Barbed Wire and Tear Gas in Cairo as Protesters Rise After Mubarak Acquittal | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Barbed Wire and Tear Gas in Cairo as Protesters Rise After Mubarak Acquittal | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: 

 

Police and military units used water cannons, barricades and tear gas to prevent protesters trying to march on Tahrir Square

Egyptian
anti-government protesters on Saturday pull on barbed wire separating
them from security forces guarding Tahrir Square in central Cairo.
(Photo: AP)