2011 Battle for Egypt (25 images)

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 02 -- Pro Mubarak Egyptian show the portrait of their president...Since the beginning of the day pro Mubarak protestors are gathering in the streets around the Tahrir square. .Chaos consumed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday as supporters of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clashed with opposition protesters in running battles that left hundreds of people injured. Two molotov cocktails thrown by pro-regime supporters landed inside the grounds of the world-famous Egyptian museum, where they were swiftly put out, as a medical source said at least 500 people had been wounded in the clashes. The square, a focal point for nine days of anti-government demonstrations, was transformed into a war zone, with protesters lobbing hundreds of stones at each other as the army fired warning shots into the air.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 01 -- Tahrir square - Men from muslim brotherhood organization protest during the Egypt's "million man march".. Whether they achieved that targeted head count is unclear, but their message was unequivocal."Mubarak get out!" protesters chanted. Tuesday's rally in downtown Cairo was the largest anti-government demonstration in modern Egyptian history, drawing the full spectrum of Egyptian society. Wave after wave of men, women and children poured into the central square from morning until well after the government's 3pm curfew...It was the eighth consecutive day of protests calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Earlier this week the 83-year-old dictator, who has ruled Egypt for 30 years, appointed a vice-president and changed his cabinet to appease the public's growing anger. Protesters say he has missed the point entirely.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 01 -- Tahrir square - Women yell "Mubarak get out!" during the Egypt's "million man march".Whether they achieved that targeted head count is unclear, but their message was unequivocal."Mubarak get out!" protesters chanted. Tuesday's rally in downtown Cairo was the largest anti-government demonstration in modern Egyptian history, drawing the full spectrum of Egyptian society. Wave after wave of men, women and children poured into the central square from morning until well after the government's 3pm curfew...It was the eighth consecutive day of protests calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Earlier this week the 83-year-old dictator, who has ruled Egypt for 30 years, appointed a vice-president and changed his cabinet to appease the public's growing anger. Protesters say he has missed the point entirely.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 05 -- Tahrir Square . An anti Mubarak egyptian guards a barricade around Tahrir square to prevent Pro mubarak from attacking the square...The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . In an empty street close to the "Frontline" between pro and anti Mubarak, doctors and nurses take care of hundreds Egyptian injured by stones...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . A wounded anti Mubarak Egyptian smoke a cigarette ..Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 05 -- Tahrir Square . An anti Mubarak egyptians pray behind a tank...The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 05 -- Tahrir Square . An anti Mubarak egyptians sleep on the groung. The pavement around him had been destroyed to make ammo stones...The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 02 -- Tahrir square - Protestors keep fighting, throwing eachother rocks and caktail molotov and petrol bombs ...Chaos consumed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday as supporters of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clashed with opposition protesters in running battles that left hundreds of people injured. Two molotov cocktails thrown by pro-regime supporters landed inside the grounds of the world-famous Egyptian museum, where they were swiftly put out, as a medical source said at least 500 people had been wounded in the clashes. The square, a focal point for nine days of anti-government demonstrations, was transformed into a war zone, with protesters lobbing hundreds of stones at each other as the army fired warning shots into the air.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 01 -- Tahrir square - Protestors are angry after a Mubarak speach on state TV...Tuesday's rally in downtown Cairo was the largest anti-government demonstration in modern Egyptian history, drawing the full spectrum of Egyptian society. Wave after wave of men, women and children poured into the central square from morning until well after the government's 3pm curfew. It was the eighth consecutive day of protests calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Earlier this week the 83-year-old dictator, who has ruled Egypt for 30 years, appointed a vice-president and changed his cabinet to appease the public's growing anger. Protesters say he has missed the point entirely.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . In the morning Anti mubarak Egyptians sing on the top of the fence they built during the night...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . Young anti mubarak Egyptians throw stones to the pro Mubarak. During the night they d set up barricades to protect the square from the pros...Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 03 -- Tahrir Square . At the top of the observation building, anti mubarak egyptians pray on the roof before going back to fight..Chaos intensifies, violence spreads. Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists. As bruised and bandaged protesters danced in victory after forcing back Mubarak loyalists attacking Tahrir Square, the government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the unprecedented wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of Mubarak, this country's unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 06 -- Tahrir Square . An wounded anti Mubarak egyptian rest on the square..The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward


  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 06 -- Tahrir Square . Anti Mubarak egyptians rest and pray around the tanks tp prevent the army from movin them.The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Feb. 05 -- Tahrir Square . Anti Mubarak egyptians protesters celebrate the speach of the army spokeman..The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. Protesters have refused to end their mass rallies in downtown Tahrir Square until Mubarak quits. Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Tahrir, waving flags and chanting a day after some 100,000 massed there in an intensified demonstration labeled "the day of departure," in hopes it would be the day Mubarak leaves...Their unprecedented 12-day movement has entered a delicate new phase. Organizers fear that without the pressure of protesters on the street, Mubarak's regime will enact only cosmetic reforms and try to preserve its grip on power. So they are reluctant to lift their demonstrations without the concrete gain of Mubarak's ouster and a transition mechanism that guarantees a real move to democracy afterward

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Cairo Jan. 31 -- In front of the tanks, a anti mubarak protester hold a sign on which can be read " Mubarak you are retired ".Tens of thousands of people in Egypt are taking part in a seventh day of protests calling for the country's leader to step down. Crowds have been growing in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other cities, with many shouting slogans and waving placards calling for Hosni Mubarak's downfall. Far greater numbers are expected to hit the streets tomorrow for a mass rally billed as the "protest of the millions".There have been some reports of 25,000 people in Tahrir Square but the realistic estimate is between 10,000 and 15,000.

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