Egyptian Revolution, Month 7: "Down, down, military rule."

[Robb]

In the words of Slavoj Zizek, "The ultimate show of power on the part of the ruling ideology is to allow what appears to be powerful criticism."

The world's gaze shifted in the weeks and months following the first occupation of Tahrir Square -- and that is when bad things usually happen. Tahrir Square, last week (courtesy Google Translate):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fara.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FtopNews%2FidARACAE7880K320110909">Thousands of Egyptians are involved in demonstrations demanding the military junta hand over power

CAIRO (Reuters) Sept. 9 - Thousands of Egyptians took part in demonstrations on Friday in Tahrir Square in central Cairo and other cities to demand that the Supreme Council of the armed forces to hand over power to civilians after nearly seven months of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak and to stop the trial of civilians before military courts.

With the end of Friday prayers in the Tahrir Square chanted more than a thousand demonstrators, "Down, down, military rule" and "military rule is null and Field Marshal void" and "shillings Mubarak cowardly Mushir not Hacene change," referring to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

The council said the military after the outcome of the administration of the country in the atheist th of February he will hand over power to civilians within six months.

He promised to hold legislative elections in September, followed by the current presidential election before the end of the year but it seems that the legislative elections will take place before November.

Read more: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fara.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FtopNews%2FidARACAE7880K320110909

And today:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/09/17/Egyptians-protest-return-of-martial-law/UPI-37491316273903/?spt=hs&or=tn">Egyptians protest return of martial law

CAIRO, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Political unrest was running high in Egypt Saturday over the temporary military government's re-imposition of martial law, protesters in Cairo said.

Some 1,500 chanting demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square Friday night, where the protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak began in January, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.

The interim Supreme Council of the Armed Forces government that promised to abolish the so-called Emergency Law by the end of September announced Wednesday it was reinstated following an attack on the Israeli Embassy Sept. 9.

Protesters called it a step backward in the process of attaining a democracy, The Washington Post reported. In addition to the law's re-imposition, the military expanded its prosecutorial scope Wednesday to include offenses including "damaging state property, disrupting people's work, blocking roads through demonstrations, and spreading false news and information," the Middle East News Agency said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/09/17/Egyptians-protest-return-of-martial-law/UPI-37491316273903/#ixzz1YGZvxsAq

As a more succinct DUer once put it, "Never met a Military Regime I could trust."

[StarsInHerHair]

1. I was afraid it would be: a counterrevolution....looks like it may be