Summary
Martyrs' Friday came and went, thousands of protesters thronged into Cairo's Tahrir Square and the world was treated to some of the worst violence since the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year. But apart from that it was business as usual in Egypt. Tomorrow's elections will go ahead and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) remains in power. As autumn gives way to winter it is as if the Arab Spring has never been.
Consider the chaos. After weeks of protest that have seen more than 40 deaths, all that has happened has been the replacement by the army of one feeble prime minister Essam Sharif by another - Kamal al-Ganzouri, an elderly political placeman from the Mubarak era. The military still remains in control through SCAF, no-one seems to be ready for the forthcoming elections, US President Barack Obama has demanded a "new Egyptian government must be empowered with real authority immediately", while rival opposition groups have used the mayhem on Tahrir Square to call for a continuation of the protests.See the full content of this document
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What Happens Next?
Meanwhile, beyond the epicentre of the violence rival demonstrators have supported the claims of the army and warn that without a military presence the ...
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