A crowd of thousands rushed to speakers and projection television screens to listen to their president address the unrest that has swept over the nation in the past eight days. They weren’t happy with what they heard and told an Al Jazeera web producer they would remain in the square until Mubarak leaves. Protestors were scattered and some were trampled underfoot. Battle for Egypt Pro Iran Islamist vs Green Freedom Seekers of Egypt Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo’s main square, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening. Government backers galloped in on horses and camels, only to be dragged to the ground and beaten bloody. All the unrest has also led to heightened tensions along the Egypt-Gaza border. Both Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, have been watching the situation closely, the border has been closed since Friday. More than a million protesters flooded into central Cairo, turning Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital, into a sea of humanity as massive protests against President Hosni Mubarak swept across Middle East’s most populous nation. Packed shoulder to shoulder in and around the famed Tahrir Square, the mass of people on Tuesday held aloft posters denouncing the president, and chanted slogans “Go Mubarak Go” and “Leave! Leave! Leave!” Similar demonstrations calling on Mubarak to step down were also witnessed across other …
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