Egypt Protesters Dispersed By Military Using Tasers And Batons

April 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptians defied soldiers who tried to disperse them overnight from Cairo's Tahrir Square and vowed on Saturday to keep protesting until former President Hosni Mubarak was tried and other demands met.

Some demonstrators, angry at the army's use of tasers and batons to try to drive them out of Tahrir, hurled rocks at a burning army bus and truck. Gunshots had echoed around the square during the night as the army sought to clear the area.

After a protest by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians during the day on Friday, the army surrounded the Tahrir after curfew, set from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m., to push out those who remained.

On Saturday morning, hundreds were still left in the rock- strewn square. Protesters showed off casings of live rounds they said were used overnight. One demonstrator pointed to a pool of blood.

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And announced that the armed forces of Egypt, on Thursday, which had begun to take "necessary measures to protect the nation and the legitimate demands of the people, and support", a move that suggested that the army intends to have a role in the management recommends the destruction of the nation's debate as well.
There was no immediate confirmation that the army means that the government appointed by President Hosni Mubarak to replace, but the protesters gathered in Tahrir Square published reports that the military government civilians who are opposed to replacing them welcome.
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Vice-President, Omar Suleiman, who was called by Mr. Mubarak warned in a dialogue with opposition groups do, on Tuesday night that if he was supervising the process does not produce results, the army will step in to take over the administrative work on it noem'n "coup "There. Had no information on what is the role of Mr. Mubarak and Suleiman neat to play in the military government.

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