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The people are the source

of authority, not the Army.

You are saying that

it's a peaceful protest.

You think you can

do whatever you want

and we won't attack you.

But we will attack

if necessary.

That's how it is.

That's the end of it.

You're imposing a

curfew?

- Yes, God willing.

You mean just in

the Square?

- No, everywhere.

But, sir...

Mister,

I'm afraid this won't do.

But they told us - yesterday, we

could continue the sit-in in the Square.

Off you go. Leave.

- Yes, sir.

Why the Square in particular?

We took these

barricades from the police,

so we'd be able

to stop any attack.

We do trust the Army. But there

are some leaders in the Army

who are corrupt because

they are part of Mubarak's era.

Everyone's awake.

There might be an

attack at any time.

Where are the tents?

There are no tents,

they're clearing the Square.

What's going on?

They used to come

in the middle of the night.

They used to

take you away violently.

You were afraid to dream

the wrong dream for fear

of punishment.

They used to search

his computer,

looking for anything

religious or Islamic.

They used to come,

and no one could say a word.

He was electrocuted and beaten.

The Army's in this position,

generally, at the moment

where no one

believes that they

could torture people

or could do anything bad

and are extremely happy with

them for taking responsibility

to return us all to stability

and all of that kind of thing.

This is not the right way

to block a facility

that represents

the authority of the nation.

Compare it to what

happened in England.

When David Cameron said,

I'm going to take licence

to use the ammunition

against anyone trying to make

a kind of demonstration

in front of Downing Street

or any facility.

What happened?

All of them withdraw.

Why? Because they know

the man is serious.

And this is according

to the law.

So why do you deny it

from the Egyptian authority?

The battle isn't just

the rocks and stones.

The battle is in the images.

The battle is in the stories.

Shh!

We decided

to create a space which supports

those fighting

for the revolution

through video

and various types of media.

It's what's called

"popular media",

using websites like YouTube.

If you know anyone who

has a digital camera

they're not using, tell us.

We should film

as much as we can.

The truth is that things

are moving quickly.

We don't know when this footage

can be used as evidence.

If people are being fooled about

what is really happening here,

we must film everything

and show them the truth.

As long as there's a camera,

the revolution will continue.

The problem now with the media

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