"Definitely The Mood Has Changed"
Speaking on the phone to FP's Joshua Keating, correspondent Maryam Ishani gave one of the more vivid accounts of Wednesday's bloodshed: Now, I'm basically stuck between what they've established as two cordons around Tahrir. One is established by pro-Mubarak demonstrators, whose job it is to keep people out of the square. That includes ambulances and anyone who's not on their side. You're trying to break Egypt." I went in to film them throwing stones and they knocked me back pretty hard, which is not the mood of the demonstrators inside the square. The second cordon is also pro-Mubarak demonstrators, who are just beating up the demonstrators inside Tahrir. They have swords -- I'm not exaggerating -- they have things that look like machetes with a 12-inch blade or longer, sticks, pipes, automatic weapons. It literally looks like their job is to just beat people up. Ishani adds: Those on the pro-Mubarak side are chanting Islamic slogans. Both side...