'Million man march' called in Cairo

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/162840.html

Egyptian protesters, demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster, have called for a “million man march” in the capital city of Cairo amid rising clamor in the North African country.

Organizers said on Monday that they have called for the march on Tuesday to mark one week since the start of the biggest anti-government protests in politically-unstable Egypt in three decades, AFP reported on Monday.

The news came a day after embattled Mubarak gave his armed forces the authority to shoot-to-kill anti-government protesters.

Military helicopters and F-16 fighter jets made low passes over Cairo's Tahrir Square, which is one of the epicenters of the uprising, as the number of protesters kept rising.

A column of tanks also rumbled into the vicinity in a show of strength, as Egyptian army snipers began targeting protesters in the capital Cairo.

Egyptians protesting Mubarak's regime took to the streets for the seventh day of demonstrations on Monday despite the warnings and the presence of the army.

The uprising in volatile Egypt is inspired by Tunisia's protests, which forced former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali to flee the North African country.

More than 150 people have so far been killed and thousands others injured since the protests erupted on January 25, shaking Egypt to its core.