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Square was the scene of bloody fighting for two days and two nights, and now apparently given the space after friday prayers for a massive demonstration where people have come together to repeat one demand. the ouster, the overthrow of the egyptian president, hosni mubarak. now, this has been here in the square completely peaceful. i have seen no signs of violence or clashes, but what a difference in a sprawling city like this, i just got back from taking a walk down some side streets here where...

>> what kind of role does the military play now? >> a vital question had you talk about egypt, because the egyptian military as we watch now is trying to maintain its control in the square, but hosni mubarak on the ropes, whats the broader role of the military in all this? and discussing, really the one stable outfit in all of this, the military. we see them continuing, not always successfully, we have to say, keeping pro and anti-protesters apart, clashing just off the square, obviously things ...

Set up barricades and checkpoints, streets littered with debris, between what was a 15 minute walk there and back, i saw at least five carried back wounded, one with a broken foot, carried back to a medical, like a first-aid center thats been established on the edge of this square where there was a prisoner. pretty badly beaten around his face, who was being watched over by an egyptian soldier. so massive, peaceful, joyous rally here and gangs of pro and anti-mubarak youth in pitch battles throw...

Pro-mubarak supporters because they were shouting slogans in support of president mubarak and they were also surrounding mainly young people, and they were carrying knives, and carrying machetes, and big sticks, and when i showed them my press pass and said i wanted to go near tahrir square, they told me they were not allowing anyone to go towards that square anymore and when i insisted this was my job, unfortunately they started roughing me up and beating me, hitting me, kicking me, and then on...