Reuters - Thousands of people returned on Tahrir Square in Cairo Sunday when the army tried to disperse demonstrators who have pledged to take the roundabout, the epicenter of the revolution, until the army takes its promises, witnesses said.
"The army and the people are united," "Revolution, revolution until victory", they chanted.Earlier, the head of the military police had called on protesters to dismantle their tents and leave the room to allow life to return to normal.
While military police encircled the demonstrators in the center of the roundabout to avoid disrupting traffic, the protesters were guiding the cars to another end of the square.
The Army tries to restore order
The army, which ensures respect the demands of protesters whose mobilization has brought down the regime of Hosni Mubarak, called on the occupants of the Tahrir Square to return home to allow life to take its course.
In the wake of protests launched January 25, traffic around the roundabout was interrupted on January 28.
"On the square, the square, we demand our rights to the place," had earlier chanted some 2,000 protesters as the army encircled the crowd.
Despite the departure of President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, protesters' main demand, some have warned that they would remain Tahrir Square to protect the revolution and put
pressure on the supreme council of the armed forces, which now assumes power.
"The army is the backbone of Egypt. The solution is not to make us leave the place.It must meet our demands, "said a protester in a loudspeaker.
Some protesters, more than 30 leaders of the movement were arrested and taken near the Egyptian Museum, located near the square.
The army, called by Mubarak on January 28 last to come support the police overwhelmed by the situation, has remained generally neutral and withdrawn during the revolution.
"There is no hostility between the people and armed forces. We ask you not to take our son. It is a peaceful demonstration," said one protester.
