the pro-mubarak demonstrators arrived at almost the same time, they had similar slogan and banners that they were carrying. they were at one stage using military tactic s s to close of the key choke points. but the protestors, after almost losing this square have managed to fight back. if you look behind me there s a lot of fire. the tahrir extends back behind me almost as far as you can see. the pro-mubarak demonstrators, who are now just in this area by the bridge, at one stage reached to the middle of tahrir, and demonstrators broke the in reinforcements, they are using barricades, metal sheets to that they re interlocking, almost like, as they march forward, and now large molotov cocktails at each other. richard, it s late at night, do you expect it to go through the night, this conflict in the streets? it seems that way.
climbing up now. cars keep stopping. guys keep gathering around these cars and building new fire bombs and lodging them over there. the others, you ll see those as well, wolf. they ve fortified the position here in front of us at the entrance of tahrir square. they set up the metal sheets, i guess they are. you can hear them pounding against the metal sheets. they re sort of just waiting now, throwing the occasional molotov cocktail at the other side. it s really a standoff here right now. it looks like there aren t many of the demonstrators yet that could cause anything like a serious charge at those positions. and if we could pan over to see the big fire across the street from the egyptian museum, we can see that what could start off with just one or two or
using at one point military tactics to peel off the key choke points, but the protesters after almost losing this square, have managed to fight back. if you look behind me there s a lot of fire. the tahrir extends back behind me almost as far as you can see. the pro-mubarak demonstrators, who are now just in this area by the bridge, at one stage reached to the middle of tahrir, and demonstrators broke the in reinforcements, they are using barricades, metal sheets to that they re interlocking, almost like, as they march forward, and now large molotov cocktails at each other. richard, it s late at night, do you expect it to go through the night, this conflict in the streets? it seems that way. the protesters think this is it.