Anti-Mubarak protesters clash with police in Cairo

[dArKeR]

Wielding bamboo batons and small leaded clubs, Egyptian security agents attacked and beat protesters on Saturday as they tried to rally in the central Tahrir Square here, chanting slogans calling for the end of Hosni Mubarak's 24-year-reign as president.
A contingent of several thousand black-uniformed riot police officers, with shields and batons, together with squads of plainclothes agents, each armed with a blackjack, cornered small groups of protesters and then beat them, often tearing their clothing, as commanding officers with stars on their shoulders shouted for the beatings to continue.

The crackdown on the protesters came just two days after Mubarak pledged his support for democracy and increased freedoms in a speech announcing his plans to seek a fifth term as president. Elections are scheduled for September.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/01/2003265958
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/photo/2005/08/01/2005039972

[bennywhale]

1. Al Qaeda hate them for their freedom too?

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

2. So are we going to support Egyptians' right to dissent/free speech,

or come down on the side of an oppressive regime? If the latter, we know how well that works looking at Iran's history.

[dArKeR]

3. I recognize that stick! It's made in USA at a Blackwater factory!

Thank God we still make weapons in America!