In Egypt, we are fearful but not cowed
Egyptian volunteers patrol the streets during the curfew in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP After six days of unprecedented protests, Hosni Mubarak and his regime still refuse to go . The fig leaf covering this regime has finally fallen, revealing the ugly naked truth. It is a regime that has worked solely and exclusively for its own survival. The events of the past days show that it is ready to burn the whole country if necessary. Friday 28 January will always be remembered as one of the worst days in Egypt's history as protesters went in their thousands on to the streets across the country, calling for an end to the whole regime. Security forces lashed out against them more ruthlessly than ever before, using lethal weapons and so much teargas that many people inside neighbouring houses choked. They shot indiscriminately with rubber bullets and, some say, with live ammunition. By the afternoon security forces were no longer able to contain t...