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Against here? the wall of tomorrow as a deadline. what does it mean? what is their threat? second wall, is there a food shortage? something that's going to stop the military from supporting mubarak? something where they actually can't survive as an urban society? are those walls coming up on this situation or not? >> reporter: you could have a large demonstration, and it could be very boisterous and lots of cheering. if it's peaceful and no one intervenes, not the police, not the army, not the goon squads, then perhaps if the government decides to take that approach, then we can wait it out. t...

We want our honest, intelligent and capable men and women from all walks of life to stand up and represent our country in fair elections. we can make the world proud of us, but it all begins today by throwing mubarak out. another writes to us from cairo. no, mubarak should stay to the end of his term. not because i like him, but for stability now. he can't reverse the changes that have begun now, but we need stability in order to prevent other groups from harming egypt even more. jerry from oregon. jack, now that mubarak's goon squads have resorted to attacks and detainment of the prominent ...

Demonstrators in the square. they were provoked. they started to fight. the fight got ugly. and now president mubarak, who does consider himself like the father of the nation, wants to come in and punish both of the children for fighting. and not ask how exactly it began. and to convince this country that it is important for him as a paternal leader to come in and put this down. and i think it shouldn't be lost, when you are looking at images of chaos and confusion, and they are images of chaos and confusion, that it also might be a strategy. the same thing i saw happen in iran. there were dem...

President would then need to step in as a good leader to implement law and order. that's what the protesters think the scenario is and they expect after this there will be a more serious crackdown potentially martial law and more goon squads. >> how do they win against a strategy like that. >> i think they win by information. that's what they're trying to do. they have to counter this story. they have to tell people how it happened, how it really started, who is fighting, they have to remain nonviolent and the protesters aren't doing a very good job of that. they feel attack and say they have ...

Cairo, and i covered local politics for a newspaper here. and i was covering an election. i'll give you an example of how they can use these goon squads and how i've seen them detract them. many are members of mubarak's political party. i was covering a local election and i went out and these are people who get paid in food, get paid in a small amount of money to stuff the ballots in ballot boxes. they get paid to scare other candidates. they are hired muscle. everyone in egypt knows how the government has used them for a very long time. and the demonstrators believe firmly, and even nondemons...