Egypt violence rages into third day
Police used tear gas sporadically through the night and into Monday morning against hundreds of protesters – scattered in groups in and around Tahrir – who responded with stones and rocks, according to live footage on state TV.
On Sunday, police and military forces used batons, tear gas and birdshot to clear the central square of thousands of protesters demanding the ruling military cede power to a civilian authority.
Morgue officials said 13 people died on Sunday and two people on Saturday, sparking fears of disruptions to the November 28 legislative elections, the first since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.
Protesters fear the army is intent on maintaining some degree of power through a set of supra constitutional principles it plans to impose on the next parliament, who will be tasked with drafting the country's charter.
Protests in Tahrir Square have been ongoing since a massive anti-military rally on Friday, which called on the army to cede power to civilian rule and return to barracks.
Demonstrators have been particularly vocal against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's longtime defence minister who now heads the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
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Defeated and disgraced militaries of the so called "Islmic World" such as Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq; are expert at conquering their own countries. Keep up the good work!
The military in Egypt under Mubarak kept a low profile. Now as a caretaker government it is increasingly showing its ambition to dominate Egypt's political future. It wants to show that whoever wins the elections, will have to need its blessing to run the country.