interview that was done shot about an hour ago. an interview with an anti-government protester inside to square. i want to show this because at thinks it gives some context to what we have seen these dramatic scenes of hand-to-hand fighting and firebombs tonight and what the protesters were doing and how they saw that. a brief interview, but watch this. why are you still there? because we can t go. the cause is that we wanted him to be out. we owe it to them to stick it out until the end. we have many injured people. it would be very hard to move them. we know everyone in this square knows that if we decided to end now, we would be hunted one by one. can you tell us what happens,
camels, they came in groups. many of them behind a banner as you would see in an american parade. some of them had loudspeaker vehicles and support of their gathering. they are all headed for the square. they all passed in front of our morning kammerer location before we were able to connect the dots and put the pieces together and figure out this is a counter demonstration. one of the things we have been trying to figure out as we have covered this story is how far it egypt resonates in the rest of the arab world and muslim world and in the rest of the world. we have seen protesters in egypt explicitly calling out to me shut as their inspiration. to me show where the situation is far from settled. that was not led by organized opposition movements but was led by a populist uprising.
you have these pro-democracy demonstrators occupied the square. i sought an interview with an american college student last night. he came here to be part of this, the word happening was used. he came here to bear witness to what people assume, going into this morning, might be a popular uprising or more it result in a new government in egypt. the bizarre series of events we have seen, a. of protesters have gone by. the first positive photos and numbers. there were few and far between leading up to this morning. men on horseback, camels, and we find out it was that leading edge that went right into the breach that heralded their own safety that started this. you are hearing this again in
we believe these are pro forces up on higher ground. over the square in october 6th bridge. throwing molotov cocktails down to what they see as the other side of the protests below. molotov cocktails are just bottles filled with gasoline. use of a right into them and set the right on fire. when you throw them, it creates a firebomb. it is crude, bold and effective. brian williams, the managing editor of nightly news is on scene with richard angle right now. brian, do you feel like you are seeing a qualitative escalation of violence? this is this may require a different response? today, it just blew up.
you could call it, a climax of the day s events. the protesters who were here all day had been attacked and fighting back against supporters. they burst it out of the square and forced the supporters to leave. supporters left with some protection from the army. those smokescreens we were talking about. after that, we saw the most chaotic scenes of the day, they were chasing each other through the streets. this angered was spilling out across cairo. there will vigilantes stopping cars, beating people. some were set on fire. they were pushing other cars to the edge of the road and setting them on fire. the army firing intents warning shots and other gunshots, unclear who has been firing