Juan Cole
On Tuesday, another big wave of protests was held against the policies
of President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, with rallies in in the public squares of most of Egypt’s major cities.
The protests were called “The Final Warning.” Many newspapers and
television stations went dark, while big rallies were held in Tahrir
Square (downtown Cairo) and at the residence of the president in
Heliopolis. Some 100,000 demonstrators marched on the presidential residence, broke through a barbed wire barrier, and engaged in clashes with police, who initially fired tear gas and tried to repel them. Then, abruptly, according Arabic wire services, the police allowed the crowd
to approach the building, prompting Morsi to flee the building. Russia
Today’s correspondent, an eyewitness, said that a section of the police
sought protection from the crowd, afraid of being overwhelmed, and the
protesters then threw up a cordon around them.
The sight of the elected president of Egypt forced out of the
presidential palace by angry demonstrators has to join other iconic
images of the nearly two-year-old Egyptian revolution.
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