The Egyptian army has called for protesters rallying for a ninth day against President Hosni Mubarak’s
regime to go home and “return to normal life.” In a call for protesters to leave the streets, Ismail Etman, a military spokesman said on state television on Wednesday: “The army forces are calling on you … You began by going out to express your demands and you are the ones capable of restoring normal life. “I call on the conscious youth of Egypt, honest men of Egypt, we should look forward to future, think of our country, Egypt. Your message has been heard, demands understood, and we are working day and night to secure our homeland for your interest, the honourable people of Egypt.”
Whether or not the army is willing or able to enforce a return to normalcy will be seen Friday when protesters plan to march to the Presidential Palace to demand Mubarak’s resignation. Let’s hope the protests are peaceful, and the army restrained.
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