Dec. 17 saw the first battle between protesters and Egyptian army soldiers since Oct. 9 at Maspero. Certainly, it represents the first battle on such a scale between the army and protesters since the start of the Egyptian Revolution in January.
Al Jazeera:
Egypt's prime minister says fighting since Friday between protesters and soldiers is an attack on the country's revolution.This Al Jazeera report is worth watching. The attitude of the PM astounds me!
Eight people have been killed and hundreds injured in street battles, since renewed fighting erupted between protesters and security forces again on Saturday, on the streets leading to the parliament building and nearby Tahrir Square.
Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo.
Kikhote writes in the caption to our second video: "Army move in to Tahrir to violently break up sit in. Most cameras on the square have been confiscated or smashed."
Taken the previous day, this video shows objects being thrown down on the street protesters from the top of a high buiding.
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