Walid A Kamel

Prayer and Protest: Tensions Run High on Egypt's "Day of Departure"

• One had constructed a huge slingshot about ten-foot tall overnight. In contrast to the day before, when heavy gunfire and fighting erupted outside the square, today soldiers are the only ones manning the otherwise deserted the 6th of October Bridge which spans the Nile on the front line of the battle; and where pro-Mubarak forces had been on Thursday, only a tank stands now. "Our people will not move from this square," said protester Walid Kamel, 33, a motorbike salesman. "If they try to push us out of here it will start a bloodbath."
• Date: Feb 04, 2011
• Source: Google