Despite some concessions from the ruling military leaders, protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square are raging into their fifth day. Army forces sent armored cars and troops into the square on Wednesday in an attempt to separate clashing police and protesters, but the two sides soon resumed throwing rocks and firing tear gas at one another. Meanwhile, Egypt's women are joining the fight in increasing numbers. Footage from videographer Bridgette Auger shows women on the front lines of the new round of protests, marching in the square and making and distributing antidotes to tear gas-which may be an unusually dangerous version, The Guardian reports. The protests' death toll has risen to 37.
Despite some concessions from the ruling military leaders, protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square are raging into their fifth day. Army forces sent armored cars and troops into the square on Wednesday in an attempt to separate clashing police and protesters, but the two sides soon resumed throwing rocks and firing tear gas at one another. Meanwhile, Egypt's women are joining the fight in increasing numbers. Footage from videographer Bridgette Auger shows women on the front lines of the new round of protests, marching in the square and making and distributing antidotes to tear gas-which may be an unusually dangerous version, The Guardian reports. The protests' death toll has risen to 37.
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