Egypts army supports Mubarak; protesters mass 02/12/2011

Egypts army supports Mubarak; protesters mass

02/12/2011
The Egyptian army threw its weight behind President Hosni Mubarak yesterday while protesters gathered outside the presidential palace in Cairo demanding the immediate overthrow of the beleaguered leader.

Three Egyptian officers also shed their weapons and uniforms and joined hundreds of thousands of protesters.

Egyptian state television interrupted programming to read out “communique number two” by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, headed by Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi.

The army said it would guarantee free and fair elections and vowed to lift the much-criticized emergency law, without specifying a date..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110212hed3.html