Post date: Jan 30, 2011 7:23:48 PM
For another night as a government-imposed curfew began and was ignored, the Egyptian opposition leader Mohammed Elbaradei joined the thousands of protesters on the streets of Cairo. Jon Decker reports.
EGYPT - On the sixth day of anti-Mubarak demonstrations on the streets of Egypt, as many as 10,000 people protested in Tahrir Square, a rallying point in the center of Cairo.
As a government-imposed curfew began and was ignored for a second night, a helicopter and two F-16 fighter jets flew over the square. By late afternoon more army trucks appeared in a show of military force.
As darkness descended on the city, the Egyptian opposition leader Mohammed Elbaradei joined the thousands of protesters.
EGYPTIAN OPPOSITION LEADER MOHAMED ELBARADEI SAYING:"I came today to join you on the happiest day in our lives. Today I can look each one of you in the eye. Today as Egyptians, you have taken back your rights to life and freedom. What has begun cannot go back. As we said earlier, we have one main demand: the end of the regime and the beginning of a new stage."
While the protests continued on the streets, President Hosni Mubarak met on Sunday with the generals who may hold the keys to Egypt's future.
Jon Decker, Reuters.