Cairo - Angry anti-government demonstrators returned Saturday to end Tahrir square, some claiming that they were willing to face martyrdom, less than a day after that the military leaders of the Egypt use of force to break a camp of a demonstrators in the place where the revolution began.
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Gallery: inspired in Egypt and Tunisia uprisings spread throughout Middle East North Africa: motivated by recent political force shown by neighbors in Egypt, demonstrators in the Middle East and the North Africa are taking the streets of many cities to unite for change.New slogans psalmodiés of demonstrators calling for the withdrawal of the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, to assimilate to the deposed President Hosni Mubarak. Others prayed or reading the Koran. Many seemed aware of warning of the Council earlier in the day that troops use force again, if necessary, to clear the square.
The bloody repression before dawn Saturday follow-up weeks of tensions between the pro-democracy movement and the military leaders who led the country since the expulsion of Mubarak in February.
At first, demonstrators commended intervention by the army, seeing that the protection of the aircraft security and rogue Government paid. But the euphoria dimmed quickly and accusations mounted that the army was shielding Mubarak and his wishes.
The number of deaths since the raid on the camp of the demonstrators remained in dispute late Saturday. Witnesses said that at least two people had been killed, while the Ministry of Health said a person had died.
Hundreds of soldiers, fired in the air and attacking protesters with electric batons, invading the Centre of the square to expel several hundreds of people who had defied a curfew for 2 hours of the morning after a demonstration but important Pacific Friday.
Among those who had joined the demonstrators on the day the day in the camp were about 20 uniformed soldiers who had broken the ranks at the request of the military Council accelerate try Mubarak and former members of his regime on charges of corruption.
"They were participating to show their solidarity with the people," said Assad Mahmoud, 20, a student at the University of Cairo who participated in the dining room.
Around midnight, demonstrators overflowing with joy in the camp of lifting rebel soldiers on their shoulders, shouting: "the army and the people form a single hand." One of the soldiers raised a bag of body coiled in the air, proclaiming that he was prepared to die.
Around 2: 30 a.m., the troops and the blocked entries security forces instead. Demonstrators formed a human chain to protect soldiers in their camp. Armoured cars, soldiers and security officers has swept in a short time after 3 hours of the morning, and the Government forces fired their weapons into the air for about 20 minutes. Some demonstrators fled a landmark Mosque on the place of refuge. Others threw rocks at the troops.
Mahmoud and other witnesses said that troops appeared to be targeting the rebel soldiers, injuring at least three and detaining others. Mahmoud said demonstrators hid a few others.
As the light of the day is to Tahrir square, smoke derived from three light military vehicles. People began to return, climb to the Summit of charred hulks and demanding the withdrawal of Tantawi.
The Friday rally was the largest since the Government of Mubarak fell on 11 February. Tens of thousands of people filled the Tahrir square in a peaceful demonstration to demand Mubarak be liable for allegations of corruption.
Others accused the military leaders to engage in some of the same repressive behavior as Mubarak, as critics of the regime of detention and holding before military courts.
"I think that the military Council is to Mubarak," said Loftaya Mohamed, 58, a former professor who participated in demonstrations with his adult daughter. "They're being too kind and too many patients."
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Mansour is corresponding special. Corresponding special Haitham Tabei contributed to this report.
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