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CAIRO—Mobs of ordinary Egyptians joined with soldiers to drive pro-
democracy protesters from their encampment in Tahrir Square here Monday,
showing how far the uprising's early heroes have fallen in the eyes of the
public.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Egyptian security forces tear down tents of liberal protesters who had
camped in Cario's Tahrir Square to press military rulers for political
reforms.
EGYPT
EGYPT
Six months after young, liberal activists helped lead the popular movement
that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the hard core of these protesters was
forcibly dispersed by the troops. Some Egyptians lined the street to applaud
the army. Others ganged up on the activists as they retreated from the
square that has come to symbolize the Arab Spring.
Squeezed between an assertive military and the country's resurgent Islamist
movement, many Internet-savvy, pro-democracy activists are finding it
increasingly hard to remain relevant in a post-revolutionary Egypt that is
struggling to overcome an economic crisis and restore law and order.
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"The liberal and leftist groups that were at the forefront of the revolution
have lost touch with the Egyptian people," says Shadi Hamid, director of
research at the Brookings Institution's Doha Center. "These protesters have
alienated much of Egypt. For some time they've been deceiving themselves by
saying that the silent majority is on their side—but all evidence points to
the contrary, and Monday's events confirm that."
Monday's turmoil in Tahrir followed a massive Friday demonstration on the
same square by hundreds of thousands of Islamists, who called for
transforming Egypt into an Islamic state—and railed against the liberal and
secular youths who had helped motivate millions to rise up against Mr.
Mubarak.
The Islamists' numbers dwarfed those of the activists who have re-occupied
Cairo's central square since July 8, criticizing the slow pace of reforms,
calling for police accountability and pressing for speedier trials of Mr.
Mubarak and his associates. The Tahrir sit-in was organized by the April 6
Movement, one of the uprising's main planners, other youth groups and
relatives of protesters killed in the weeks before Mr. Mubarak's ouster on
Feb. 11.
These activists' criticism of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed
Forces has failed to resonate in the streets. Their continuing protests have
also angered many Egyptians who want an end to the unrest they say has
frightened away foreign tourists, damaged the country's economy and
increasingly undermined their livelihoods.
The backlash among rank-and-file Egyptians became evident on July 23, when a
march by revolutionary activists heading to the defense ministry was
assaulted by residents of Cairo's Abassiya neighborhood. More than a hundred
people were injured.
Egypt's secular and liberal activists have been campaigning for postponing
parliamentary elections, initially planned for as early as June, so that
they could better organize themselves and compete against the more
established Islamists.
Elections have been pushed to November, but the liberals and the secularists
appear not to have taken advantage of the delay. Instead of organizing
themselves into a coherent bloc, they have set up minuscule rival parties
and feuded among themselves, say analysts and diplomats.
"There is a power game going on—and the liberals and the entire secular
movement are the weaker element, while the Islamists and the army are strong
," said Laila Soueif, a liberal activist and human-rights campaigner who
teaches at Cairo University.
While the liberals and the leftists paint the military as a holdover of the
old regime, the formerly outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and the more radical
Salafi Islamist movement have taken pains not to criticize Egypt's ruling
generals.
"The military is a partner that protected the revolution and that pledged to
achieve its demands," says one of the Brotherhood's top leaders, Mohammed
Beltagy. "We're against confrontation with them, even as we don't give them
an absolute carte blanche."
The military has in turn given Islamists say in key government decisions. At
the same time, the military last month stigmatized the April 6 Movement and
its allies as a tool of foreign interests that has sought to sow sedition
and undermine Egypt's stability. The language was similar to that employed
against the group in January by the Mubarak regime.
Following the military's warning and Friday's Islamist show of strength, the
April 6 group and others behind the Tahrir Square sit-in called for a
suspension of the protests during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. But a
few hundred protesters, including several families of January's so-called
revolutionary "martyrs," refused to go home.
On Monday afternoon, the first day of the Ramadan fast, hundreds of Egyptian
army troops and central security police attacked the tent city on the
square, shooting in the air and shouting "Allahu Akbar," God is Great.
Protesters' belongings were dumped into garbage trucks. The soldiers beat
the activists with truncheons and arrested dozens. The protesters who ran
into surrounding streets encountered a hostile mob that included local
shopkeepers and business owners.
Unlike in previous skirmishes, the activists interviewed Monday didn't
allege to be the victims of thugs paid by the government.
"The people were beating us and helping the army," said protester Mahmoud
Abdallah, catching his breath in a side street off Tahrir as an army truck
hauled away detainees. "The people don't know what is good for them. They
don't have any awareness. They just want to make money."
As he spoke, Tareq Shawky, a 42-year-old toilet equipment vendor,
interrupted the conversation. He said he had heard about the army moving
against the protesters, and drove to the square so he could help dismantle
the encampment.
"The Egyptian citizen wants only two things—security and low prices," Mr.
Shawky shouted. "The millions of Egyptians will do anything that the army
tells us to do." | y**o
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【在 p********n 的大作中提到】
: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190429250457648256
: CAIRO—Mobs of ordinary Egyptians joined with soldiers to drive pro-
: democracy protesters from their encampment in Tahrir Square here Monday,
: showing how far the uprising's early heroes have fallen in the eyes of the
: public.
: View Full Image
: EGYPT
: European Pressphoto Agency
: Egyptian security forces tear down tents of liberal protesters who had
: camped in Cario's Tahrir Square to press military rulers for political
| l*****i
发帖数: 20533 | 3 文章中认为宗教势力开始明显占据上风。如果是真的，那应该是西方最不愿意看到的结
果。 | p********1
发帖数: 2785 | 4 在一个宗教力量如此强大的国家，还能有什么别的结果？
【在 l*****i 的大作中提到】
: 文章中认为宗教势力开始明显占据上风。如果是真的，那应该是西方最不愿意看到的结
: 果。
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