i wasn t a hero. our ivan watson talked with some of the people that he described as heroes. here s what ivan s look at what life is like for some of the protesters. reporter: morning for the men of the barricade in tahrir square. cold, battle-scarred, and filthy, they fought and bled to protect the symbol of egyptian defiance. it was raining? it was cold here last night. yes. yes, yes, yes, yes. and we will stand tired and we will continue forever until that system remuffed. reporter: abdul suffered head wounds during wednesday s furious battle between opposition demonstrators and president mubarak supporters. how did you feel fighting other egyptians? fighting other egyptians? reporter: yeah. they are not egyptians, they are criminals. reporter: he says he s fighting for his country s
many among the tens of thousands of demonstrators still jammed into tahrir square repeat that they will not leave until president mubarak steps down. they see themselves on a mission, where turning back is simply not an option. cnn s ivan watson spoke with some of them about their bravery and defiance. reporter: men barricade in tahrir square. cold, battle scarred and filthy, they fought and bled to protect the symbol of egyptian defiance. it was raining. it was cold here last night. yes, yes, yes, yes. and stand and tired and we will continue forever until that system removed. reporter: abdul suffered head wounds during last wednesday s furious battle between opposition demonstrators and president hosni mubarak s supporters. how did you feel fighting other
ivan watson. reporter: warning for the men of the barricades in tahrir square. cold, battle-scarred and filthy, they fought and bled to protect this symbol of egyptian defiance. it was raining, cold here last night. yes, yes. all that we will stand and tired and we will continue forever until that system removed. reporter: abdul suffered head wounds during last wednesday s furious battle between opposition demonstrators and president hosni mubarak s supporters. how did you feel fighting other egypti egyptians? fighting other egyptians? reporter: yes. they aren t egyptians. reporter: he says he s fighting for his country s freedom. we want to make democracy systems with organizations, not
defiance. it was raining and cold here last night. yes, yes, yes. and all of the people are standing and tired, and we will continue forever until that system is removed. reporter: abdul suffered head wounds during last wednesday s furious battle between opposition demonstrators and president hosni mubarak s supporters. how did you feel fighting other egyptians? fighting other jipgs? reporter: yeah. they are not egyptians, they are criminals. reporter: he says he s fighting for his country s freedom. we want to make democracy systems and organizations, not a fascistic system. we want to make it a democracy. reporter: dawud and his colleagues established improvised lines of security. anybody have to go inside, they have to make a check.
stand and are tired and we will continue forever until that system is removed. reporter: this man suffered head wounds during last wednesday s furious battle between opposition demonstrators and president hosni mubarak s supporters. how did you feel fighting other egyptians? fighting other egyptians? reporter: yeah. they are not egyptians. they are criminals. reporter: he says he s fighting for his country s freedom. we want to make democracy systems with organizations. not a fascistic system subpoena we want to make it a democracy. reporter: he and his colleagues established improvised lines of security. anybody have to go inside, they have to make that check. reporter: and an alarm system of clangs and whistles that sounds at the first hint of a threat.