We're watching the unfolding chaos in Cairo, where pro-government and anti-government crowds are exchanging rocks and Molotov cocktails in Tahrir Square. Pro-government crowds reportedly have been roughing up news reporters (including Anderson Cooper) as the tension has grown considerably and the Egyptian Army has thus far declined to intervene.
In one bizarre scene before nightfall, several pro-government protesters rode into the anti-government crowd on horses and camels. (While we're not minimizing the seriousness of the situation, we had to smile at the use of camels -- their breath alone can be a weapon).
(photo: A.A. Dalsh, Reuters)
