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Title: Cairobama square chaos intensifies, violence spreads
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The Washington Examiner
URL Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/ ... s-intensifies-violence-spreads
Published: Feb 3, 2011
Author: MAGGIE MICHAEL
Post Date: 2011-02-03 12:38:58 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Obama bin Laden, Neville Chamberlain, Dhimmi Carter
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CAIRO – Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted Thursday around dusk in the Cairo square at the center of Egypt's anti-government chaos, while new looting and arson spread around the capital. Gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners, and human rights workers and the army rounded up foreign journalists. Another round of heavy gunfire rang out in central Tahrir Square, where Mubarak supporters and opponents have been fighting for more than 24 hours. At least one wounded person was carried out. At least eight people have been killed since the clashes erupted Wednesday afternoon. Security officials said a fire is raging in a major supermarket outside Sheikh Zayed, a suburb of the capital, and looters were ransacking the building. Another building much closer to the square and next to a five-star hotel tower overlooking the Nile River was also on fire. The officials said other fires have erupted in the Cairo district of Shubra, north of the center. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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