According to a text accompanying the above video which is posted at the Arabic edition of Al Masry Al-Youm: "In just 10 minutes, the security services in Cairo ended protest demonstrations in Tahrir Square." The editors add, "Central Security forces numbered more than 10 thousand recruits and officers. They used armored vehicles and tear gas."
After viewing this video, NihalFares commented on Twitter: "This is how police treat demonstrators in Egypt."
QUESTION: Madam Secretary ... in our tradition of two-parters, there are some major demonstrations in Egypt today, and I’m wondering if there is concern in Washington about the stability of the Egyptian Government, of course, a very valuable ally of the United States?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, David ... With respect to Egypt, which, as your question implied, like many countries in the region, has been experiencing demonstrations. We know that they’ve occurred not only in Cairo but around the country, and we’re monitoring that very closely. We support the fundamental right of expression and assembly for all people, and we urge that all parties exercise restraint and refrain from violence. But our assessment is that the Egyptian Government is stable and is looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people.
UPDATE: Video of protesters in Alexandria tearing down portrait of Hosni Mubarak on Jan 25. (I suspect this video shows the incident described by Hossam on Twitter. If so, the exact location is Raml Station).
UPDATE: Destruction at Mubarak's National Democratic Party headquarters in Mansoura on January 25
NEW UPDATE: Another video from Mansoura, a city on the Nile Delta (population 420,000). Mansoura was the scene of a rare outpouring of political enthusiasm in April 2010 when El Baradei visited a local mosque (as reported by a blogger here, here, and here). The roar of the crowd in this video will make your laptop shake:
UPDATE: Protests continued into the night. This video is quite spectacular.
UPDATE: This is a remarkable video of a crowd denouncing Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Towards the end of the video, the Egyptian police confront the person holding the camera.
Protesters denouncing Egyptian dictator Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak in Cairo:
Aerial of water-canon fired at protesters in Cairo. Around the 1:22 mark you'll see something that seems an echo of Tank Man (a hero of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989).
Inspired by the revolution in Tunisia, protests planned by Egyptian activists have turned out in large numbers on the streets of Cairo and Alexandria. An estimated 20,000 protesters have taken to the streets of Alexandria. Thousands will protesting through the night at Tahrir Square in Cairo.
Twitter is the great resource both for protesters and anyone trying to stay up to date. Although the Egyptian government blocked Twitter about 16:00 Egypt time, some have been able to post via proxy servers or platforms like HootSuite.
... a Twain scholar from Auburn University in Alabama believes he has found a way to teach Huck Finn without all the controversy about race and language: Alan Gribben is editing a new version of the classic novel that will remove all 219 instances of the "n-word," replacing it with the word "slave." The book will also replace the word "Injun."
