/> \u201cI don\u2019t want Tantawi &#8230; I am staying tonight,\u201d said data entry employee Ayman Ramadan early on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationwide protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, a funeral procession for one of the victims degenerated into clashes with the police who fired volleys of tear gas at mourners, the official MENA news agency reported.<br \/>In the canal city of Suez, troops fired live rounds into the air to stop protesters from storming a police station in the city center, AFP reported.<br \/>Protests also broke out in the central cities of Qena and Assiut, a security official said, adding that 55 people had been arrested nationwide.<br \/>The demonstration that began on Friday was initially led by Islamists, angry at a bid by the army-backed cabinet to lay down principles for a new constitution that would have kept the army out of the control of a future civilian government.<br \/>But since then, the protest has largely been driven by the same youthful activists who galvanized Egyptians to bring down Mubarak, putting national pride before religion.<br \/>One of those groups, April 6 youth movement, told Egypt\u2019s state news agency it would stay in Tahrir Square and continue sit-ins in other cities until its demands were met, including a call for a presidential vote no later than April.<br \/>Other demands include replacing the current cabinet with a national salvation government and an immediate investigation into the clashes in Tahrir and trial of those implicated in it.<br \/>Presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an ultra-conservative Salafi Islamist, told protesters in Tahrir Square: \u201cWe are demanding as the minimum that power be handed over within six months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Army denies a desire to cling to power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The army has denied any desire to cling onto power and says it will not let any violence delay the parliamentary poll. It insists it can ensure security during the vote.<br \/>\u201cWe are all insisting on having the election on time &#8212; the government, parties and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces,\u201d cabinet spokesman Mohamed Hegazy told Reuters.<br \/>Earlier Mohsen al-Fangari, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, insisted the election would go ahead as planned and that the authorities were able to guarantee security.<br \/> \u201cWe will not give in to calls to delay the elections. The armed forces and the interior ministry are able to secure the polling stations,\u201d Fangari told a talk show on the Egyptian satellite channel al-Hayat.<br \/>But analysts say a surge in violence in voting, a common feature of elections in Mubarak\u2019s era of rigged polls, could undermine the assembly&#8217;s legitimacy if the result is questioned and deepen public frustration at the army\u2019s handling of the transition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWearing the mask\u201d of Mubarak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The April 6 youth movement said Egypt\u2019s ruling military council was now \u201cwearing the mask\u201d of Mubarak.<br \/> \u201cAll the masks are falling off, one after another. The mask of Mubarak, who is now ruling the country, has been unveiled,\u201d the movement stated on its Facebook page.<br \/> \u201cAfter the Egyptian people taught him a lesson, Mubarak has maintained his arrogant attitude, expanded his tyranny and continued to brutally repress the people who were injured during the January revolution.\u201d<br \/>The April 6 movement went on to say that its members would not leave the square until the entire cabinet, appointed by the military council, stepped down.<br \/> \u201cThe following are our unyielding demands: the dismissal Essam Sharaf\u2019s failed Cabinet, especially Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy; formation of a unity government tasked with saving the country, which should be granted full authority, without any kind of intervention from SCAF; that presidential polls be held no later than April of next year; and laws to guarantee the right of protesters to stage sit-ins. \u201d<br \/>The Maspero Youth Coalition took a similar position, denouncing the use of what it called \u201cunjustified violence\u201d against peaceful protesters and calling for a swift transfer of executive power to an elected civilian authority.<br \/>\u201cWe support the demands of fellow political forces to form a new government, sack the Essam Sharaf government and hand over authority,\u201d it said.<br \/>Minutes after the police attacked protesters in Tahrir Square Sunday evening, the political bureau of the Movement issued a statement on its website vowing to remain inside Tahrir Square with all revolutionaries until Sharaf&#8217;s government falls and the creation of a national salvation cabinet, according to the state-run al-Ahram daily.<br \/><strong><br \/>Calling for national salvation council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presidential hopefuls Mohammed ElBaradei and Abdallah al-Ashaal denounced violence against protesters and called for a national salvation government, state news agency MENA said.<br \/>The European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, urged Egypt\u2019s interim authority to halt the violence.<br \/> \u201cI urge calm and restraint and condemn the use of violence in the strongest terms,\u201d she said.<br \/>British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt condemned the clashes and said the deaths were \u201cdeeply regrettable.\u201d<br \/>Liberal groups are dismayed by the military trials of thousands of civilians and the army&#8217;s failure to scrap a hated emergency law. Islamists eyeing a strong showing in the next parliament suspect the army wants to curtail their influence.<br \/>Analysts say Islamists could win 40 percent of parliamentary seats, with a big portion going to the Muslim Brotherhood.<br \/>But analysts say predicting a result is tricky, given the vast number of new parties and voices in Egypt&#8217;s political landscape.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Al Arabiya with Agencies<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clashes between police and protesters in Cairo\u2019s Tahrir Square erupted for a third day Monday while the death toll rose to 22, amid fears Egypt\u2019s first vote since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak could be at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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