More than 500 people have been killed and 4,000 injured since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support
and is no longer attacking protesters. they ve been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league ober force is a sudden and east commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omaral bashir, a man wanted for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes which has seen some of the deadliest violence. he said the situation seems reassuring. he said some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not what we have been hearing from people in and around homes for months and not what you will hear from a reporter that snuck into that city and returned. the footage he took is very disturbing. we re going to show you that in a moment as well. there s other video from homes to show you, but before
in the substance and tone, they are getting fed up with the protesters. let me show you tahir square. you couldn t see cars there in the last few weeks, but now you can. but there are pockets of protesters who believe now they have treem they can vent about any or all of their frustrations, many of which are legitimate. the protests of the same police in the crowd attacking protesters now demanding results and reform for them, higher pay, the removal of their boss, the head of their department, the police. the government making it quite clear that it wants to seize these small pockets of protesters off the street, the country back running back to normal so they can put it, as they said, the wheels of democracy and industry get egypt up and running.
mubarak succeeded on war is a democrat when he was struck down in 1981 with mubarak next to him, the people of egypt gave mubarak enormous room. he healed the wounds and the controversy controversies of the is a democrat sadat. he was a modest man and kept a peaceful israel. he tried, if you will it, diffuse the tensions in egyptian society that s the on war is a democrat triggered. it would be that he would heed the lessons of mubarak s own course. what do you think the role the military has played so far? they have refused to intervene in the sense of siding with the regime and violently and cracking down the protesters. they didn t stop some of the violence mubarak supporters from attacking protesters, but so far it s been a pretty responsible role. do you see that in military as an institution that is crucial to the outcome here? well, look, this is the black
is there anything they can do? that is our big question for our talk back segment. that is what carol costello is tackling from washington. you ve got to wonder, in light of men on horses and camels with whip attacking protesters, you might wonder what comes next for egypt. salman told me the longer street demonstrators go on, the more chaotic and deadly they will become. so what to do? some say the world has no choice but to sit back and watch because the street in egypt is actually controlling what happens. others like him say it s time for president obama to become more forceful in his rhetoric. it doesn t look like there s going to be an orderly transition of power in egypt, especially if mubarak s government orchestrated those men on camels. why not say privately or publicly, mr. mubarak, the game is up. go now, or the united states will cut back on that more than