anti Mubarak and pro mubarak mobs headed toward a showdown.

[Saboburns]

I fear there's going to be an ugly scene in Cairo today,

[Turborama]

1. . AJ English are covering it now

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Pics from when I was watching Sky News earlier.

[Celebrandil]

4. Media will certainly do it again.

Soon we will see a good-old score board with fatalities counted on both side.

[SmileyRose]

2. anti Mubarak protesters have already proven they are not a "mob"

If they are unruly today that would make my red flags go up.

[justiceischeap]

3. Rumors on Twitter from tweeters in Egypt is some of these folks are being paid $68/day

They're arriving in Microbuses and the speculation is that if violent clashes happen, Mubarak can shut down the protests.

[Saboburns]

5. Thats how I read it

Mubarak must be hoping that there is violence, then he can order the military and police to start cracking heads and shutting down the protests, martial law. And he's back in power.

He needs a confrontation.

[chimpymustgo]

9. That's clearly been the plan from day 1. Sickening.

[florida08]

6. yes

Both Nolan and Kouddous are tweeting. I can't get on AJE internet..anyone else having a problem?



nolanjazeera Dan Nolan
Both sides showing enormous restraint so far. In each other's faces but no violence where i'm standing at least #Egypt
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


sharifkouddous Sharif Kouddous
This is getting more and more heated. No real violence yet but things are very tense
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[florida08]

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nolanjazeera Dan Nolan
Still just a battle of voices no violence that i can see. Won't take much to set it off tho. Anti-mubarak side even more angry with him now
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Saboburns]

10. It's got to break soon

Something major is just about to occur. They're throwing rocks at each other and i see lots of tear gas.

This is bad.

[Saboburns]

11. "All hell is breaking loose in the square"

Per CNN on site reporter.


Here it comes

[florida08]

13. they reported

10-20 thousand of pro Mubarak..military not engaging

[Catherina]

7. Armed. Beating up journalists. Destroying videocameras. n/t

[chimpymustgo]

12. Eyewitness: "People are picking up rocks and throwing them at the petrol station where the anti-

Mubarak people are."

Sticks, knives, stones...chaos in areas of the square.

"Suddenly hundreds of people starting running toward the square - pro-Mubarak" - this from Al Jazeera reporter.

No army in sight, she says.

[florida08]

14. 2 tanks trying to stop..waving Egyptian flag