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Young Egyptians reclaim Tahrir Square, trash monument

Young Egyptian revolutionaries express their frustration with Egypt’s past and present rulers.
People wave banners depicting people who died in previous Egyptian revolutions around a monument, erected in honour of the victims, draped with an Egyptian flag after security forces fired teargas at protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo November 19, 2013. Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of several hundred people in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, two years after 42 were killed in protests against military rule. The protests were a mark of the turmoil that has dogged Egypt since the army

CAIRO — In Mohamed Mahmoud Street near Tahrir Square on Tuesday, Nov. 19, hundreds of young Egyptians shouted, "Down with those who betrayed us — the military, Mubarak and the Muslim Brotherhood!" Portraits of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and former leaders with ropes around their necks were displayed on the streets and people walked around with posters in honor of their deceased loved ones.

"People may think we left the square, but we never did. We will never forget the people who were killed in our fight for freedom," Sami, an Egyptian revolutionary, told Al-Monitor.

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