It's day four of some of the biggest demonstrations that region has ever seen. The U-S seems to be leaning more to the side of the establishment. All telecommunications have been cut off in the country. Religious leaders are now starting to join in.

And here's the latest wire release that came down at 11:38AM:

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's military has deployed on the streets of Cairo for the first time since anti-government protesters took up their challenge to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak four days ago.
Parts of the ruling party headquarters in Cairo were going up in flames apparently set by enraged protesters demanding Mubarak's ouster.

CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators.
An Associated Press reporter saw the protesters cheering the police who joined them and hoisting them on their shoulders in one of the many dramatic and chaotic scenes across Egypt on Friday.
After chasing the police, thousands of protesters were able to flood into the huge Tahrir Square downtown after being kept out most of the day by a very heavy police presence. Few police could be seen around the square after the confrontation.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

and #jan25 on twitter

Sorry, dick (fan).

I've been following the live feed from Al Jazeera. Amazing.

Yeah I'm watching Al-Jazeera now.

I just saw on Twitter (didn't see any citation) that protestors have driven out all security forces in Alexandria. There are no cops there.

Thousands of protesters stopping in the middle of the street to pray is pretty incredible to see.

As good a time as any to listen to The Bangles I suppose.

Yeah that was pretty nuts.

This is pretty incredible, and encouraging.

So this is what revolution looks like in our modern age.

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's military deployed on the streets of Cairo to enforce a nighttime curfew as the sun set Friday on a day of rioting and chaos that amounted to the biggest challenge ever to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year regime.
Flames rose up across a number of cities from burning tires and police cars. Even the ruling party headquarters in Cairo was ablaze in the outpouring of rage, bitterness and utter frustration with a regime seen as corrupt, heavy-handed and neglectful of grinding poverty that afflicts nearly half of the 80 million Egyptians.
"I can't believe our own police, our own government would keep beating up on us like this," said Cairo protester Ahmad Salah, 26. "I've been here for hours and gassed and keep going forward, and they keep gassing us, and I will keep going forward. This is a cowardly government and it has to fall. We're going to make sure of it."
After nightfall, some of the protesters defied the curfew and were praying on the streets of Cairo.
In one of many astonishing scenes Friday, thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators.
An Associated Press reporter saw the protesters cheering the police who joined them and hoisting them on their shoulders in one of the many dramatic and chaotic scenes across Egypt on Friday.
After chasing the police, thousands of protesters were able to flood into the huge Tahrir Square downtown after being kept out most of the day by a very heavy police presence. Few police could be seen around the square after the confrontation.

Protestors now have stormed that party headquarters building that was set on fire.

I have to take a break from this for a couple hours to study/take a midterm. I do believe/hope this is not Iran II. The fact that there isn't really any raison d'etre for the Egyptian govt (unlike the Islamic Revolution in Iran), among other things, make me think this is different.

this doesnt seem like a great idea

Well I don't think the whole building is on fire, just parts of it. I think they're looting it.

These Egyptians were made for this time.

Unconfirmed reports that the military and police have clashed.

There've been other reports of soldiers abandoning their tanks to shake hands and talk with protestors. It's hard to know for sure what all is going on.