A day after scaling the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tearing down the American flag, mobs have returned to the scene and to Tahir Square and are reportedly clashing with police.
Heavy gunfire around the U.S. embassy in Cairo now live
— It’s Just Jenn (@JennJacques) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/StephenShiflett/status/246037812565135360
This is a live picture from Cairo — pic.twitter.com/MezrKmVe
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) September 12, 2012
Photojournalist Cliff Cheney is live-tweeting from the scene.
Wide shot of street in front of embassy. Takbir chants starting. Otherwise very little activity right #USEmbassyCairo pic.twitter.com/sYh3q5b6
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Ultras just stormed in. Maybe 150. Many covered faces covered. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Some stuff thrown at riot troops. They run. Then they return. The usual script… #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
More shit thrown at riot line. Some of these people want a fight. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Armored trucks have entered the street. More gas. #USEmbassyCairo http://t.co/Arc3G9QX
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Protesters have street again. Advancing. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
CSF have deployed a barbed wire line. They are behind it. Protesters entering intersection. Gas. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Just saw flames. Unknown source. Seeing many motorbikes staging for wounded. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Cheney says that smaller fires are set as protection against tear gas.
Fires ring lit. Believed to help with has. #USEmbassyCairo pic.twitter.com/6884YJos
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
@manticorion there are few men with beards here. These kids are young. Don't know there affiliation. #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
Frontline now. Protesters throwing burning stuff as CSF… Not molotovs. #USEmbassyCairo http://t.co/WU0V2G63
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 12, 2012
A couple of bad CSF van rushes. Protesters almost got a couple CSF who were hanging off van… #USEmbassyCairo
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/AhmadAiyad/status/246041782796832768
Now it’s chaotic at #USEmbassyCairo a CFS Van is shooting rbr bullets and prtstrs. ran bk 2 #Tahrir and more tear gas. pic.twitter.com/KcjZ5BzZ
— Ayman Shabrawy (@ChapZzy) September 12, 2012
Truck on fire at #USEmbassy pic.twitter.com/afPbVvNE
— Ayman Shabrawy (@ChapZzy) September 12, 2012
I have not smelled tear gas in many months! Around 500 protesters now clashing with riot police. More tear gas fired. #USEmbassy
— Mohamed Fahmy (@MFFahmy11) September 12, 2012
Riot police continue to fire warning shots in the air to push protesters farther from embassy toward Tahrir Square. Crowds mostly young men
— Mohamed Fahmy (@MFFahmy11) September 12, 2012
Majority of protesters battling police close to embassy are young men, I wonder what happened to the Islamists? #USEmbassyattack
— Mohamed Fahmy (@MFFahmy11) September 13, 2012
Front line protesters hauling bottles of Molotov cocktails at the riot police 200 meters from the US embassy close to Tahrir Square! #Egypt
— Mohamed Fahmy (@MFFahmy11) September 13, 2012
The protests are still underway as of 5 a.m. Cairo time.
@liamstack yes. Protesters still have the numbers to keep up the fight.
— Cliff Cheney (@cliffcheney) September 13, 2012
5am: Man preparing Molotov cocktails during Tahrir Square/US embassy clashes with riot police. #Egypt pic.twitter.com/90xe2SXL
— Mohamed Fahmy (@MFFahmy11) September 13, 2012
Twitchy will continue to monitor the situation as it develops.
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